The History of Ireland: From the Treaty of Limerick to the Present Time : Being a Continuation of the History of the Abbé MacGeoghegan, Volumes 1-2 |
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... House of Lords and the House of Com- mons should be open to men to whom he would not open a guild of skinners or a guild of cordwainers ? How , again , is it possible to believe that the English peers would , while professing the most ...
... House of Lords and the House of Com- mons should be open to men to whom he would not open a guild of skinners or a guild of cordwainers ? How , again , is it possible to believe that the English peers would , while professing the most ...
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... House of Commons , being examined at the Another petition , gravely presented_to bar of the English House , gave in his evi- parliament , was " A petition of one Ed- dence so sad an account of the sufferings ward Sprag , and others , in ...
... House of Commons , being examined at the Another petition , gravely presented_to bar of the English House , gave in his evi- parliament , was " A petition of one Ed- dence so sad an account of the sufferings ward Sprag , and others , in ...
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... House resolved , in reply , " that whoever in the matter of procuring pardons , advised his majesty's answer to the Ad- and astonishing waste and destruction , dress of the House has used his utmost especially of the fine woods , which ...
... House resolved , in reply , " that whoever in the matter of procuring pardons , advised his majesty's answer to the Ad- and astonishing waste and destruction , dress of the House has used his utmost especially of the fine woods , which ...
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... House of Commons , being examined at the bar of the English House , gave in his evi- dence so sad an account of the sufferings of the Protestants , as produced a serious effect upon public opinion in England . " There never was , " he ...
... House of Commons , being examined at the bar of the English House , gave in his evi- dence so sad an account of the sufferings of the Protestants , as produced a serious effect upon public opinion in England . " There never was , " he ...
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... House resolved , in reply , " that whoever advised his majesty's answer to the Ad- dress of the House has used his utmost endeavour to create a misunderstanding and jealousy between the king and his people . " The " Bill of Resumption ...
... House resolved , in reply , " that whoever advised his majesty's answer to the Ad- dress of the House has used his utmost endeavour to create a misunderstanding and jealousy between the king and his people . " The " Bill of Resumption ...
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Page 183 - I also declare, that it is not an article of the catholic faith; neither am I thereby required to believe or profess that the pope is infallible, or that I am bound to obey any order in its own nature immoral, though the pope or any ecclesiastical power should issue or direct such order, but on the contrary, I hold that it would be sinful in me to pay any respect or obedience thereto...
Page 101 - ... that it is not by temporary expedients, but by a free trade alone, that this nation is now to be saved from impending ruin.
Page 165 - To subvert the tyranny of our execrable Government, to break the connection with England, the never-failing source of all our political evils, and to assert the independence of my country — these were my objects. To unite the whole people of Ireland, to abolish the memory of all past dissensions, and to substitute the common name of Irishman in place of the denominations of Protestant, Catholic, and Dis* Thomas Russell, Tone's most intimate friend and comrade. HISTORY Of IRELAND. senter — these...
Page 30 - In short, he was like Mr. Wood, all over brass, and he defied the armies of the living God. Goliah's conditions of combat were likewise the same with those of Wood : " if he prevail against us, then shall we be his servants." But if it happens that I prevail over him, I renounce the other part of the condition; "he shall never be a servant of mine ; for I do not think him fit to be trusted in any honest man's shop.
Page 10 - Second : and their majesties, as soon as their affairs will permit them to summon a parliament in this kingdom, will endeavour to procure the said Roman Catholics such further security in that particular, as may preserve them from any disturbance upon the account of their said religion.
Page 26 - ... kingdom ; and that all proceedings before the said House of Lords upon any such judgment, sentence or decree, are, and are hereby declared to be utterly null and void, to all intents and purposes whatsoever.
Page 151 - ... grievously whipped and burned through the gristle of the right ear with a hot iron of the compass of an inch about, as a manifestation of his wicked life, and due punishment received for the same.
Page 26 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Page 21 - Parliament in England, in the first year of the reign of their late Majesties King William and Queen Mary, intituled An Act declaring the rights and liberties of the Subject and settling the Succession of the Crown...
Page 61 - Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton ; and the peculiar happiness of my life will ever consist in promoting the welfare of a people, whose loyalty and warm affection to me I consider as the greatest and most permanent security of my throne...