| Loyalist - France - 1803 - 344 pages
...liberty by committing it to the power of her most determined foe; had I done so', I had not deserved to live; and dying with such a weight upon my character,...to which I would have given freedom. Had I been in SwitserJand', I would have fought against the French. Ip, the dignity of freedom I would have expired... | |
| Great Britain - 1803 - 390 pages
...Had I done so, I had not deserved to live; and, dying with such a weight upon mv charactel, I hail merited the honest execration of •that country which...given freedom. Had I been in Switzerland, I would have rbught against the French. — In the dignity of freedom I would have, expired on the threshold of... | |
| Trials (Treason) - 1803 - 482 pages
...beeii in Switzerland^ I would have fought againft the French ; for I believe the Swifs are hoftile 1 to the French. — In the dignity of freedom, I would have expired on the frontiers of that country, and they fhould have entered it only by pafling over my lifelefs corfe.—... | |
| Crime - 1804 - 508 pages
...liberty by committing it to the power of her most determined foe : had I done so, I had not deserved to live ; and dying with such a weight upon my character,...have given freedom. .Had I been in Switzerland, I wuuld have fought against the French — in the dignity of freedom, I would have expired on the threshold... | |
| John Philpot Curran - Ireland - 1811 - 348 pages
...What ! meditate such a cruel assassination of her political life ! Had I done so, I had not deserved to live; and dying with such a weight upon my character,...Switzerland I would have fought against the French, for I am certain the Swiss are hostile to the French. In the dimity of freedom I would have expired... | |
| Increase Cooke - American literature - 1811 - 428 pages
...What! meditate such a cruel as-. sassination of her political life ! Had I done so, I had not deserved to live ; and dying with such a weight upon my character,...Switzerland, I would have fought against the French,. for I am certain, the Swiss are hostile to the French. In the dignity of Freedom, I. would have expired... | |
| Francis Plowden - Ireland - 1811 - 540 pages
...deserved to live, and dying with such a weight upon my character, I had merited the honest execrations of that country, which gave me birth, and to which...fought against the French ! In the dignity of freedom, would have expired on the threshold of that country, and their only entrance to it should have been... | |
| John Philpot Curran - Ireland - 1811 - 354 pages
...What! meditate such a cruel assassination of her political life ! Had I done so, I had not deserved to live; and dying with such a weight upon my character,...execration of that country which gave me birth, and to \vhich I would have given freedom. Had I been in Switzerland I would have fought against the French,... | |
| Francis Plowden - Ireland - 1811 - 560 pages
...liberty by committing it to the power of her most determined foe. Had I done so, I had not deserved to live, and dying with such a weight upon my character, I had merited the honest execrations of that country, which gave me birth, and to which I would have given freedom. Had I been... | |
| Student of the Inner Temple, Thoamas Aldridge - Crime - 1811 - 506 pages
...execration of that country which gave me iiirtb, snd to which I .wau)d have given freedom. Had I heen in Switzerland, I would have fought against the French — in the dignity of freedqm, J l have .expired on the threshold of. that cpuntry. \ try, and they should have entered it... | |
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