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" In that awful moment of a nation's travail, of the last gasp of tyranny and the first breath of freedom, how pregnant is the example ! The press extinguished, the people enslaved, and the prince undone. As the advocate of society, therefore — of peace... "
Memoirs of the legal, literary, and political life of ... John Philpot Curran - Page 61
by William O'Regan - 1817 - 315 pages
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The Following Information was Filed by His Majesty's Attorney General ...

Great Britain. Court of King's Bench - 1793 - 162 pages
...prince undone; As the advocate of fociety, therefore, of peace, of domeftic liberty, and the lading union of the two countries, I conjure you to guard the liberty of the prefs, that great centinel of the ftate, that grand deteftor of public impofture : guard it, becaufe...
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Forensic Eloquence: Sketches of Trials in Ireland for High Treason, Etc ...

John Philpot Curran - 1804 - 408 pages
...they were drifted along, the objects of terror, and contagion, and abomiiration !. , In that awful .moment of a nation's travail, of the last gasp of...enslaved, and the Prince undone ! As the advocate of socisty, therefore, of peace, of domestic liberty, and the lasting union of the two countries, I conjure...
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Speeches of John Philpot Curran ... To which is added, Henry Grattan, Esq.'s ...

John Philpot CURRAN (Right Hon.) - 1805 - 448 pages
...advocate of fociety, therefore, of peace, of domeftic liberty, and the lafting union of •tJte IT2 the two countries, I conjure you to guard the liberty of the prefs, that great centinel of the ftate, thai grand detector of public impoflure : guard it, be* caufe...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 3

Nathaniel Chapman - 1807 - 464 pages
...where they were drifted along, the objects of terrour, and contagion, and abomination ! In that awful moment of a nation's travail, of the last gasp of...As the advocate of society, therefore, of peace, of domestick liberty, and the lasting union of the two countries, I conjure you to guard the liberty of...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 3

Nathaniel Chapman - 1807 - 458 pages
...where they were drifted along, the objects of terrour, and contagion, and abomination! In that awful moment of a nation's travail, of the last gasp of...As the advocate of society, therefore, of peace, of domestick liberty, and the lasting union of the two countries, I conjure you to guard the liberty of...
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The British Cicero: Or, A Selection of the Most Admired Speeches ..., Volume 3

1808 - 542 pages
...where they were drifted along, the objects of terror, and contagion, and abomination. " In that awful moment of a nation's travail, of the last gasp of...you to guard the liberty of the press, that great sentinel of the state, that grand detector ot public imposture; guard it, because when it sinks, there...
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Speeches of John Philpot Curran, Esq: With a Brief Sketch of the ..., Volume 1

John Philpot Curran - 1811 - 368 pages
...moment of a nation's travail, of the Fait gasp of tyranny, and the first breath of freedom, how prdgnant is the example ? The press extinguished, the people...you to guard the liberty of the press, that great centinet of the state, that grand detector of public imposture : guard it, because when it sinks, there...
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The American Orator: Comprising a Collection, Principally from American ...

Joshua P. Slack - 1815 - 340 pages
...terror, and contagion, and abomination. In that awful moment of a nation's travail, of the last grasp of tyranny, and the first breath of freedom, how pregnant...you to guard the liberty of the press, that great sentinel of the state, that grand detector of public imposture ; guard it, because when it sinks, there...
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Recollections of Curran and Some of His Contemporaries

Charles Phillips - 1818 - 356 pages
...where they were drifted along, the objects Of terror, and contagion, and abomination. " In that awful moment of a nation's travail, of the last gasp of...of freedom, how pregnant is the example ! The press ex* tinguished, the people enslaved, and the prince un* done. As the advocate of society, therefore,...
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The Life of the Right Honourable John Philpot Curran, Late Master ..., Volume 1

William Henry Curran - 1819 - 468 pages
...objects of terror, and contagion, and abomination*. " In that awful moment of a nation's travail—of the last gasp of tyranny and the first breath of freedom,...you to guard the liberty of the press, that great sentinel of the state, that grand detector of public imposture— * Although it has been doubted by...
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