Memoirs of William Sampson: Including Particulars of His Adventures in Various Parts of Europe; His Confinement in the Dungeons of the Inquisition in Lisbon, &c., &c. Several Original Letters; Being His Correspondence with the Ministers of State in Great-Britain and Portugal; a Short Sketch of the History of Ireland, Particularly as it Respects the Spirit of British Domination in that Country; and a Few Observations on the State of Manners &c., in America |
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Page 41
It had been recommended to me to go to Portugal , on account of my ruined
health ; and that country being governed by England , seemed least liable of any
to objection from the government ; and my own intentions were , to abide faithfully
by ...
It had been recommended to me to go to Portugal , on account of my ruined
health ; and that country being governed by England , seemed least liable of any
to objection from the government ; and my own intentions were , to abide faithfully
by ...
Page 47
If any future historian should collect those laws , and give them in their order , as
a supplement to the former code of penal laws in Ireland , it would be a
monument , at least of curiosity , perhaps of melancholy instruction . For ,
amongst these ...
If any future historian should collect those laws , and give them in their order , as
a supplement to the former code of penal laws in Ireland , it would be a
monument , at least of curiosity , perhaps of melancholy instruction . For ,
amongst these ...
Page 126
But as to the two countries he had named , France and Spain , I could not
consent to go to either of them , because I had made an agreement , to which it
was my intention as to every other of my life , to be true ; at least until it should be
so ...
But as to the two countries he had named , France and Spain , I could not
consent to go to either of them , because I had made an agreement , to which it
was my intention as to every other of my life , to be true ; at least until it should be
so ...
Page 249
I said , without the least hesitation , that I could not answer for Mr . Grattan , nor for
any man , after such a lapse of time ; and surrounded as I was by the terrors of an
angry government ; that there was no obligation certainly on Mr . Grattan , to ...
I said , without the least hesitation , that I could not answer for Mr . Grattan , nor for
any man , after such a lapse of time ; and surrounded as I was by the terrors of an
angry government ; that there was no obligation certainly on Mr . Grattan , to ...
Page 443
... seeing num . bers of his fellow - creatures petrified with horror at viewing their
little properties consumed , and afraid to make the least complaint ; seeing that
military execution was their inevi . table fate , should they make the least murmur .
... seeing num . bers of his fellow - creatures petrified with horror at viewing their
little properties consumed , and afraid to make the least complaint ; seeing that
military execution was their inevi . table fate , should they make the least murmur .
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| Title | Memoirs of William Sampson: Including Particulars of His Adventures in Various Parts of Europe; His Confinement in the Dungeons of the Inquisition in Lisbon, &c., &c. Several Original Letters; Being His Correspondence with the Ministers of State in Great-Britain and Portugal; a Short Sketch of ... |
| Author | William Sampson |
| Publisher | author, 1807 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 16 Jul 2007 |
| Length | 448 pages |
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