The Memoirs, Private and Political, of Daniel O'Connell, Esq., from the Year 1776 to the Close of the Proceedings in Parliament for the Repeal of the Union: Compiled from Official Documents |
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... present instance , some apology may be deemed necessary , for having undertaken the onerous task of delineating the character of an individual of whose private life so little is known , and of whose public one , so many and discordant ...
... present instance , some apology may be deemed necessary , for having undertaken the onerous task of delineating the character of an individual of whose private life so little is known , and of whose public one , so many and discordant ...
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... present time and almost , if not quite , equalling that of the great masters of an- tiquity . Simple , plain , business - like , exquisitely natural , ve- hement , even as a man is vehement in his own cause , and in private life ...
... present time and almost , if not quite , equalling that of the great masters of an- tiquity . Simple , plain , business - like , exquisitely natural , ve- hement , even as a man is vehement in his own cause , and in private life ...
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... present disparity does not arise from that principle , it must cer- tainly arise from some material changes , made in the political or religious systems of these countries . Let us see what those changes were , and then judge whether ...
... present disparity does not arise from that principle , it must cer- tainly arise from some material changes , made in the political or religious systems of these countries . Let us see what those changes were , and then judge whether ...
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... present moment , and if he had perhaps not possessed certain properties , the spe- cial gifts of nature , he would have been on a par with the pre- sent race of orators in France , who in the scale of oratorical excellence , stand ...
... present moment , and if he had perhaps not possessed certain properties , the spe- cial gifts of nature , he would have been on a par with the pre- sent race of orators in France , who in the scale of oratorical excellence , stand ...
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... present day - let him then imagine . what their virulence and ferocity must have been when the law drew a broader line of distinction between the Protestant and the Catholic . Any man who would have been able to bear so great a mass of ...
... present day - let him then imagine . what their virulence and ferocity must have been when the law drew a broader line of distinction between the Protestant and the Catholic . Any man who would have been able to bear so great a mass of ...
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Act of Parliament Act of Union admitted amongst argument blood-hounds body called Catholic Association Catholic emancipation cause character church circumstances claim Colonel Brown committee conduct Convention Parliament county of Clare Daniel O'Connell declared doubt Dublin duty effect election emancipation enemies England English Father Murphy favour feeling Fitzgerald freeholders friends give heard Honourable and Learned Honourable Member House of Commons individual influence Ireland Irish justice king Learned Gentleman legislature liberty Lidwill look Lord Lord Steward lordships measure meeting Member for Clare ment mind minister motion nation nature never O'Connell's Oath of Supremacy object occasion opinion oppression party passed patriotism Peel persecution person petition political present priest principle proceedings Protestant question Relief Bill religious repeal resolution respect Roman Catholic shew Sir Charles Saxton Sir Francis Burdett sit and vote Speaker speech spirit statute take the oaths taken thing tion