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... considered themselves , and the regal descendant and representative of their hereditary foes . The Irish Catholics , hitherto implacable and hereditary enemies of England , were now trans- formed into the English king's last army ...
... considered themselves , and the regal descendant and representative of their hereditary foes . The Irish Catholics , hitherto implacable and hereditary enemies of England , were now trans- formed into the English king's last army ...
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... considered by the bishops of that persuasion , by the ancient families who profess that religion , and who have resisted every temptation to relinquish it , or by a set of desperate and profligate men , availing themselves of the want ...
... considered by the bishops of that persuasion , by the ancient families who profess that religion , and who have resisted every temptation to relinquish it , or by a set of desperate and profligate men , availing themselves of the want ...
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... considered , to reveal the secret views of the chief leaders of the " United Irish " society , of which he was the original framer , and certainly the master - spirit . In 1791 he wrote prophetically in his journal at Parist : - " The ...
... considered , to reveal the secret views of the chief leaders of the " United Irish " society , of which he was the original framer , and certainly the master - spirit . In 1791 he wrote prophetically in his journal at Parist : - " The ...
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... considered the prime mover and originator . Its next chief advocate , Thomas Addis Emmet , a lawyer , second son of Dr. Emmet , the State physician , seems to have nearly equalled Tone in ability as well as devotion to the fatal cause ...
... considered the prime mover and originator . Its next chief advocate , Thomas Addis Emmet , a lawyer , second son of Dr. Emmet , the State physician , seems to have nearly equalled Tone in ability as well as devotion to the fatal cause ...
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... considered its commencement , and the arrest of the brothers Sheares soon followed that of Fitzgerald . After these captures , besides those previously effected of Thomas Emmet , & c . , Tone being still in France , the United Irishmen ...
... considered its commencement , and the arrest of the brothers Sheares soon followed that of Fitzgerald . After these captures , besides those previously effected of Thomas Emmet , & c . , Tone being still in France , the United Irishmen ...
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Revolted Ireland, 1798 and 1803 (Classic Reprint) Albert Stratford George Canning No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 96 - When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth — then, and not till then, let my epitaph be written.
Page 35 - To insult the shrine of Liberty with spoils From freemen torn; to tempt and to betray?
Page 92 - OH, BREATHE NOT HIS NAME I— Moore. Oh, breathe not his name ! let it sleep in the shade, Where cold and unhonoured his relics are laid ; Sad, silent, and dark, be the tears that we shed, As the night-dew that falls on the grass o'er his head.
Page 95 - I am going to my cold and silent grave ; my lamp of life is nearly extinguished ; my race is run ; the grave opens to receive me, and I sink into its bosom ! I have but one request to ask at my departure from this world ; it is the charity of its silence...
Page 95 - My lords, you are impatient for the sacrifice. The blood which you seek is not congealed by the artificial terrors which surround your victim - it circulates warmly and unruffled through the channels which God created for noble purposes, but which you are now bent to destroy for purposes so grievous that they cry to heaven.
Page 41 - How art thou fallen from heaven, 0 Lucifer, son of the morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations...
Page 30 - And sure it is yet a most beautiful and sweet country as any is under heaven, being stored throughout with many goodly rivers, replenished with all sorts of fish...
Page 95 - I cannot let this numerous audience suppose that to such an appeal I have no answer to make. But what I have to say you would not bear to hear, for my defence would be your condemnation. Proceed, then, in the name of God, to do what is permitted to you. Yesterday and the day before you have condemned loyal and honourable blood to be poured forth like water. Spare not mine. Were that of all my ancestors in my veins, I would have perilled it in this quarrel.
Page 95 - I am going to my cold and silent grave: my lamp of life is nearly extinguished: my race is run: the grave opens to receive me, and I sink into its bosom! I have but one request to ask at my departure from this world, — it is the charity of its silence! Let no man write my epitaph: for as no...