The History of Ireland,: From the Treaty of Limerick to the Present Time: Being a Continuation of the History of the Abbé MacGeoghegan, Volume 1Cameron & Ferguson, 1869 - Ireland |
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... give a precise view of the real pur- port and limitations of the engagements taken towards the Irish Catholics upon this occasion . Independently , then , of the royal promise of future parliamentary re- lief to " protect Catholics from ...
... give a precise view of the real pur- port and limitations of the engagements taken towards the Irish Catholics upon this occasion . Independently , then , of the royal promise of future parliamentary re- lief to " protect Catholics from ...
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... give his sign , and indeed must sign documents royal assent to the laws of exclusion made which they have not read ; and of all do- by this Parliament , but he did not make cuments , a document relating to a small any proposal or any ...
... give his sign , and indeed must sign documents royal assent to the laws of exclusion made which they have not read ; and of all do- by this Parliament , but he did not make cuments , a document relating to a small any proposal or any ...
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... give an idea of the parliament ] , in order that we may learn grievances and oppressions which the by what means , and under what pretext , Protestants now plaintively represented they have been granted , " etc. Consider- to parliament ...
... give an idea of the parliament ] , in order that we may learn grievances and oppressions which the by what means , and under what pretext , Protestants now plaintively represented they have been granted , " etc. Consider- to parliament ...
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... give to inflict or to suspend the torture . In short , the Irish Protestant Ascen- dency was soon to be taught that it was the mere agent of English empire , and must aspire to no other freedom than the freedom to oppress and trample ...
... give to inflict or to suspend the torture . In short , the Irish Protestant Ascen- dency was soon to be taught that it was the mere agent of English empire , and must aspire to no other freedom than the freedom to oppress and trample ...
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... give any public proof of discontent or resentment . In all these parliamentary disputes there was not the least question of the rights or claims of any Irish Catholic ; nor does it appear that there would have been the slightest op ...
... give any public proof of discontent or resentment . In all these parliamentary disputes there was not the least question of the rights or claims of any Irish Catholic ; nor does it appear that there would have been the slightest op ...
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Page 77 - For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed, is the very definition of slavery. But in fact, eleven men well armed will certainly subdue one single man in his shirt.
Page 125 - Majesty that it is not by temporary expedients but by a free trade alone that this nation is now to be saved from impending ruin.
Page 205 - I also declare, that it is not an article of the catholic faith; neither am I thereby required to believe or profess that the pope is infallible, or that I am bound to obey any order in its own nature immoral, though the pope or any ecclesiastical power should issue or direct such order, but on the contrary, I hold that it would be sinful in me to pay any respect or obedience thereto...
Page 56 - In short, he was like Mr. Wood, all over brass, and he defied the armies of the living God. Goliah's conditions of combat were likewise the same with those of Wood : "if he prevail against us, then shall we be his servants." But if it happens that I prevail over him, I renounce the other part of the condition; " he shall never be a servant of mine ; for I do not think him fit to be trusted in any honest man's shop.
Page 56 - And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail ; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders. And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam ; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron : and one bearing a shield...
Page 52 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Page 37 - Parliament in England, in the first year of the reign of their late Majesties King William and Queen Mary, intituled An Act declaring the rights and liberties of the Subject and settling the Succession of the Crown...
Page 87 - Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton ; and the peculiar happiness of my life will ever consist in promoting the welfare of a people, whose loyalty and warm affection to me I consider as the greatest and most permanent security of my throne...
Page 29 - The conveniency of ports and havens, which nature has bestowed so liberally on this kingdom, is of no more use to us than a beautiful prospect to a man shut up in a dungeon.
Page 214 - M'Cracken, and one or two more of us, on the summit of M'Art's fort, took a solemn obligation, which I think I may say I have on my part endeavoured to fulfil — never to desist in our efforts until we had subverted the authority of England over our country, and asserted her independence.