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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Page 38
... considered irrelevant to take a retrospective glance of the origin of those religious differences , which went hand in hand with the aggrandizement in increasing the op- pressions of Ireland . It is the existence of those oppressions ...
... considered irrelevant to take a retrospective glance of the origin of those religious differences , which went hand in hand with the aggrandizement in increasing the op- pressions of Ireland . It is the existence of those oppressions ...
Page 52
... considered impossible , a whole nation was deemed irreclaimable , the desolating famine of 1740 , one of the most terrible in the memory of man , carrying off 400,000 per- sons , the fifth or sixth within twenty years , was another ...
... considered impossible , a whole nation was deemed irreclaimable , the desolating famine of 1740 , one of the most terrible in the memory of man , carrying off 400,000 per- sons , the fifth or sixth within twenty years , was another ...
Page 53
... considered that the substance of an act of Parliament , given in a few words , tells a more correct tale than volumes of fine writing , and the subject is one of those , of which no one ought to judge without accurate in- formation ; it ...
... considered that the substance of an act of Parliament , given in a few words , tells a more correct tale than volumes of fine writing , and the subject is one of those , of which no one ought to judge without accurate in- formation ; it ...
Page 59
... considered as an instance of presumption or discontent that they thus adventured to lay open to his majesty's mercy a very small part of their uncom- mon sufferings . " They continued- " What we have DANIEL O'CONNELL , ESQ . 59.
... considered as an instance of presumption or discontent that they thus adventured to lay open to his majesty's mercy a very small part of their uncom- mon sufferings . " They continued- " What we have DANIEL O'CONNELL , ESQ . 59.
Page 67
... considered that a great boon was obtained for his constituents , when Parliaments were octennial , or sat for eight years . The Catholics ventured to appear in the courts of justice , and to show the iniquity of the laws , by not ...
... considered that a great boon was obtained for his constituents , when Parliaments were octennial , or sat for eight years . The Catholics ventured to appear in the courts of justice , and to show the iniquity of the laws , by not ...
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