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Samuel Burdy. THE HISTORY OF IRELAND , FROM THE EARLIEST AGES TO THE UNION . BY THE REV . SAMUEL BURDY . Primores populi arripuit pópulumque tributim , Scilicet uni æquus , virtuti atque ejus amicis . A friend to virtue , and to vice a ...
Samuel Burdy. THE HISTORY OF IRELAND , FROM THE EARLIEST AGES TO THE UNION . BY THE REV . SAMUEL BURDY . Primores populi arripuit pópulumque tributim , Scilicet uni æquus , virtuti atque ejus amicis . A friend to virtue , and to vice a ...
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... to exchange children , which was call- ed fosterage , and produced such an intimate connection among the persons thus bred up together , that they con- sidered themselves bound to support each other in every CHAP 4 HISTORY OF IRELAND .
... to exchange children , which was call- ed fosterage , and produced such an intimate connection among the persons thus bred up together , that they con- sidered themselves bound to support each other in every CHAP 4 HISTORY OF IRELAND .
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... were wide , with large folds , and sleeves of great size : one of them would take fifteen yards of yard - wide linen . The shoe was just a piece Dress . CHAP . I. of leather tied on the foot by HISTORY OF IRELAND . 5.
... were wide , with large folds , and sleeves of great size : one of them would take fifteen yards of yard - wide linen . The shoe was just a piece Dress . CHAP . I. of leather tied on the foot by HISTORY OF IRELAND . 5.
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... Ireland , though some feeble efforts had been tried to introduce it before . The honour of this St. Patrick . conversion is usually ascribed to St. Patrick , who is repor- ted to be a native of North Britain , and to have entertain- ed ...
... Ireland , though some feeble efforts had been tried to introduce it before . The honour of this St. Patrick . conversion is usually ascribed to St. Patrick , who is repor- ted to be a native of North Britain , and to have entertain- ed ...
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... Ireland to be called the island of saints and scholars . Missionaries were then sent from it to different parts of the continent , to pro- pagate the Christian religion and scholastic philosophy , the fashionable learning of the times ...
... Ireland to be called the island of saints and scholars . Missionaries were then sent from it to different parts of the continent , to pro- pagate the Christian religion and scholastic philosophy , the fashionable learning of the times ...
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Accordingly adherents afforded appointed Armagh arms army arrived attack attempt barons bill body British Carrickfergus castle catholics cause cavalry CHAP chief governor chieftains church Clanricarde clergy command committed conduct Connaught council death declared defeated deputy Derry Dublin duke Dungannon earl earl of Desmond effect endeavoured enemy engaged England English English parliament executed exertions favour forces France French garrison Gorey Hence Henry Hugh De Lacy hundred insurgents insurrection Ireland Irish Kildare Kilkenny Killala king king's kingdom lands leaders Leinster length Limerick lord lord-lieutenant lords-justices majesty Meath ment military mode Munster nuncio O'Nial oath obliged occasion officers Ormond parliament party passed persons possession present prince prisoners proceeded protestants rebellion rebels received reign religion resolved Roderic royal seized sent soldiers soon Strongbow success surrender Thomond thousand pounds tion took town treaty troops Tyrconnel Tyrone Ulster United Irishmen violence Waterford Wexford zeal
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Page 561 - ... joined to the sentiment of mutual affection and common interest, may dispose the parliaments in both kingdoms to provide the most effectual means of maintaining and improving a connection, essential to their common security, and of consolidating, as far as possible, into one firm and lasting fabric, the strength, the power, and the resources of the British empire.
Page 416 - The address from the commons contained the following expression : — " We beg leave to represent to your majesty, that it is not by temporary expedients, but by a free trade alone, that this nation is to be saved from impending ruin...
Page 417 - ... no power on earth but the king, lords, and commons of Ireland, could make laws to bind them : and that they were ready with their lives and fortunes to resist the usurpations and encroachments of any foreign legislature.
Page 543 - ... proclamation authorising his majesty's generals to give protection to such insurgents as, being simply guilty of rebellion, should surrender their arms, abjure all unlawful engagements, and take the oath of allegiance to the king.
Page 456 - An act to prevent the election or appointment of unlawful assemblies, under pretence of preparing or presenting public petitions or other addresses to his majesty or the parliament...
Page 420 - We know our duty to our sovereign, and are loyal. We know our duty to ourselves, and are resolved to be free. We seek for our rights, and no more than our rights ; and in so just a pursuit we should doubt the being of a Providence if we doubted of success.
Page 422 - Britain, on which connexion the interest and happiness of both nations essentially depended ; but that the kingdom of Ireland was a distinct kingdom with a Parliament of her own, the sole legislature thereof...
Page 465 - In the awful presence of God, I, AB, do voluntarily declare, that I will persevere in endeavouring to form a brotherhood of affection among Irishmen of every religious persuasion, and that I will also persevere in my endeavours to obtain an equal, full, and adequate representation of all the people of Ireland.
Page 564 - Union, after which new regulations were to be made by Parliament. One hundred commoners were to be sent by Ireland to the British (now called the Imperial) Parliament; namely, two for each county, two for each of the cities of Dublin and Cork, one for the university, and one for each of the thirty-one most considerable towns. Four...
Page 567 - For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope; And when he happened to break off I...