The English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century, Volume 3Scribner, Armstrong, and Company, 1874 - British |
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... 197 · 199 General Hoche . 204 Preparations at Brest French expedition sails Bantry Bay • French troops unable to land Fleet returns to Brest 206 • 208 210 211 212 SECTION VI . Effect in Ireland of the appearance of Contents . vii.
... 197 · 199 General Hoche . 204 Preparations at Brest French expedition sails Bantry Bay • French troops unable to land Fleet returns to Brest 206 • 208 210 211 212 SECTION VI . Effect in Ireland of the appearance of Contents . vii.
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James Anthony Froude. SECTION VI . Effect in Ireland of the appearance of the French on the coast · .. Peasantry apparently well disposed English negligence . . Explanation of the apathy of the people PAGE 214 • 216 219 222 CHAPTER II ...
James Anthony Froude. SECTION VI . Effect in Ireland of the appearance of the French on the coast · .. Peasantry apparently well disposed English negligence . . Explanation of the apathy of the people PAGE 214 • 216 219 222 CHAPTER II ...
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... appeared only to be the rising of an oppressed people against aristocratic tyr- anny , the Revolution became an object of abhorrence to him when it declared war against priests . Burke was not himself a Catholic , but as little was he a ...
... appeared only to be the rising of an oppressed people against aristocratic tyr- anny , the Revolution became an object of abhorrence to him when it declared war against priests . Burke was not himself a Catholic , but as little was he a ...
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... appeared , occurring to the patriot orators that among a people so willing to be bribed , what they called liberty was forever impossible . • Early in the summer there was a dissolution and a general election . The patriots carried ...
... appeared , occurring to the patriot orators that among a people so willing to be bribed , what they called liberty was forever impossible . • Early in the summer there was a dissolution and a general election . The patriots carried ...
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... appeared in Dublin as the agent of a revolutionary body , yet introduced by the Prime Minister , declaring himself in the confidence of the Cabinet , and insisting on measures unhappily iden- tical with those recommended in the private ...
... appeared in Dublin as the agent of a revolutionary body , yet introduced by the Prime Minister , declaring himself in the confidence of the Cabinet , and insisting on measures unhappily iden- tical with those recommended in the private ...
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Page 501 - My occupation is now of the most unpleasant nature, negotiating and jobbing with the most corrupt people under heaven. I despise and hate myself every hour, for engaging in such dirty work, and am supported only by the reflection, that without an Union the British Empire must be dissolved.
Page 260 - We have offered you our measure, you will reject it; we deprecate yours; you will persevere; having no hopes left to persuade or dissuade, and having discharged our duty, we shall trouble you no more, and AFTER THIS DAY SHALL NOT ATTEND THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ! Lord Castlereagh alter complimenting Mr.
Page 352 - 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 ; some of its most atrocious monsters have already paid the forfeit of their lives, and the rest are in our hands.
Page 13 - The greatest happiness of the greatest number in this island, the inherent and indefeasible claim of every free nation to rest in this nation - the will and the power to be happy to pursue the common weal as an individual pursues his private welfare, and to stand in insulated independence, an imperatorial people.
Page 15 - When the Aristocracy come forward, the People fall backward; when the People come forward, the Aristocracy, fearful of being left behind, insinuate themselves into our ranks, and rise into timid leaders, or treacherous auxiliaries.
Page 125 - Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
Page 353 - The national flag, the sacred green, is at this moment flying over the ruins of Despotism ; and that capital which a few hours past witnessed the debauchery, the plots and crimes, of your tyrants, is now the citadel of triumphant patriotism and virtue. Arise, then, United Sons of Ireland ! arise like a great and powerful people, determined to live free or die.
Page 477 - For the good-nature and benevolence of many lords of manors having, time out of mind, permitted their villeins and their children to enjoy their possessions without interruption, in a regular course of descent, the common law, of which custom is the life, now gave them title to prescribe against their lords, and, on performance of the same services, to hold their lands, in spite of any determination of the lord's will.
Page 15 - Communication with similar societies abroad, as the Jacobin Club in Paris, the Revolution Society in England, the Committee for Reform in Scotland. Let the nations go abreast. Let the interchange of sentiment among mankind concerning the rights of man be as immediate as possible.