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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... measure subsided , and the individual is seen through the clear and pellucid medium of truth and impartiality . That such , however , is not always the case , is evident from Scott's Life of Napoleon , and Moore's Life of Sheridan , two ...
... measure subsided , and the individual is seen through the clear and pellucid medium of truth and impartiality . That such , however , is not always the case , is evident from Scott's Life of Napoleon , and Moore's Life of Sheridan , two ...
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... Measures of extreme rigour were adopted ; measures of ex- treme atrocity were proposed . A massacre similar to that of 1641 , is said to have been agitated in the privy council . Let us hope for the honour of our common christianity ...
... Measures of extreme rigour were adopted ; measures of ex- treme atrocity were proposed . A massacre similar to that of 1641 , is said to have been agitated in the privy council . Let us hope for the honour of our common christianity ...
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... measure , yet they thought it right to seize the opportunity , and to make it produce better fruits . matured a plan ... measures for the amelioration of the condition of the Catholics . The suffer- ings of the Catholic aristocracy had ...
... measure , yet they thought it right to seize the opportunity , and to make it produce better fruits . matured a plan ... measures for the amelioration of the condition of the Catholics . The suffer- ings of the Catholic aristocracy had ...
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... measures were more boldly discussed , and , on some occasions , carried in favour of the Catholics . A constitutional measure was afterwards carried , limiting the duration of Parliaments . The Irish member was previously elected for ...
... measures were more boldly discussed , and , on some occasions , carried in favour of the Catholics . A constitutional measure was afterwards carried , limiting the duration of Parliaments . The Irish member was previously elected for ...
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... measure would put the Roman Catholics in possession of the land , and , therefore , that , of course , the protestants would be deprived of it . This prin- ciple ruled , and the measure was a second and third time rejected . The ...
... measure would put the Roman Catholics in possession of the land , and , therefore , that , of course , the protestants would be deprived of it . This prin- ciple ruled , and the measure was a second and third time rejected . The ...
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