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'98 and '48: The Modern Revolutionary History and Literature of Ireland - Page 340
by John Savage - 1856 - 431 pages
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The Book of Eloquence: A Collection of Extracts in Prose and Verse, from the ...

Readers - 1853 - 458 pages
...few words only. I desire that the last act of a proceeding which has occupied BO much of the public time should be of short duration. Nor have I the indelicate...of words. Did I fear that hereafter, when I shall be no more, the country I have tried to serve would think ill of me, I might indeed avail myself of...
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Life of Robert Emmett, the Celebrated Irish Patriot and Martyr: With His ...

John W. Burke - Ireland - 1853 - 324 pages
...few words only. I desire that the last act of a proceeding which has occupied so much of the public time, should be of short duration. Nor have I the...of words. Did I fear that, hereafter, when I shall be no more, the country I have tried to serve would think ill of me, I might indeed avail myself of...
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The Book of Oratory: A New Collection of Extracts in Prose, Poetry and ...

Readers - 1856 - 518 pages
...few words only. 1 desire that the last act of a proceeding which has occupied so much of the public time should be of short duration. Nor have I the indelicate...of words. Did I fear that hereafter, when I shall be no more, the country I have tried to serva would think ill of me, I might indeed avail myself of...
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The Orator: A Monthly Magazine of Speeches, Plays, Dialogues ..., Volume 1

1857 - 280 pages
...say a few words. I desire that the last act of a proceeding which has occupied so much of the public time, should be of short duration; nor have I the indelicate wish to close the dreary ceremony of state prosecution with a vain display of words. Did I fear that, hereafter, when I shall be no more,...
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The Patriotic Speaker: Consisting of Specimens of Modern Eloquence, Together ...

Robert Raikes Raymond - Recitations - 1864 - 530 pages
...few words only. I desire that the last act of a proceeding which has occupied so much of the public time should be of short duration. Nor have I the indelicate...of words. Did I fear that hereafter, when I shall be no more, the country I have tried to serve would think ill of me, I might indeed avail myself of...
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Personal Recollections of Sherman's Campaigns in Georgia and the Carlinas

George Whitfield Pepper - Atlanta Campaign, 1864 - 1866 - 538 pages
...few w.ords only. I desire that the last act of a proceeding which has occupied so much of the public time should be of short duration. Nor have I the indelicate...of words. Did I fear that hereafter, when I shall be no more, the country I have tried to Serve would think ill of me, I might, indeed, avail myself...
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Personal recollections of Sherman's campaigns in Georgia and the Carolinas

George Whitfield Pepper - 1866 - 536 pages
...few words only. I desire that the last act of a proceeding which has occupied so much of the public time should be of short duration. Nor have I the indelicate...of words. Did I fear that hereafter, when I shall be no more, the country I have tried to serve would think ill of me, I might, indeed, avail myself...
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Brigadier-General Thomas Francis Meagher: His Political and Military Career ...

W. F. Lyons - 1886 - 370 pages
...words. I desire that the last act of a proceeding which has occupied so much of the public time, shall be of short duration. Nor have I the indelicate wish...display of words. Did I fear that hereafter when I shall be no more, the country which I have tried to serve, would think ill of me, I might indeed avail myself...
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The Rival Collection of Prose and Poetry, for the Use of Schools, Colleges ...

Readers - 1872 - 514 pages
...few words only. I desire that the last act of a proceeding which has occupied so much of the public time, should be of short duration. Nor have I the...of words. Did I fear that, hereafter, when I shall be no more, the country I have served would think ill of me, I might indeed avail myself of this solemn...
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The Irish Nation: Its History and Its Biography, Volume 4

James Wills - Ireland - 1876 - 738 pages
...words. I desire that the last act of a proceeding which has occupied so much of the public time shall be of short duration. Nor have I the indelicate wish...of words. Did I fear that hereafter, when I shall be no more, the country which I have tried to serve would think ill of me, I might indeed avail myself...
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