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" Had I been in Switzerland, I would have fought against the French. In the dignity of freedom I would have expired on the threshold .of that country, and they should have entered it only by passing over my lifeless corpse. Is it, then, to be supposed,... "
The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners : with Strictures on Their ... - Page 284
1803
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Curran and His Contemporaries

Charles Phillips - 1850 - 538 pages
...liberty, and 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,...country which gave me birth, and to which I would give freedom. What has been the conduct of the French towards other countries 1 They promised them...
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Curran and His Contemporaries

Charles Phillips - 1851 - 464 pages
...liberty, and 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,...country which gave me birth, and to which I would give freedom. What has been the conduct of the French toward other countries 1 They promised them liberty...
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Ireland in '98: Sketches of the Principal Men of the Time, Based Upon the ...

Richard Robert Madden - 1888 - 472 pages
...liberty, and 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,...country which gave me birth, and to which I would give freedom. What has been the conduct of the French towards other countries ? They promised them...
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Life of Robert Emmet

David James O'Donoghue - 1902 - 246 pages
...liberty, and 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,...country which gave me birth, and to which I would give freedom. What has been the conduct of the French towards other countries? They promised them liberty,...
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Life of Robert Emmet

David James O'Donoghue - 1902 - 246 pages
...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...country which gave me birth, and to which I would give freedom. What has been the conduct of the French towards other countries? They promised them liberty,...
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Life of Robert Emmet

David James O'Donoghue - 1902 - 226 pages
...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...country which gave me birth, and to which I would give freedom. What has been the conduct of the French towards other countries? They promised them liberty,...
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Footprints of Emmet

John J. Reynolds - 1903 - 140 pages
...liberty, and 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,...of that country which gave me birth, and to which 1 would give freedom. What has been the conduct of the French towards other countries ? They promised...
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The Viceroy's Post-bag: Correspondence, Hitherto Unpublished, of the Earl of ...

Michael MacDonagh - 1904 - 488 pages
...liberty, and 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,...country which gave me birth, and to which I would give freedom." Here is the memorable peroration, answering to Burke's description of perfect oratory...
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Memoir of Thomas Addis and Robert Emmet: With Their Ancestors and ..., Volume 2

Thomas Addis Emmet - 1915 - 794 pages
...liberty, and committing it to the power of her most determined foe. Had I done so I had rïot deserved to live — and dying with such a weight upon my character,...country which gave me birth, and to which I would give freedom. What has been the conduct of the French towards other countries? They promised them liberty,...
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The Ireland Anthology

Sean Dunne - 1957 - 496 pages
...been in Switzerland, I would have fought against the French; for I believe the Swiss are hostile to the French. — In the dignity of freedom, I would have expired on the frontiers of that country, and they should have it entered only by passing over my lifeless corse.1...
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