 | John Philpot Curran - 1811 - 348 pages
...but, while I exist, I shall not forbear to vindicate my character and motives from your aspersions ; and, as a man to whom fame is dearer than life, I will make the last use of that life in doing justice to that reputation which is to live after me, and which is the only legacy I can leave... | |
 | Francis Plowden - 1811 - 560 pages
...calumny i You, my Lord, are the Judge; I am the culprit. But you, my Lord, are a man, and I am another. And as a man, to whom fame is dearer than life, I will use the .last moments of that life in rescuing my name and memory from the foul and odious imputations... | |
 | C. H. Gifford - 1817 - 944 pages
...you, my lord, sit there a judge, and I stand here a culprit, yet you are but a man, and I am another ; I have a right, therefore, to vindicate my character...afflicting imputation of having- been an emissary of Franco, or seeking her interference in the internal regulation of her affairs. " Did I live to see... | |
 | John Agg - 1817 - 308 pages
...the bar of this Court, dare not vindicate my character, how dare you calumniate it ? I have a right to vindicate my character and motives from the aspersions...that life in rescuing my name and my memory from the fpul and odious imputations thrown upon them. My Lord, as men we must appear upon the general day ;... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1819 - 426 pages
...Lord, sit there a Judge, and I stand here a culprit — yet, you are but a man, and I am another ; I have a right, therefore, to vindicate my character...that life in rescuing my name and my memory from the afrticting imputation of having been an emissary of France, or seeking her interference in the internal... | |
 | Charles Phillips - 1820 - 296 pages
...but, while I exist, I shall not forbear to vindicate my character and motives from your aspersions; and, as a man to whom fame is dearer than life, I will make the last use of that life in doing justice to that reputation which is to live after me, and which is the only legacy I can leave... | |
 | 1820 - 298 pages
...from the aspersions of calumny, how dare you cnlumniate it? And as a man to whom fame is dearer th*ui life, I will make the last use of that life in rescuing roy namti and memory from the foul and odious imputations thrown on them : and as men we must appear... | |
 | 1826 - 368 pages
...you, my lord, sit there a judge, and I stand here a culprit, yet you are but a man, and I am another ; I have a right, therefore, to vindicate my character...the last use of that life, in rescuing my name and memory from the afflicting imputation of having been an emissary of France. Did I live to see a French... | |
 | Reuben Percy - 1826 - 384 pages
...you, my lord, sit there a judge, and I stand here a culprit, yet you are but a man, and I am another; I have a right, therefore, to vindicate my character...; and as a man, to whom fame is dearer than life, 1 will make the last use of that life, in rescuing my name and memory from the afflicting imputation... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1830 - 346 pages
...you, my Lord, sit there a judge, and I stand here a culprit, yet you are but a man and I am another. I have a right therefore to vindicate my character...my memory from the afflicting imputation of having Deen an emissary of France, or seeking her interference in the internal regulation cf our affairs.... | |
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I shall not forbear to vindicate my character and motives from your aspersions ; and, as a man to whom fame is dearer than life, I will make the last use of that life in doing justice to that reputation which is to live after me, and which is the only... 
