The History of Ireland, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time: Embracing Also a Statistical and Geographical Account of that Kingdom ; Forming Together a Complete View of Its Past and Present State, Under Its Political, Civil, Literary, and Commercial Relations, Volume 2 |
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... tion among the people , a fire which animates the nation to its own redemption - a sacred - en- thusiasm , unconveyed in the language of anti- quity , and which only belongs to the natural con- fidence of freedom . Forty thousand men in ...
... tion among the people , a fire which animates the nation to its own redemption - a sacred - en- thusiasm , unconveyed in the language of anti- quity , and which only belongs to the natural con- fidence of freedom . Forty thousand men in ...
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... tion of all trade , is wanting . The superstruc- ture is left without a base - you have commerce without a full trade , and a senate without a par- liament . When I found a prohibition upon glass and other commodities , when I found an ...
... tion of all trade , is wanting . The superstruc- ture is left without a base - you have commerce without a full trade , and a senate without a par- liament . When I found a prohibition upon glass and other commodities , when I found an ...
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... tion the spirit of independence was banished- the fears of parliament made it grant , in a strain of trembling servility , whatever was demanded . Men of overgrown fortunes became the very job- bers of corruption ; they voted an embargo ...
... tion the spirit of independence was banished- the fears of parliament made it grant , in a strain of trembling servility , whatever was demanded . Men of overgrown fortunes became the very job- bers of corruption ; they voted an embargo ...
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... tion sent to Corsica , and the relief afforded Hol- land ; and the other , their unform hatred of an administration that brought destruction on the British dominions . If England is a tyrant , it is Ireland made her so by obeying - The ...
... tion sent to Corsica , and the relief afforded Hol- land ; and the other , their unform hatred of an administration that brought destruction on the British dominions . If England is a tyrant , it is Ireland made her so by obeying - The ...
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... tion of the present opportunity - by the affection . you owe posterity - by all the ties which constitute the well being of a people , assert and maintain the liberties of your country . I have no design . I ask for no favour , but to ...
... tion of the present opportunity - by the affection . you owe posterity - by all the ties which constitute the well being of a people , assert and maintain the liberties of your country . I have no design . I ask for no favour , but to ...
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