An Impartial History of Ireland from the Period of the English Invasion to the Present Time, Volume 4J. Christie, 1811 - Ireland |
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... taken into custody , he durst not ven- ture to come in to pass his accounts , for which ' he was fined twelve hundred pounds . The lords resolved , that Alexander Burrowes , Esq . in not obeying the injunction issued from his majesty's ...
... taken into custody , he durst not ven- ture to come in to pass his accounts , for which ' he was fined twelve hundred pounds . The lords resolved , that Alexander Burrowes , Esq . in not obeying the injunction issued from his majesty's ...
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... taken away from the parliament of Ireland , no reason could be given why the same lords might not , in the like manner , deprive the people of Ireland of the benefit of their whole constitution . That the lords of Great Britain have not ...
... taken away from the parliament of Ireland , no reason could be given why the same lords might not , in the like manner , deprive the people of Ireland of the benefit of their whole constitution . That the lords of Great Britain have not ...
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... taken , when colonel Tottenham , who had ridden post , entered the house of commons . His vote frustrated the views of government ; and Tottenham in his boots ' was long the theme of public applause . The rigorous execution of the ...
... taken , when colonel Tottenham , who had ridden post , entered the house of commons . His vote frustrated the views of government ; and Tottenham in his boots ' was long the theme of public applause . The rigorous execution of the ...
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... taken great pains in examining them ( not without some share of the then com- mon suspicion , that there might be some private understanding and intercourse between them and the Irish catholics ) , he could not discover the least trace ...
... taken great pains in examining them ( not without some share of the then com- mon suspicion , that there might be some private understanding and intercourse between them and the Irish catholics ) , he could not discover the least trace ...
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... taken , to obtain some re- dress of the heavy grievances of which I com- plain , that , I hope , you will not only pardon the presumption of once more addressing , or at- tempting to address your excellency in this man- ner , but allow ...
... taken , to obtain some re- dress of the heavy grievances of which I com- plain , that , I hope , you will not only pardon the presumption of once more addressing , or at- tempting to address your excellency in this man- ner , but allow ...
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Page 18 - 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 97 - I do renounce, reject, and abjure the opinion, that princes excommunicated by the Pope and council, or by any authority of the See of Rome, or by any authority whatsoever, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any person whatsoever...
Page 98 - ... the Pope or any other authority or person whatsoever, or without any hope of any such dispensation from any person or authority whatsoever, or without thinking that I am or can be acquitted before God or man or absolved of this declaration or any part thereof, although the Pope or any other person or persons or power whatsoever should dispense with or annul the same, or declare that it was null and void from the beginning.
Page 531 - In the awful presence of God I, AB do voluutarily 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 97 - An Act for the further limitation of the crown, and better securing the rights and liberties of the subject, is and stands limited to the Princess Sophia, Electress of Hanover, and the heirs of her body being Protestants ; hereby utterly renouncing and abjuring any obedience or allegiance unto any other person claiming or pretending a right to the crown of this realm...
Page 96 - I will do my utmost Endeavour to disclose and make known to his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, all Treasons and traitorous Conspiracies which may be formed against him or them-.
Page 18 - Britain, as being inseparably united and annexed thereunto ; 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 Kingdom and people of Ireland.
Page 329 - I do declare, that I do not believe that the Pope of Rome, or any other foreign Prince, Prelate, State, or Potentate, hath, or ought to have, any temporal or civil jurisdiction, power, superiority, or pre-eminence, directly or indirectly, within this realm.
Page 28 - The miserable dress, and diet, and dwelling of the people ; the general desolation in most parts of the kingdom ; the old seats of the nobility and gentry all in ruins, and no new ones in their stead...
Page 141 - That a claim of any body of men, other than the king, lords, and commons of Ireland to make laws to bind this kingdom, is unconstitutional, illegal, and a grievance.