The Irish Nation: Its History and Its Biography, Tom 3A. Fullarton, 1876 |
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... English interest arose which alone protected and saved the connexion with England . England herself was carried through every trial to which a kingdom could be exposed , short of invasion or civil war . With regard to Ireland , her ...
... English interest arose which alone protected and saved the connexion with England . England herself was carried through every trial to which a kingdom could be exposed , short of invasion or civil war . With regard to Ireland , her ...
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... English attacks on the continent . The appeal drew forth a general spirit of loyalty ; but the invasion did not occur so soon as expected . Then soon after , came a startling confirmation , in the appearance of a small expedition ...
... English attacks on the continent . The appeal drew forth a general spirit of loyalty ; but the invasion did not occur so soon as expected . Then soon after , came a startling confirmation , in the appearance of a small expedition ...
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... English towns . With the colonies anything like free trading was practically prohibited . In English ports there was a jealous exclusion of all commodities which might rival their own . This narrow policy had the disadvantage of being ...
... English towns . With the colonies anything like free trading was practically prohibited . In English ports there was a jealous exclusion of all commodities which might rival their own . This narrow policy had the disadvantage of being ...
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... English Legis- lature which no conviction from reasoning or proof of fact could effect . We should be slow to sanction , under any common juncture of griev- ances , a similar mode of seeking redress . The common error will be found ...
... English Legis- lature which no conviction from reasoning or proof of fact could effect . We should be slow to sanction , under any common juncture of griev- ances , a similar mode of seeking redress . The common error will be found ...
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... English Government ; thus leaving a country such as Ireland then was entirely at the mercy of English interests . It may not now , in discussing this question , be sufficiently called to mind what Ireland truly was . A surface of ...
... English Government ; thus leaving a country such as Ireland then was entirely at the mercy of English interests . It may not now , in discussing this question , be sufficiently called to mind what Ireland truly was . A surface of ...
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Strona 698 - Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God : I am the LORD.
Strona 365 - When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then, and not till then, let my epitaph be written.
Strona 250 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise. Join voices all ye living Souls: Ye Birds, That singing up to Heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise.
Strona 651 - But who, if he be called upon to face Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined Great issues, good or bad for human kind, Is happy as a Lover; and attired With sudden brightness, like a Man inspired...
Strona 214 - He made an administration so checkered and speckled ; he put together a piece of joinery so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed, a cabinet so variously inlaid, such a piece of diversified mosaic, such a tesselated pavement without cement, — here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white, patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans, whigs and tories, treacherous friends and open enemies, — that it was indeed a very curious show, but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to...
Strona 324 - No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced, — no matter what complexion, incompatible with Freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have burnt upon him, — no matter in what disastrous battle his...
Strona 663 - His Majesty recommends, that when this essential object shall have been accomplished, you should take into your deliberate consideration the whole condition of Ireland ; and that you should review the laws which impose civil disabilities on His Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects.
Strona 323 - British soil — which proclaims, even to the stranger and the sojourner, the moment he sets his foot upon British earth, that the ground on which he treads is holy, and consecrated by the genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION.
Strona 281 - I know the difficulty the honourable gentleman laboured 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. I despise the falsehood. If such a charge were made by an honest man, I would answer it in the manner I shall do before I sit down.
Strona 200 - ... my slenderer and younger taper imbibed its borrowed light from the more matured and redundant fountain of yours. Yes, my Lord, we can remember those nights...