The English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century, Volume 3Scribner, Armstrong, and Company, 1874 - British |
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... considered timid and hesitating . Liberal public opinion nevertheless must have been far gone , even in those circles , when a society which contained Charle- mont , Moira , Lord Clifford , Robert Stewart , 1 and Sir Hercules Rowley ...
... considered timid and hesitating . Liberal public opinion nevertheless must have been far gone , even in those circles , when a society which contained Charle- mont , Moira , Lord Clifford , Robert Stewart , 1 and Sir Hercules Rowley ...
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... considered that the risk to the Protestant interest would be greater by the total exclusion of the Catholics than by their ad- mission . " 1 Such instructions were , to say the least of them , extremely serious . The franchise was a ...
... considered that the risk to the Protestant interest would be greater by the total exclusion of the Catholics than by their ad- mission . " 1 Such instructions were , to say the least of them , extremely serious . The franchise was a ...
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... considered as a pre- lude to the abolition of all religious distinctions , I must request you will again take the sense of his majesty's confidential servants , and if they continue of the mind that such language shall be held , 38 The ...
... considered as a pre- lude to the abolition of all religious distinctions , I must request you will again take the sense of his majesty's confidential servants , and if they continue of the mind that such language shall be held , 38 The ...
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... considered language of Dundas . A son of Edmund Burke had 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 ...
... considered language of Dundas . A son of Edmund Burke had 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 ...
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... considered it might be prudent to give way in trifles till " the Reform frenzy " had burnt itself out in France . The conclusion at last arrived at was , follow the English model , open the professions , and repeal the Intermarriage Act ...
... considered it might be prudent to give way in trifles till " the Reform frenzy " had burnt itself out in France . The conclusion at last arrived at was , follow the English model , open the professions , and repeal the Intermarriage Act ...
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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.
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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.