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... O'Connell , " have been extensively plagiarised by Mr. C. M. O'Keeffe , in his " Life and Times of O'Connell . " CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. PAGE 1 RECORDS OF THE UNION viii Preface .
... O'Connell , " have been extensively plagiarised by Mr. C. M. O'Keeffe , in his " Life and Times of O'Connell . " CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. PAGE 1 RECORDS OF THE UNION viii Preface .
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... O'CONNELL IN 1833 . CHAPTER XVI . 154 IRISH POLICY OF THE FIRST REFORMED PARLIAMENT 162 • CHAPTER XVII . RESULTS OF THE COERCION ACT OF 1833 166 CHAPTER XVIII . THE REPEAL DEBATE OF 1834 177 Contents . CHAPTER XIX . O'CONNELL'S FINAL ...
... O'CONNELL IN 1833 . CHAPTER XVI . 154 IRISH POLICY OF THE FIRST REFORMED PARLIAMENT 162 • CHAPTER XVII . RESULTS OF THE COERCION ACT OF 1833 166 CHAPTER XVIII . THE REPEAL DEBATE OF 1834 177 Contents . CHAPTER XIX . O'CONNELL'S FINAL ...
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... O'CONNELL AND HIS FRIENDS IN 1844 247 CHAPTER XXVII . CAREER OF A ROMANTIC AGITATOR CHAPTER XXVIII . CONDITION OF THE REPEAL MOVEMENT AFTER THE LIBE- RATION OF THE PRISONERS . 260 269 CHAPTER XXIX . ENGLISH POLITICIANS ON NATIONAL ...
... O'CONNELL AND HIS FRIENDS IN 1844 247 CHAPTER XXVII . CAREER OF A ROMANTIC AGITATOR CHAPTER XXVIII . CONDITION OF THE REPEAL MOVEMENT AFTER THE LIBE- RATION OF THE PRISONERS . 260 269 CHAPTER XXIX . ENGLISH POLITICIANS ON NATIONAL ...
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... O'Connell's anti - Union speech , delivered on the 13th of January , 1800 : " There was no man present , " said O'Connell , " but was acquainted with the industry with which it was circulated that the Catholics were favourable to the ...
... O'Connell's anti - Union speech , delivered on the 13th of January , 1800 : " There was no man present , " said O'Connell , " but was acquainted with the industry with which it was circulated that the Catholics were favourable to the ...
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... O'Connell at the Catholic Association , recommending the Catholics to abandon for a time the struggle for Emancipation , and to coalesce with the Pro- testants in a struggle for Repeal . But this advice was premature ; the Protestants ...
... O'Connell at the Catholic Association , recommending the Catholics to abandon for a time the struggle for Emancipation , and to coalesce with the Pro- testants in a struggle for Repeal . But this advice was premature ; the Protestants ...
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Page 44 - Yet I do not give up the country ; I see her in a swoon, but she is not dead. Though in her tomb she lies helpless and motionless, still there is on her lips a spirit of life, and on her cheek a glow of beauty. "Thou art not conquered; beauty's ensign yet Is crimson on thy lips and in thy cheeks, And death's pale flag is not advanced there.
Page 263 - But all this is trifling compared to the numberless murders that are hourly committed by our people without any process or examination whatever. The yeomanry are in the style of the loyalists in America, only much more numerous and powerful, and a thousand times more ferocious. These men have saved the country, but they now take the lead in rapine and murder.
Page 93 - THE religion of the Papists is superstitious and idolatrous, their faith and doctrine erroneous and heretical, their church, in respect of both, apostatical : to give them therefore a toleration, or to consent, that they may freely exercise their religion, and profess their faith and doctrine, is a grievous sin...
Page 229 - I cannot but highly esteem those Gentlemen of Ireland, who, with all the Disadvantages of being Exiles and Strangers, have been able to distinguish themselves by their Valour and Conduct in so many Parts of Europe, I think above all other Nations...
Page 72 - From Queen Elizabeth's reign until the Union the various commercial confraternities of Great Britain never for a moment relaxed their relentless grip on the trades of Ireland. One by one each of our nascent industries was either strangled in its birth or handed over, gagged and bound, to the jealous custody of the rival interest in England, until at last every fountain of wealth was hermetically sealed, and even the traditions of commercial enterprise have perished through desuetude.
Page 263 - The conversation of the principal persons of the country all tends to encourage this system of blood ; and the conversation even at my table, where you will suppose I do all I can to prevent it, always turns on hanging, shooting, burning, &C., and if a priest has been put to death, the greatest joy is expressed by the whole company.
Page 27 - Who fears to speak of Ninety-Eight? Who blushes at the name? When cowards mock the patriot's fate, Who hangs his head for shame? He's all a knave or half a slave Who slights his country thus: But a true man, like you, man, Will fill your glass with us. We drink the memory of the brave, The faithful and the few Some lie far off beyond the wave, Some sleep in Ireland, too; All, all are gone - but still lives...
Page 101 - An Act to amend the Law as to the Subscriptions and Declarations to be made and Oaths to be taken by the Clergy of the Established Church of England and Ireland.
Page 15 - ... they had acquiesced in the decision of the Cabinet that the Bill should not be introduced by Ministers. Their support of the administration had been the result of ' a precise engagement,' that ' if the Catholics insisted to carry forward their Bill, Government would give it a handsome support.
Page 240 - It is the land that freemen till, That sober-suited Freedom chose, The land, where girt with friends or foes A man may speak the thing he will ; A land of settled government, A land of just and old renown, Where Freedom broadens slowly down From precedent to precedent...