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Page viii
... true that , in reading the first chapters of all the various histories of Ireland , the foreign reader is struck and almost shocked by the dogmatism of the writers , who invariably , and with a truly Irish assurance , begin with one of ...
... true that , in reading the first chapters of all the various histories of Ireland , the foreign reader is struck and almost shocked by the dogmatism of the writers , who invariably , and with a truly Irish assurance , begin with one of ...
Page ix
... true , by feuds and contentions , but , on the whole , living hap- pily under the patriarchal rule of the clan system . The ruins which are now explored , the relics of antiquity which are often exhumed , the very implements and ...
... true , by feuds and contentions , but , on the whole , living hap- pily under the patriarchal rule of the clan system . The ruins which are now explored , the relics of antiquity which are often exhumed , the very implements and ...
Page xi
... true freedom and honor , reaching back almost to the cradle of mankind . They resolved to hold these against all comers , and they have been faithful to their resolve down to our own times . Fourteen hundred years of history since ...
... true freedom and honor , reaching back almost to the cradle of mankind . They resolved to hold these against all comers , and they have been faithful to their resolve down to our own times . Fourteen hundred years of history since ...
Page xiv
... true progress ; and they became , in fact , in the sixth , seventh , and eighth centuries , the moral and scientific educators of the greater part of Europe . What they refused to adopt they were right in rejecting . But , as there are ...
... true progress ; and they became , in fact , in the sixth , seventh , and eighth centuries , the moral and scientific educators of the greater part of Europe . What they refused to adopt they were right in rejecting . But , as there are ...
Page xvi
... true civilization , and how ready they were to extend it by their traditional teaching . Nor did they confine themselves to receiving scholars in their midst : they sent abroad , during those ages , armies of zealous missionaries and ...
... true civilization , and how ready they were to extend it by their traditional teaching . Nor did they confine themselves to receiving scholars in their midst : they sent abroad , during those ages , armies of zealous missionaries and ...
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Page 202 - ... as the very carcasses they spared not to scrape out of their graves ; and if they found a plot of watercresses or shamrocks, there they flocked as to a feast for the time, yet not able long to continue there withal; that in short space there were none almost left, and a most populous and plentiful country suddenly left void of man and beast...
Page 305 - The Duke of Orleans, Regent of France during the minority of Louis XV...
Page 126 - All Ireland was by Henry II. cantonized among ten of the English nation ; and, though they had not gained possession of one-third of the kingdom, yet in title they were owners and lords of all, so as nothing was left to be granted to the natives.
Page 334 - That the crown of Ireland is an imperial crown inseparably annexed to the crown of Great Britain, on which connection the interests and happiness of both nations essentially depend: but that the kingdom of Ireland is a distinct kingdom, with a parliament of her own— the sole legislature thereof.
Page 209 - Pope should order him to return to his diocese, he intended only to render to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's.
Page 334 - Majesty that we humbly conceive that in this right the very essence of our liberties exists ; a right which we, on the part of all the people of Ireland, do claim as their birthright, and which we cannot yield but with our lives.
Page 512 - Ast hinc duobus in Sacram (sic insulam Dixere prisci) solibus cursus rati est. Haec inter undas multa cespitem jacet, Eamque late gens Hibernorum colit.
Page 517 - ... see, on the shield of England in her treatment of Ireland. If we be compassionate men, I hope we shall now, once for all, listen to the tale of woe which comes from her, and the reality of which, if not its justice, is testified by the continuous migration of her people; that we shall endeavor to Raze out the written troubles from her brain, Pluck from her memory the rooted sorrow.
Page 287 - I must do it justice : it was a complete system, full of coherence and consistency ; well digested and well composed in all its parts. It was a machine of wise and elaborate contrivance ; and as well fitted for the oppression, impoverishment, and degradation of a people, and the debasement, in them, of human nature itself, as ever proceeded from the perverted ingenuity of man.
Page 324 - Majesty's happy government will work a greater miracle in this kingdom than ever St. Patrick did ; for St. Patrick did only banish the poisonous worms, but suffered the men full of poison to inhabit the land still ; but his Majesty's blessed genius will banish all those generations of vipers out of it, and make it ere it be long a right fortunate island.