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" I have but one request to ask at my departure from this world: it is - the charity of its silence. Let no man write my epitaph; for as no man who knows my motives dare now vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let them and me rest... "
History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798: With Memoirs of the Union, and ... - Page 414
by William Hamilton Maxwell - 1845 - 477 pages
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Curran and His Contemporaries

Charles Phillips - Ireland - 1850 - 534 pages
...country's cause, with the idol of my soul, the object of my affections. My race is run ; the grave opens to receive me, and I sink into its bosom. I...who knows my motives dare now vindicate them, let no prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let them rest in obscurity and peace, my memory be left in...
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Curran and His Contemporaries

Charles Phillips - Ireland - 1850 - 520 pages
...country's cause, with the idol of my soul, the object of my affections. My race is run ; the grave opens to receive me, and I sink into its bosom. I...have but one request to ask at my departure from this world—it is the charity of its silence. Let no man write my epitaph ; for as no man who knows my...
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The National Speaker: Containing Exercises, Original and Selected, in Prose ...

Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Elocution - 1851 - 328 pages
...I am going to my silent grave ; my lamp of life is nearly extinguished ; my race is run ; the grave opens to receive me, and I sink into its bosom. I...silence. Let no man write my epitaph ; for, as no one who knows my motives dare now vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let...
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Curran and His Contemporaries

Charles Phillips - Ireland - 1851 - 476 pages
...object of my affections. My race is run ; the grave opens to receive me, and I sink into its hosom. I have but one request to ask at my departure from...who knows my motives dare now vindicate them, let no prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let them rest in obscurity and peace, my memory be left in...
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The Irish Confederates, and the Rebellion of 1798

Henry Martyn Field - Ireland - 1851 - 388 pages
...going to my cold and silent grave ; my lamp of life is nearly extinguished ; my race is run ; the grave opens to receive me, and I sink into its bosom ! I...from this world — it is the charity of its silence I Let no man write my epitaph : for as no man who knows my motives dare now vindicate them, let not...
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Curran and His Contemporaries

Charles Phillips - Ireland - 1851 - 464 pages
...country's cause, with the idol of my soul, the object of my affections. My race is run ; the grave opens to receive me, and I sink into its bosom. I...have but one request to ask at my departure from this world—it is the charity of its silence. Let no man write my epitaph ; for as no man who knows my...
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The Book of Eloquence: A Collection of Extracts in Prose and Verse, from the ...

Readers - 1853 - 458 pages
...going to my cold and silent grave : my lamp of life is nearly extinguished : my race is run : the grave opens to receive me, and I sink into its bosom ! I...prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let them and me rejoice in obscurity and peace, and my tomb remain uninscribed, until other times, and other men, can...
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Life of Robert Emmett, the Celebrated Irish Patriot and Martyr: With His ...

John W. Burke - Ireland - 1853 - 324 pages
...nearly extinguished : my race is run : the grave opens to receive me,, and I sink into its bosom TI have but one request to ask at my departure from this...no man write my epitaph ; for as no man who knows mjT'rhotives dare now vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them| Let them and me...
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The Irving Gift: Being Choice Gems

Washington Irving - Gift books - 1853 - 304 pages
...its bosom All I request then, at parting from the world, is the charily of its ?ilence. Let no mun write my epitaph , for as no man, who knows my motives, dare vindicate them let not pre|udice or ignorance asperse them : let them and ine repose in obscurity and...
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The Standard Speaker: Containing Exercises in Prose and Poetry for ...

Elocution - 1854 - 576 pages
...nearly extinguished. My race is run. The grave opens to receive me, — and I sink into its l»som ! I have but one request to ask, at my departure from...prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let them and me repo*e in obscurity and peace, and my tomb remain uninscribed, until other times and other men can...
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