Great Grandmother's Days: a Tale of the Irish Rebellion |
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... poor people who still love to talk of her tell us . For I never heard my father speak her name since one day years ago when we were little children , and she was sitting with us all round her in the nursery telling us a story , and he ...
... poor people who still love to talk of her tell us . For I never heard my father speak her name since one day years ago when we were little children , and she was sitting with us all round her in the nursery telling us a story , and he ...
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... poor master in peace ? But the people said to whom could they go for help if not to his honour ? -how could they help it if all things went wrong so long as his honour was not there to see them righted ? And father , with care - lined ...
... poor master in peace ? But the people said to whom could they go for help if not to his honour ? -how could they help it if all things went wrong so long as his honour was not there to see them righted ? And father , with care - lined ...
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... poor people's cabins within nearly thirty miles . There are very few of the people who are not Roman Catholics ; those few come on Sundays to the Protestant service held by Mr. Roche in the little chapel here in the castle . It is said ...
... poor people's cabins within nearly thirty miles . There are very few of the people who are not Roman Catholics ; those few come on Sundays to the Protestant service held by Mr. Roche in the little chapel here in the castle . It is said ...
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... poor infatuated " Brave noble patriot ! " cried Geraldine , overflowing with indignation . " How I wish it had happened before I left Dublin ! " exclaimed Denis , boy - like . Kevin did not say a word . The lines on his forehead ...
... poor infatuated " Brave noble patriot ! " cried Geraldine , overflowing with indignation . " How I wish it had happened before I left Dublin ! " exclaimed Denis , boy - like . Kevin did not say a word . The lines on his forehead ...
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... poor Lord Edward . Denis fiercely declares he hopes he will " get his deserts , " by which he means execution . Geraldine is confident that his friends will never rest until they have set him free . " He will come amongst the people yet ...
... poor Lord Edward . Denis fiercely declares he hopes he will " get his deserts , " by which he means execution . Geraldine is confident that his friends will never rest until they have set him free . " He will come amongst the people yet ...
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Page 301 - And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all...
Page 40 - Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son [to be} a propitiation for our sins.
Page 37 - ... by day and by night; avail yourselves of the natural advantages of your country, which are innumerable, and with which you are better acquainted than they. " Where you cannot oppose them in full force, constantly harass their rear and their flanks, cut off their provisions and magazines, and...
Page 46 - What have you got in your hand? A green bough. Where did it first grow? In America. Where did it bud? In France.
Page 36 - Rouse all the energies of your souls ; call forth all the merit and abilities which a vicious Government consigned to obscurity ; and under the conduct of your chosen leaders, march with a steady step to victory ! Heed not the glare of a hired soldiery, or aristocratic yeomanry — they cannot stand the vigorous shock of freemen.
Page 36 - ... being in the country is restored to those equal rights which the God of nature has given to all men ; until an order of things shall be established in which no superiority shall be acknowledged among the citizens of Erin but that of virtue and talents.
Page 36 - Your country is free, and you are about to be avenged. That vile government, which has so long and so cruelly oppressed you, is no more...
Page 66 - 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 40 - Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me, Christ in the mouth of every man who speaks to me, Christ in every eye that sees me, Christ in every ear that hears me.
Page 115 - Excellency the Lord- Lieutenant full powers to put down the rebellion, and to punish rebels in the most summary manner, according to martial law, does hereby give notice to all his Majesty's subjects, that he is determined to exert the powers...