An Impartial History of Ireland from the Period of the English Invasion to the Present Time, Volume 2J. Christie, 1810 - Ireland |
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... lives , and the remnant of their properties , hitherto denied them , was a natural and just claim , though qualified insolence by party writers . The justice of their quarrel is partly confessed even by Leland , on the authority of ...
... lives , and the remnant of their properties , hitherto denied them , was a natural and just claim , though qualified insolence by party writers . The justice of their quarrel is partly confessed even by Leland , on the authority of ...
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... lives and properties , on condi- tion of their joining in the general cause . The Irish writers say , that Clifford lost 1400 men in this action . Cambden's words are , Cliffordo una * It is remarkable , that O'Donell had but one great ...
... lives and properties , on condi- tion of their joining in the general cause . The Irish writers say , that Clifford lost 1400 men in this action . Cambden's words are , Cliffordo una * It is remarkable , that O'Donell had but one great ...
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... lives . The devastations made by the English garrisons already threatened them with the mise- ries of famine ; and to cut them off from all foreign supplies a new and extraordinary measure was devised , which essentially affected every ...
... lives . The devastations made by the English garrisons already threatened them with the mise- ries of famine ; and to cut them off from all foreign supplies a new and extraordinary measure was devised , which essentially affected every ...
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... live , and to keep their bonnaghts ( or hired soldiers ) . It seemed in- credible , that by so barbarous inhabitants , the ground should be so manured , the fields so orderly fenced , the towns so frequently inhabited , and the high ...
... live , and to keep their bonnaghts ( or hired soldiers ) . It seemed in- credible , that by so barbarous inhabitants , the ground should be so manured , the fields so orderly fenced , the towns so frequently inhabited , and the high ...
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... lives and pains by the soldiers were both determined . † " One would imagine , " says Curry , " from the virulence of the expressions , and the barbarity of the actions mentioned in this history , that it was written by Carew's enemy ...
... lives and pains by the soldiers were both determined . † " One would imagine , " says Curry , " from the virulence of the expressions , and the barbarity of the actions mentioned in this history , that it was written by Carew's enemy ...
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Page 227 - A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
Page 496 - GOD, endeavour, in our several places and callings, the preservation of the reformed religion in the Church of Scotland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, against our common enemies; the reformation of religion in the kingdoms of England and Ireland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, according to the word of GOD, and the example of the best reformed Churches...
Page 228 - Thus by preserving the method of nature in the conduct of the state, in what we improve we are never wholly new ; in what we retain, we are never wholly obsolete.
Page 227 - By a constitutional policy, working after the pattern of nature, we receive, we hold, we transmit our government and our privileges, in the same manner in which we enjoy and transmit our property and our lives.
Page 228 - In this choice of inheritance we have given to our frame of polity the image of a relation in blood; binding up the constitution of our country with our dearest domestic ties ; adopting our fundamental laws into the bosom of our family affections; keeping inseparable, and cherishing with the warmth of all their combined and mutually reflected charities, our state, our hearths, our sepulchres, and our altars.
Page 498 - IV. We shall also with all faithfulness endeavour the discovery of all such as have been, or shall be, incendiaries, malignants, or evil instruments, by hindering the reformation of religion, dividing the king from his people, or one of the kingdoms from another, or making any faction or parties amongst the people, contrary to this League and Covenant, that they may be brought to public trial, and receive condign punishment, as the degree of their offences shall require or deserve, or the supreme...
Page 301 - Love not the world, nor the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Page 497 - We shall with the same sincerity, reality and constancy, in our several vocations, endeavour with our estates and lives mutually to preserve the rights and privileges of the Parliaments, and the liberties of the kingdoms, and to preserve and defend the King's Majesty's person and authority, in the preservation and defence of the true religion and liberties of the kingdoms, that the world may bear witness with our consciences of our loyalty, and that we have no thoughts or intentions to diminish His...
Page 500 - Christian churches, groaning under, or in danger of, the yoke of antichristian tyranny, to join in the same, or like association and covenant, to the glory of God, the enlargement of the kingdom of Jesus Christ, and the peace and tranquillity of Christian kingdoms and commonwealths.
Page 495 - We noblemen, barons, knights, gentlemen, citizens, burgesses, ministers of the Gospel, and commons of all sorts in the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, by the providence of God living under one King, and being of one reformed religion; having before our eyes the glory of God, and the advancement of the kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ...