The Life of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, 1763-1798 |
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... Character - Unfitted for Leadership CHAPTER II 1763-1781 PAGE Birth and Parentage - The Race of the FitzGeralds - Features of their History - Lord Edward's Father and Mother - The Lennox Family - Childhood - The Duchess's Second ...
... Character - Unfitted for Leadership CHAPTER II 1763-1781 PAGE Birth and Parentage - The Race of the FitzGeralds - Features of their History - Lord Edward's Father and Mother - The Lennox Family - Childhood - The Duchess's Second ...
Page ix
... Character - The “ Bloody Code ” — Lord Edward's Speech on Insurrection Act - Mission of Lord Edward and O'Connor to French Government - Meeting with Madame de Genlis - Hoche and Wolfe Tone - Failure of French Expedition . 196 CHAPTER ...
... Character - The “ Bloody Code ” — Lord Edward's Speech on Insurrection Act - Mission of Lord Edward and O'Connor to French Government - Meeting with Madame de Genlis - Hoche and Wolfe Tone - Failure of French Expedition . 196 CHAPTER ...
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... Character - Unfitted for Leader- ship . EAR the east gate - formerly the gate of St. N Mary Les Dames - of the city of Dublin stand a group of buildings notable indeed . Near by is the Castle , with all its historical and political ...
... Character - Unfitted for Leader- ship . EAR the east gate - formerly the gate of St. N Mary Les Dames - of the city of Dublin stand a group of buildings notable indeed . Near by is the Castle , with all its historical and political ...
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... character of the man being taken into account , the price exacted for it was dis- proportionately great ? It is , however , necessary to distinguish . If he was essentially a man with a cause , he was in no wise a fanatic . To some men ...
... character of the man being taken into account , the price exacted for it was dis- proportionately great ? It is , however , necessary to distinguish . If he was essentially a man with a cause , he was in no wise a fanatic . To some men ...
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... character alone that he has won a place in the remembrance of men , he brought almost equal enthusiasm to bear upon each pursuit . The enterprise in which he met his death was embraced in precisely the same gallant and irre- sponsible ...
... character alone that he has won a place in the remembrance of men , he brought almost equal enthusiasm to bear upon each pursuit . The enterprise in which he met his death was embraced in precisely the same gallant and irre- sponsible ...
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