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n. <i>archaic</i> : ant
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* '''emmet:''' (''archaic'') ant
  
also Robert, 1778–1803, Irish patriot whom on the eve of his execution before the House of Lords for treason said [http://www.robertemmet.org/speech.htm "Let no man write my epitaph"]
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* '''Robert Emmet:''' Irish patriot (1778–1803) who said at his trial, after being sentenced to death for treason: "When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then, and not till then, let my epitaph be written. I have done."
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** [http://www.robertemmet.org/speech.htm Robert Emmet's Speech from the Dock]
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*'''emet:''' truth (''Hebrew'')

Latest revision as of 18:17, 23 June 2019

  • emmet: (archaic) ant
  • Robert Emmet: Irish patriot (1778–1803) who said at his trial, after being sentenced to death for treason: "When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then, and not till then, let my epitaph be written. I have done."
  • emet: truth (Hebrew)