| Edmund Burke - History - 1800 - 1008 pages
...themfelves. They have, in pronouncing their verdicl, thought proper to recommend me as an object of humane mercy. In return, I pray to God, if they have erred,...mercy upon them; The judge who condemned me, humanely fhed tears in uttering my fentence ; but whether he did wifely in fo highly commending the wretched... | |
| History - 1800 - 812 pages
...have, in pronouncing their verdicl, thought proper to recommend me as an objecT: of humane mercy. la return, I pray to God, if they have erred, to have...mercy upon them. The judge who condemned me, humanely flied tears in uttering my fentence ; but whether he did wifely in fo highly commending the wretched... | |
| John Philpot Curran - Ireland - 1804 - 408 pages
...of a verdict of twelve men, who should have been indifferently and impartially chosen ; how far they have been so, I leave to that country from which they...object of human mercy ; in return, I pray to God, as they have erred, to have mercy upon them. The judge, who condemned me, humanely shed tears in uttering... | |
| History - 1807 - 800 pages
...They.I hope have, in pronouncing their verdift, thought proper to recommend me-; as an object of humane mercy. In. return, I pray to God, if they 'have.;...mercy upon them. The judge who condemned me, humanely flied tears in'uttering.my fentence; but whether he did wife- • ly in fd highly commending the wretched... | |
| William Hamilton Maxwell - 1825 - 620 pages
...now declared me guilty; they should have been indifferently and impartially chosen — how far they have been so, I leave to that country from which they have been selected to determine ; how far they have discharged their duty, I leave to their God and to themselves.... | |
| Thomas MacNevin - Ireland - 1846 - 616 pages
...of a verdict of twelve men, who should have been indifferently and impartially chosen ; how far they have been so, I leave to that country from which they...object of human mercy ; in return, I pray to God, as they have erred, to have mercy upon them. The judge, who condemned me, humanely shed tears in uttering... | |
| Thomas MacNevin - Ireland - 1846 - 614 pages
...of twelve men, who should have been indifferently and impartially chosen; how far they have been ao, I leave to that country from which they have been...object of human mercy ; in return, I pray to God, as they have erred, to have mercy upon them. The judge, who condemned me, humanely shed tears in uttering... | |
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