Eighty-five Years of Irish History, 1800-1885 |
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... existence seemed to be marked in her struc- ture in such bold characters by nature , that it required the unceasing efforts of an active and malignant policy to defeat the obvious purposes of Creation . " * That active and malignant ...
... existence seemed to be marked in her struc- ture in such bold characters by nature , that it required the unceasing efforts of an active and malignant policy to defeat the obvious purposes of Creation . " * That active and malignant ...
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... existence . And even after some of the restrictions on Catholics had been removed , the sentiment of Protestant contempt survived in full force , preventing that cordial coalition , that thorough mutual understanding between the two ...
... existence . And even after some of the restrictions on Catholics had been removed , the sentiment of Protestant contempt survived in full force , preventing that cordial coalition , that thorough mutual understanding between the two ...
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... existence of such a fund ; or if he cannot disavow it , to state explicitly any honest purpose to which it can be applied . If it can exist , I trust there are sufficient remains of sense and honour in the Irish nation to cut off the ...
... existence of such a fund ; or if he cannot disavow it , to state explicitly any honest purpose to which it can be applied . If it can exist , I trust there are sufficient remains of sense and honour in the Irish nation to cut off the ...
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... existence of Parliament . It is to deprive the Irish people of their birthright because certain parliamentary majorities have been base and venal . Would the gentlemen who reason in this way apply the same logic to England ? Would they ...
... existence of Parliament . It is to deprive the Irish people of their birthright because certain parliamentary majorities have been base and venal . Would the gentlemen who reason in this way apply the same logic to England ? Would they ...
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... existence refuse to co - operate with the general mass of their countrymen . John Keogh's belief in the inutility of political agitation is instructive . Lord Fingal was latterly impressed with that belief , and alleged it as his reason ...
... existence refuse to co - operate with the general mass of their countrymen . John Keogh's belief in the inutility of political agitation is instructive . Lord Fingal was latterly impressed with that belief , and alleged it as his reason ...
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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...