The History of Ireland from the Invasion of Henry II.: With a Preliminary Discourse on the Ancient State of that Kingdom, Volume 1B. Smith, 1814 - Ireland |
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... assistance of CHARLES O'CONNOR , esquire . And here he might enlarge on the assistance he hath received , and the materials obtained both in England and Ireland . But as such details may be suspected to contain more of osten- tation ...
... assistance of CHARLES O'CONNOR , esquire . And here he might enlarge on the assistance he hath received , and the materials obtained both in England and Ireland . But as such details may be suspected to contain more of osten- tation ...
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... this time , instead of dreading an invasion of the Romans , sailed to the assistance of the Picts , led an irruption into the Roman pro- VOL . I. b vince . vince , and returned in triumph laden with foreign spoils DISCOURSE . ix.
... this time , instead of dreading an invasion of the Romans , sailed to the assistance of the Picts , led an irruption into the Roman pro- VOL . I. b vince . vince , and returned in triumph laden with foreign spoils DISCOURSE . ix.
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... assistance of " certain scholars , who had learned many " rules of the civil and canon law , rather by " tradition than by reading . " 66 66 In opposition to such unfavourable repre- sentations , and to the opprobrious name of " Gens ...
... assistance of " certain scholars , who had learned many " rules of the civil and canon law , rather by " tradition than by reading . " 66 66 In opposition to such unfavourable repre- sentations , and to the opprobrious name of " Gens ...
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... assistance . Another chieftain opposed him , with another reinforcement of Danes , but with the same success . The tranquillity of his province was thus esta- blished ; the southern moiety of the island acknowledged his sovereignty ...
... assistance . Another chieftain opposed him , with another reinforcement of Danes , but with the same success . The tranquillity of his province was thus esta- blished ; the southern moiety of the island acknowledged his sovereignty ...
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... the mari- time cities invited their countrymen to their assistance . The neighbouring Irish , impati- ent of the ancient tribute still exacted by the mo- monarch , readily concurred with them ; and even encouraged xlviii PRELIMINARY.
... the mari- time cities invited their countrymen to their assistance . The neighbouring Irish , impati- ent of the ancient tribute still exacted by the mo- monarch , readily concurred with them ; and even encouraged xlviii PRELIMINARY.
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Page 8 - Christian faith to the ignorant and rude, exterminating the roots of vice from the field of the Lord, and for the more convenient execution of this purpose requiring the counsel and favour of the apostolic see. In which, the maturer your deliberation and the greater the discretion of your procedure, by so much the happier, we trust, will be your progress, with the assistance of the Lord ; as all things are...
Page 357 - Nullus liber homo capiatur, vel imprisonetur, aut dissaisiatur, aut utlagetur, aut exuletur, aut aliquo modo destruatur, nee super eum ibimus, nee super eum mittemus, nisi per legale judicium parium suorum vel per legem terrae.
Page 358 - Omnes autem istas consuetudines predictas et libertates quas nos concessimus in regno nostro tenendas quantum ad nos pertinet erga nostros omnes de regno nostro tam clerici quam laici observent quantum ad se pertinet erga suos...
Page 278 - Every inconsiderable party, who, under the pretence of loyalty, received the king's commission to repel the adversary in some particular district, became pestilent enemies to the inhabitants. Their properties, their lives, the chastity of their families, were all exposed to barbarians, who sought only to glut their brutal passions; and by their horrible excesses purchased the curse of God and man.
Page xxi - ... for instruction, or for an opportunity of living in monasteries of stricter discipline: and that the Scots (as he styles the Irish) maintained them, taught them, and furnished them with books, without fee or reward: " A most honourable testimony," saith the elegant lord LVTTELTON, " not only to the " learning, but likewise to the hospitality '
Page xxi - ... to this seat of learning ; nor is it improbable or surprising, that seven thousand students studied at Armagh, agreeably to the accounts of Irish writers, though the seminary of Armagh was but one of those numerous colleges erected in Ireland. But the labours of the Irish clergy were not confined to their own country. Their missionaries were sent to the continent. They converted heathens, they confirmed believers, they erected convents, they established schools of learning ; they taught the use...
Page 313 - ... laws passed during this glorious, but arbitrary reign, abundantly prove that the spirit of the Penal Code did not wait to be evoked by religious rancour, * but was as active and virulent when both parties were Papists, as it has been since Henry VIII. made it a war of creeds as well as nations. — " It was enjoined by Royal mandate that no mere Irishman should be admitted into any office or trust in any city, borough, or castle in the King's land.
Page 283 - ... were a kind of independent potentates, who, if they submitted to any regulations at all, were less governed by the municipal law, than by a rude species of the law of nations.
Page 355 - Nulla vidua distringatur ad se maritandum dum voluerit vivere sine marito, ita tamen quod securitatem faciat quod se non maritabit sine assensu nostro, si de nobis tenuerit, vel sine assensu domini sui de quo tenuerit, si de alio tenuerit.
Page 356 - Nullus constabularius vel ejus ballivus capiat blada vel alia catalla alicujus qui non sit de villa ubi castrum situm est, nisi statim inde reddat denarios aut respectum inde habere possit de voluntate venditoris; si autem de villa ipsa fuerit, infra quadraginta dies precium reddat.7 [1215, c.