It was in the debates on this question that Hussey Burgh made his reputation as an orator. In one of them he used a sentence that has become famous. Someone had remarked that Ireland was at peace : — " Talk not to me of peace," said he : " Ireland is... A Concise History of Ireland ... - Page 254by Patrick Weston Joyce - 1912 - 335 pagesFull view - About this book
| James Anthony Froude - British - 1874 - 576 pages
...often quoted. Some one had said Ireland was at peace, ' Talk not to me of peace,' said Hussey Burgh; ' Ireland is not at peace; it is smothered war. England has sown her laws as dragon's teeth, and they have sprung up as armed men.'2 Never yet had Grattan so moved the Irish House... | |
| James Anthony Froude - British - 1874 - 546 pages
...often quoted. Some one had said Ireland was at peace. " Talk not to me of peace," said Hussey Burgh ; " Ireland is not at peace ; it is smothered war. England has sown her laws as dragon's teeth, and they have sprung up as armed men." 2 Never yet had Grattan so moved the Irish House... | |
| Alfred Webb - Ireland - 1878 - 616 pages
...often quoted. Some one had said Ireland was at peace. ' Talk not to me of peace,' said Hussey Burgh, ' Ireland is not at peace ; it is smothered war. England has sown her laws as dragon's teeth, and they have sprung up as armed men.' Never yet had Grattan so moved the Irish House... | |
| Leslie Stephen - Great Britain - 1886 - 492 pages
...that he described the political situation in memorable words. ' Talk not to me,' he said, ' of peace. Ireland is not at peace. It is smothered war. England has sown her laws as dragon's teeth, and they have sprung up as armed men.' The tumultuous applause provoked by this imagery... | |
| James Jeffrey Roche, Mary Murphy O'Reilly - 1891 - 836 pages
...here of peace ! " said Hussey Burgh, an Irishman, who held a high office under the English crown. " Ireland is not at peace. It is smothered war. England has sown her laws like dragon's teeth, and they have sprung np as armed men." These words produced a tremendous excitement.... | |
| Patrick Weston Joyce - Ireland - 1897 - 586 pages
...acclamation by an immense multitude ; and the Volunteers presented arms in honour of the speaker and members. It was in the debates on this question that Hussey...sown her laws as dragons' teeth : they have sprung up in armed men."* This sentence produced unparalleled excite* Alluding to a classical fable : — Curlmus,... | |
| Patrick Weston Joyce - Ireland - 1903 - 332 pages
...Someone had remarked that Ireland was at peace : — " Talk not to me of peace," said he: "Ireland ia not at peace; it is smothered war. England has sown...exclaimed Grattan : " the gates of glory are opened ! " 808. But to the British parliament alone, which had laid on the restrictions, belonged the task... | |
| Henry Cabot Lodge - World history - 1906 - 456 pages
...of them he used a sentence that has become famous. Someone had remarked that Ireland was 1775-1779 at peace ; " Talk not to me of peace," said he ; "...sown her laws as dragons' teeth : they have sprung up in armed men." This sentence produced unparalleled excitement; and, when it had calmed down so that... | |
| Thomas W. H. Fitzgerald - Ireland - 1910 - 478 pages
...said Walter Hussey Burgh in the Irish Parliament when denouncing the restrictive English statutes. "Ireland is not at peace; it is smothered war. England has sown her laws as dragons' teeth and they have sprung up as armed men." But to the English Parliament alone, which had imposed the restrictions,... | |
| James Keegan O'Connor - 1913 - 216 pages
...made by brave Hussey Burgh in the Irish Parliament a few years before the days of the '82 Volunteers: "Ireland is not at peace. It is smothered war. England has sown her laws like dragon's teeth, and they have sprung up as armed men." ' . Because of the famine and the failure... | |
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