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" What have I to say, why sentence of death should not be pronounced on me, according to law ? — I have nothing to say that can alter your predetermination, nor that it will become me to say, with any view to the mitigation of that sentence which you... "
Speeches of John Philpot Curran, Esq: With a Brief Sketch of the History of ... - Page 138
by John Philpot Curran - 1811
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The History of the Late Grand Insurrection: Or the Struggle for Liberty in ...

Ireland - 1805 - 428 pages
...on me, according to law ? 1 have nothing to say, that can alter your predeterminations, nor that it will become me to say, with any view to the mitigation...which interests me more -than life, and which you have labored (as was necessarily your office in the present circumstances of this oppressed country) to...
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History of the Civil War in Ireland, Containing an Impartial ..., Volume 2

James Gordon - Ireland - 1805 - 280 pages
...me, according to law ? — I have nothing to sa^ which can alter your predeterminations, nor that it will become me to say •with any view to the mitigation...here to pronounce and I must abide by. — But I have that'to say which interests me more than life, and which ypa have labored (as was necessarily your...
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The Speeches of Charles Phillip: Esquire, Delivered at the Bar and on ...

Charles Phillips - Speeches, addresses, etc., Irish - 1820 - 296 pages
...pronounced on him according to law. The following is his speech upon that occasion:— Mr. EMMETT. " What have I to say why sentence of death should not...laboured (as was necessarily your office in the present circumstance? of this oppressed country) to destroy. I have much to say why my reputation should be...
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The National Orator;: Consisting of Selections, Adapted for Rhetorical ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 310 pages
...pronounced on me according to law ? I have nothing to say, that can alter your predetermination, or that will become me to say with any view to the mitigation...which interests me more than life, and which you have labored to destroy. I have much to say why my reputation should be rescued from the load of false accusation...
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An Essay on Elocution: Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners

Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...sorrow' Speech of Robert Emmet, Esq. before Lord Norbury, on an Indictment for High Treason. — Extract. WHAT have I to say', why sentence of death should...that sentence which you are here to pronounce', and which I must abide by'. But I have that to say which interests me more than life', and which you have...
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The American Orator's Own Book: Or, The Art of Extemporaneous Public ...

Oratory - 1836 - 362 pages
...on me according to law ? I have nothing to ťay, that can alter your predetermination, or 1 that it will become me to say with any view to the mitigation...interests me more than life, and which you have laboured to destroy. I have much to say why my reputation should be rescued from the load of false accusation...
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The American Orator's Own Book: A Manual of Extemporaneous Eloquence ...

Oratory - 1840 - 452 pages
...pronounced on me according to law? I have nothing to say, that can alter your predetermination, or that it will become me to say with any view to the mitigation of that sentence, which you ore here to pronounce, and I must abide by. But I have that to say which interests me more than life,...
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General History of the Rebellion of 1798 ... Also, a Brief Account of the ...

Patrick O'Kelly - Ireland - 1842 - 336 pages
...on me, according to law. I have nothing to say which can alter your predeterminations, ii or that it will become me to say, with any view to the mitigation of that sentence I must abide by ; but I have that to say, which interests me more than life, and which you have laboured...
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General History of the Rebellion of 1798 ... Also, a Brief Account of the ...

Patrick O'Kelly - Ireland - 1842 - 336 pages
...on me, according to law. I have nothing to say which can alter your predeterminations, ii or that it will become me to say, with any view to the mitiga-tion of that sentence I must abide by ; but I have that to say, which interests me more than life, and which you have laboured...
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The American Speaker: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and Exercises ...

John Frost - Elocution - 1845 - 458 pages
...pronounced on me according to law ? I have nothing to say, that can alter your predetermination, or that it will become me to say with any view to the mitigation...interests me more than life, and which you have laboured to destroy. I have much to say why my reputation should be rescued from the load of false accusation...
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