 I know the difficulty the honorable gentleman labored under when he attacked me, conscious that, on a comparative view of our characters, public and private, there is nothing he could say which would injure me. The public would not believe the charge....  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 471823Full view - About this book
 | Henry Grattan - Great Britain - 1822 - 450 pages
...private, there is nothing he could say which would injure me. The public would not believe the charge. I despise the falsehood. If such a charge were made...The right honourable gentleman has called me " an unimpeached traitor." I ask, why not " traitor," unqualified by any epithet ? I will tell him ; it... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - American literature - 1830 - 334 pages
...private, there is nothing he could say which would injure me. The public would not believe the charge. I despise the falsehood. If such a charge were made...The right honourable gentleman has called me ' an unimpeached traitor.' I ask, why not ' traitor,' unqualified by an epithet? I will tell him, it was... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Elocution - 1831 - 356 pages
...private, there is nothing he could say which would injure me. The public would not believe the charge. I despise the falsehood. If such a charge were made...The right honourable gentleman has called me ' an unimpeached traitor.' I ask, why not ' traitor,' unqualified by an epithet? I will tell him, it was... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 310 pages
...private, there is nothing he could say which would injure me. The public would not believe the charge. I despise the falsehood. If such a charge were made...would answer it in the manner I shall do before I sit d•wn. But I shall first reply to it, when not made by an honest man. The right honorable gentleman... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1836 - 534 pages
...private, there is nothing he could say which would injure me. The public would not believe the charge. I despise the falsehood. If such a charge were made...reply to it, when not made by an honest man. The right honorable gentleman has called me " an unimpeached traitor." I ask why not " traitor," unqualified... | |
 | Literature - 1836 - 332 pages
...charge, I despise the falsehood. If such a charge was made by an honest man, I would answer it m a manner I shall do before I sit down. But I shall first...The right honourable gentleman has called me " an unimpeached traitor." I ask, why not " traitor," unqualified by any epithet ? I will tell him ; it... | |
 | 1836 - 740 pages
...comparative view of our characters, public or private, there is nothing he could say which would injure me. If such a charge were made by an honest man, I would answer it in the manner I shall before I ait down. But I shall first reply to it when not made by an honest man. " The right honourable... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers - 1843 - 524 pages
...private, there is nothing he could say which would injure me. The public would not believe the charge. I despise the falsehood. If such a charge were made...reply to it, when not made by an honest man. The right honorable gentleman has called me " an unimpeached traitor." I ask why not " traitor," unqualified... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1844 - 900 pages
...private, there is nothing he could say which would injure me. The public would not believe the charge. I despise the falsehood. If such a charge were made...reply to it, when not made by an honest man. The right honorable gentleman has called me " an unimpeached traitor." I ask why not " traitor," unqualified... | |
 | Henry Grattan - Catholic emancipation - 1846 - 632 pages
...private, there is nothing he could say could injure me. The public would not believe the charge. I despise the falsehood. If such a charge were made...The right honourable gentleman has called me " an unimpeached traitor." I ask, why not traitor, unqualified by any epithet ? I will tell him — it was... | |
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