Forensic Eloquence. Sketches of Trials in Ireland for High Treason, etc. including the Speeches of Mr. Curran.
(Ireland) Curran, John PhilpotJohn Philpot Curran (1750-1817) was a noted Irish orator, lawyer, Member of Parliament and writer of humorous and romantic poetry. He was early in his career nicknamed "Stuttering Jack Curran" for a speech impediment which he later overcame and was widely know in England, Ireland and America for his defence of Irish politicians charged with high treason.
Baltimore: C. Douglas, Bookseller, 1804.
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vi, [ii], 351, [1]pp. 8vo. Bound in contemp. speckled calf, Very Good, some fading.
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