The Newgate Calendar: Comprising Interesting Memoirs of the Most Notorious Characters who Have Been Convicted of Outrages on the Laws of England Since the Commencement of the Eighteenth Century; with Occasional Anecdotes and Observations, Speeches, Confessions, and Last Exclamations of Sufferers, Հատոր 3J. Robins and Company, 1825 |
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... thing in his de- fence ; on which the latter said , ' I know no more of the matter than you do , nor half so much neither . ' On this occasion Rann was dressed in a manner above his style of life and his circumstances . He had a bundle ...
... thing in his de- fence ; on which the latter said , ' I know no more of the matter than you do , nor half so much neither . ' On this occasion Rann was dressed in a manner above his style of life and his circumstances . He had a bundle ...
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... thing so base as the defrauding any man of his property . He added , I adjure the Almighty so to assist me in my present dangerous situation , as I speak here before you . ' Mr. Daniel Perreau called several persons to prove the ...
... thing so base as the defrauding any man of his property . He added , I adjure the Almighty so to assist me in my present dangerous situation , as I speak here before you . ' Mr. Daniel Perreau called several persons to prove the ...
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... thing was wrong . ' Being asked how she could recollect , at the distance of three months , the names , the sum ... things , jewels to the value of two thousand eight hundred pounds , with women's wearing apparel , & c . which might ...
... thing was wrong . ' Being asked how she could recollect , at the distance of three months , the names , the sum ... things , jewels to the value of two thousand eight hundred pounds , with women's wearing apparel , & c . which might ...
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... thing , you may command . Come then , my dear life , to an asylum of peace . Quit a country where , if you are bequeathed a cloak , some pretender may start up , and ruin you by law to prove it not your property . Let me have you at ...
... thing , you may command . Come then , my dear life , to an asylum of peace . Quit a country where , if you are bequeathed a cloak , some pretender may start up , and ruin you by law to prove it not your property . Let me have you at ...
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... thing , except that to which the right of dower entitled her ; and , the marriage being invalidated , the lady in this , as in other respects , would have been ruined by her own stratagem . Soon after the frustration of this at- tempt ...
... thing , except that to which the right of dower entitled her ; and , the marriage being invalidated , the lady in this , as in other respects , would have been ruined by her own stratagem . Soon after the frustration of this at- tempt ...
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Էջ 326 - ... lamented the stern policy that dictated his execution. But there was one heart, whose anguish it would be impossible to describe. In happier days and fairer fortunes, he had won the affections of a beautiful and interesting girl, the daughter of a late celebrated Irish barrister. She loved him with the disinterested fervour of a woman's first and early love.
Էջ 327 - 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 to those I honor and love, and for whom I am proud to perish.
Էջ 326 - If, then, his fate could awaken the sympathy even of his foes, what must have been the agony of her, whose whole soul was occupied by his image? Let those tell who have had the portals of the tomb suddenly closed between them and the being they most loved on earth — who have sat at its threshold, as one shut out in a cold and lonely world, from whence all that was most lovely and loving had departed.
Էջ 327 - The person who told me her story had seen her at a masquerade. There can be no exhibition of fargone wretchedness more striking and painful than to meet it in such a scene. To find it wandering like a spectre, lonely and joyless, where all around is gay — to see it dressed out in the trappings of mirth, and looking so wan and woebegone, as if it had tried in vain to cheat the poor heart into a momentary forgetfulness of sorrow.
Էջ 327 - The story of one so true and tender could not but excite great interest in a country remarkable for enthusiasm. It completely won the heart of a brave officer, who paid his addresses to her, and thought that one so true to the dead could not but prove affectionate to the living.
Էջ 326 - The most delicate and cherishing attentions were paid her by families of wealth and distinction. She was led into society, and they tried by all kinds of occupation and amusement to dissipate her grief, and wean her from the tragical story of her lover. But it was all in vain. There are some strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the soul — that penetrate to the vital seat of happiness — and blast it, never again to put forth bud or blossom.
Էջ 326 - To render her widowed situation more desolate, she had incurred her father's displeasure by her unfortunate attachment, and was an exile from the paternal roof. But could the sympathy and kind offices of friends have reached a spirit so shocked and driven in by horror, she would have experienced no want of consolation, for the Irish are a people of quick and generous sensibilities.
Էջ 326 - Every one must recollect the tragical story of young E , the Irish patriot ; it was too touching to be soon forgotten. During the troubles in Ireland he was tried, condemned, and executed, on a charge of treason. His fate made a deep impression on public sympathy. He was so young — so intelligent — so generous — so brave — so every thing that we are apt to like in a young man.
Էջ 327 - ... the memory of her former lover. He, however, persisted in his suit. He solicited not her tenderness, but her esteem. He was assisted by her conviction of his worth, and her sense of her own destitute and dependent situation, for she was existing on the kindness of friends. In a word, he at length succeeded in gaining her hand, though with the solemn assurance, that her heart was unalterably another's.
Էջ 328 - I find I have but a few hours to live, but if it was the last moment, and that the power of utterance was leaving me, I would thank you from the bottom of my heart for your generous expressions of affection and forgiveness to me. If there was any one in the world in whose breast my death might be supposed not to stifle every spark of resentment, it might be you ; I have deeply injured you ; I have injured the happiness of a sister that you love, and •who was formed to give happiness to every one...