A NARRATIVE OF THE IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF IRELAND, FROM THE INVASION OF THE MILEASIANS TO THE PRESENT TIME.1858 |
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... Thousand Men - James marches to meet him - Has an opportunity of cutting off his Troops , which he loses by Cowardice - Rosen's memorable Rebuke- Louis XIV . sends James Seven Battalions of newly- raised Conscripts , under command of M ...
... Thousand Men - James marches to meet him - Has an opportunity of cutting off his Troops , which he loses by Cowardice - Rosen's memorable Rebuke- Louis XIV . sends James Seven Battalions of newly- raised Conscripts , under command of M ...
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... thousand years before the Christian era , and many centuries before the Romans became acquainted with Spain , and , like their predeces- sors , to have been of Scythian origin . We are told that Niul , the younger son of a Scythian king ...
... thousand years before the Christian era , and many centuries before the Romans became acquainted with Spain , and , like their predeces- sors , to have been of Scythian origin . We are told that Niul , the younger son of a Scythian king ...
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... thousand years later than Hereman , was the person who erected the petty provincial king- doms , an impolitic and disastrous proceeding , which led to interminable intestine wars , feuds , and rivalships , and to that proverbial ...
... thousand years later than Hereman , was the person who erected the petty provincial king- doms , an impolitic and disastrous proceeding , which led to interminable intestine wars , feuds , and rivalships , and to that proverbial ...
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... , and when assembled , the soldiers received the signal of a general mas- sacre ; the carnage continued for three hours , without discrimination , when , on the lowest estimate , Gibbon assures us , seven thousand were slain INTRODUCTION .
... , and when assembled , the soldiers received the signal of a general mas- sacre ; the carnage continued for three hours , without discrimination , when , on the lowest estimate , Gibbon assures us , seven thousand were slain INTRODUCTION .
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R. O CONOR. estimate , Gibbon assures us , seven thousand were slain . A similarly treacherous massacre is related of the Spanish governor of Cuba , at Xaragua . He set out with a strong force , fully equipped for action , on the ...
R. O CONOR. estimate , Gibbon assures us , seven thousand were slain . A similarly treacherous massacre is related of the Spanish governor of Cuba , at Xaragua . He set out with a strong force , fully equipped for action , on the ...
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Page 203 - ... rights of your country. Go on. The almost unanimous voice of the people is with you ; and in a free country the voice of the people must prevail. We know our duty to our Sovereign, and are loyal. We know our duty to ourselves, and are resolved to be free. We seek for our rights, and no more than our rights ; and, in so just a pursuit, we should doubt the being of a Providence if we doubted of success.
Page 201 - That a claim of any body of men, other than the king, lords, and commons of Ireland to make laws to bind this kingdom, is unconstitutional, illegal, and a grievance.
Page 218 - In the moment of triumph, my countrymen, let not your victories be tarnished with any wanton act of cruelty ; many of those unfortunate men now in prison were not your enemies -from principle ; most of them, compelled by necessity, were obliged to oppose you ; neither let a difference in religious sentiments cause a difference among the people.
Page 194 - To sum up his character in a few words — William was a fatalist in religion, indefatigable in war, enterprising in politics, dead to all the warm and generous emotions of the human heart, a cold relation, an indifferent husband, a disagreeable man, an ungracious prince, and an imperious sovereign.
Page 217 - ... thanks to the Almighty Ruler of the Universe, that a total stop has been put to those sanguinary measures, which of late were but too often resorted to by the creatures of government, to keep the people in slavery.
Page 199 - Majesty that it is not by temporary expedients, but by a free trade alone, that this nation is now to be saved from impending ruin.
Page 218 - To promote a union of brotherhood and affection among our countrymen of all religious persuasions, has been .our principal object : we have sworn in the most solemn manner — have associated for this laudable purpose, and no power on earth shall shake our resolution.
Page 201 - WHEREAS it has been asserted, "That Volunteers, as such, cannot with propriety, debate or publish their opinions on political subjects, or on the conduct of parliament, or public men," Resolved unanimously, That a citizen, by learning the use of arms, does not abandon any of his civil rights.
Page 202 - That as men and as Irishmen, as Christians and as protestants, we rejoice in the relaxation of the penal laws against our Roman catholic fellow-subjects...
Page 202 - That they held the right of private judgment in matters of religion, to be equally sacred in others, as in themselves. And therefore, as men, and as Irishmen, as Christians, and as Protestants, they rejoiced in the relaxation of the penal laws against their Roman Catholic...