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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... Irish offer a wild and passionate gratitude to the man , who has rescued them from destruction . With this exordial sketch of the character of Mr. O'Connell , we shall proceed to an exhibition of the early circumstances of his life ...
... Irish offer a wild and passionate gratitude to the man , who has rescued them from destruction . With this exordial sketch of the character of Mr. O'Connell , we shall proceed to an exhibition of the early circumstances of his life ...
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... Irish septs , whose fabulous history is carried through a vast procession of shadowy kings to the days of the great Milesius , and whose real origin , is like that of all the great families in Europe , involved in obscurity , which ob ...
... Irish septs , whose fabulous history is carried through a vast procession of shadowy kings to the days of the great Milesius , and whose real origin , is like that of all the great families in Europe , involved in obscurity , which ob ...
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... Irish , in several parts adhered to their old customs , and maintained their old feuds . It was for Elizabeth to commence , and for her successor , who showed vigour only in cruelty , to continue , in a more extended form a system of ...
... Irish , in several parts adhered to their old customs , and maintained their old feuds . It was for Elizabeth to commence , and for her successor , who showed vigour only in cruelty , to continue , in a more extended form a system of ...
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... Irish chiefs , in few instances , held their possessions by proper formal te- nures , according to the law of England . They dreamed of no better title than the possession of a long train of ancestry , and the submission of their ...
... Irish chiefs , in few instances , held their possessions by proper formal te- nures , according to the law of England . They dreamed of no better title than the possession of a long train of ancestry , and the submission of their ...
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... Irish bar . The time of his admission was singularly auspicious . The bar in Ireland had just been opened to the Catholic pleaders , and although they were promised at the opening , no higher than the minor honours of the profession ...
... Irish bar . The time of his admission was singularly auspicious . The bar in Ireland had just been opened to the Catholic pleaders , and although they were promised at the opening , no higher than the minor honours of the profession ...
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