 | 1823 - 616 pages
...private, there is nothing he could say which would injure me. The public would not believe the charge. 1 despise the falsehood. If such a charge were made...The right honourable gentleman has called me " an unimpesdied traitor. " I ask, why not " traitor, " unqualified by any epithet ? I will tell him, it... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 310 pages
...a comparative view of our characters, public and private, there is nothing he could say which would injure me. The public would not believe the charge....would answer it in the manner I shall do before I sit d•wn. But I shall first reply to it, when not made by an honest man. The right honorable gentleman... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1836 - 534 pages
...a comparative yiew of our characters, public and private, there is nothing he could say which would injure me. The public would not believe the charge....reply to it, when not made by an honest man. The right honorable gentleman has called me " an unimpeached traitor." I ask why not " traitor," unqualified... | |
 | 1836 - 740 pages
...comparative view of our characters, public or private, there is nothing he could say which would injure me. If such a charge were made by an honest man, I would answer it in the manner I shall before I ait down. But I shall first reply to it when not made by an honest man. " The right honourable... | |
 | Literature - 1836 - 332 pages
...a comparative view of our characters, public and private, there is nothing he could say which would injure me. The public would not believe the charge, I despise the falsehood. If such a charge was made by an honest man, I would answer it m a manner I shall do before I sit down. But I shall first... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers - 1843 - 524 pages
...a comparative view of our characters, public and private, there is nothing he could say which would injure me. The public would not believe the charge....reply to it, when not made by an honest man. The right honorable gentleman has called me " an unimpeached traitor." I ask why not " traitor," unqualified... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1844 - 900 pages
...a comparative view of our characters, public and private, there is nothing he could say which would injure me. The public would not believe the charge....reply to it, when not made by an honest man. The right honorable gentleman has called me " an unimpeached traitor." I ask why not " traitor," unqualified... | |
 | Henry Grattan - Catholic emancipation - 1846 - 768 pages
...he completely done ? He was unparliamentary from the beginning to the end of bis speech. There \vas scarce a word he uttered that was not a violation...man. The right honourable gentleman has called me "an unirnpeached traitor." I ask, why not traitor, unqualified by any epithet? I will tell him — it was... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 568 pages
...a comparative view of our characters, public and private, there is nothing he could say which would injure me. The public would not believe the charge....reply to it when not made by an honest man. The right honorable gentleman has called me " an unimpeached traitor." I ask, why not " traitor," unqualified... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1852 - 570 pages
...a comparative view of our characters, public and private, there is nothing ho could say which would injure me. The public would not believe the charge....reply to it when not made by an honest man. The right honorable gentleman has called me " an unimpeached traitor." I ask, why not " traitor," unqualified... | |
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I know the difficulty the honorable gentleman labored under when he attacked me, conscious that on a comparative view of our characters, public and private, there is nothing he could say which would injure me. The public would not believe the charge.... 
