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" ... venal sheriffs returned packed juries to carry into effect those fatal conspiracies of the few against the many; when the devoted benches of public justice were filled by some of those foundlings of fortune, who, overwhelmed in the torrent of corruption... "
Speeches of John Philpot Curran, Esq: With a Brief Sketch of the History of ... - Page 95
by John Philpot Curran - 1811
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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
...benches of public juftice were filled by fome of thofe Foundlings of Fortune, who, overwhelmed in jhe torrent of corruption at an early period, lay at the bottom like drowned bodies, while foundnefs or fanity remained in them; but at length becoming buoyant by putrefac,tion, they rofe as...
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The Beauties of the Press: With an Appendix, Containing the Speech of Arthur ...

Press, Dublin - Catholic emancipation - 1800 - 682 pages
...of the few againft the many, when the devoted benches of public juftice were filled by fbme of thofe foundlings of fortune, who overwhelmed in the torrent...period, lay at the bottom like drowned bodies, while foundnefs and fanity remained in ihemj but, at length becoming buoyant, by putrefaction, they rofeasthey^...
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Forensic Eloquence: Sketches of Trials in Ireland for High Treason, Etc ...

John Philpot Curran - Ireland - 1804 - 408 pages
...fatal conspiracies of the few against the many; when the devoted benches of public justice were filled by some of those Foundlings of Fortune, who, overwhelmed...buoyant by putrefaction, they rose as they rotted, and Boated to the surface of the polluted stream, where they were drifted along, the objects of terror,...
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Speeches of John Philpot Curran ... To which is added, Henry Grattan, Esq.'s ...

John Philpot CURRAN (Right Hon.) - Irish - 1805 - 448 pages
...the few againft the 'many; when the devoted benches of public juftice were filled by fome of thofe foundlings of fortune, •who overwhelmed in the torrent...period, lay at the bottom like drowned .bodies, while foundnefs or fanity remained in them ; but at length becoming buoyant by putrefaction, they rofe as...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 3

Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 464 pages
...conspiracies of the few against the many ; when the devoted benches of publick justice were filled by some of those foundlings of fortune, who, overwhelmed...stream, 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...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 3

Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 458 pages
...conspiracies of the few against the many ; when the devoted benches of pubftck justice were filled by some of those foundlings of fortune, who, overwhelmed...stream, 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...
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The British Cicero: Or, A Selection of the Most Admired Speeches ..., Volume 3

Oratory - 1808 - 542 pages
...fatal conspiracies of the few against the many, when the devoted benches of public justice were filled by some of those foundlings of fortune, who, overwhelmed in the torrent of corruption at an early period, lay-at the bottom like drowned bodies, while soundness or sanity remained in them ; but at length becoming...
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The Edinburgh Review, Volume 13

English literature - 1809 - 530 pages
...on his auditors to think of the times, —' when the devoted benches of public justice were filled by some of those foundlings of fortune, who, overwhelmed...stream, where they were drifted along, the objects of terror, and contagion, and abomination.' p. 184. There is a still more outrageous passage at p. 265....
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The British Cicero: Or, A Selection of the Most Admired Speeches ..., Volume 3

Thomas Browne (LL.D.) - Oratory - 1810 - 516 pages
...fatal conspiracies of the few against the many, when the devoted benches of public justice were filled by some of those foundlings of fortune, who, overwhelmed...stream, 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...
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The London Quarterly Review, Volume 1

1810 - 438 pages
...Stewarts he describes as that memorable period when the devoted benches of public justice were filled by some of those foundlings of fortune, who, overwhelmed...bodies, while soundness or sanity remained in them ; but nt length, becoming buoyant by putrefaction, they rose as they rotted, * Satis at eyuitem mifii plaudere....
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