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... English eloquence . In collecting the productions of that mind which so eloquently poured forth its treasures - in com- piling , with industry and care , the labours of that man , whose talents raised his Country from slavery to freedom ...
... English eloquence . In collecting the productions of that mind which so eloquently poured forth its treasures - in com- piling , with industry and care , the labours of that man , whose talents raised his Country from slavery to freedom ...
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... English orator , yet fall far short in that copiousness and variety of illustration , that pre- cision of logical arrangement , which distinguish those Speeches that have been reported from the year 1785. - No doubt passages will be ...
... English orator , yet fall far short in that copiousness and variety of illustration , that pre- cision of logical arrangement , which distinguish those Speeches that have been reported from the year 1785. - No doubt passages will be ...
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... English establishment , first effected , afterwards established , and finally se- cured by domestic treachery and division , there appears to have been no intention , on the part of the invaders , to give the people the benefit of free ...
... English establishment , first effected , afterwards established , and finally se- cured by domestic treachery and division , there appears to have been no intention , on the part of the invaders , to give the people the benefit of free ...
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... English and Irish . ” Long did this ill - fated country groan under op- pression and injustice , -her rights trampled upon and disregarded - her complaints unattended to- and her sufferings unredressed ; labouring under every corruption ...
... English and Irish . ” Long did this ill - fated country groan under op- pression and injustice , -her rights trampled upon and disregarded - her complaints unattended to- and her sufferings unredressed ; labouring under every corruption ...
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... English Parliament op- posing that very liberty in Ireland , which they so re- solutely and so successfully supported in England . The articles of Limerick had scarcely received the great seal of England , when they were attempt- ed to ...
... English Parliament op- posing that very liberty in Ireland , which they so re- solutely and so successfully supported in England . The articles of Limerick had scarcely received the great seal of England , when they were attempt- ed to ...
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Page xxx - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Page lxxxix - Ireland ; nor any other parliament which hath any authority or power of any sort whatsoever in this country save only the Parliament of Ireland. To assure His Majesty, that we humbly conceive that in this right the very essence of our...
Page lxxii - 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, and that we conceive the measure to be fraught with the happiest consequences to the union and prosperity of the inhabitants of Ireland.
Page lxxxix - Britain, on which connection the interests and happiness of both nations essentially depend: but that the kingdom of Ireland is a distinct kingdom, with a parliament of her own— the sole legislature thereof. That there is no body of men competent to make laws to bind this nation except the King, Lords and Commons of Ireland; nor any other parliament which hath any authority or power of any sort whatsoever in this country save only the Parliament of Ireland.
Page xxxi - ... kingdom ; and that all proceedings before the said House of Lords, upon any such judgment, sentence, or decree, are, and are hereby declared to be utterly null and void, to all intents and purposes whatever.
Page 9 - ... expedient that they should be reduced in the kingdom where they are the highest, to the amount payable in the other...
Page 90 - But notwithstanding that the pension list, like charity, covers a multitude of sins, give me leave to consider it as coming home to the members of this house — give me leave to say, that the crown in extending its charity, its liberality, its profusion, is laying a foundation for the independence of Parliament ; for hereafter, instead of orators or patriots accounting for their conduct to such mean and unworthy persons as free-holders, they will learn to despise them, and look to the first man...
Page 92 - Kilmainham, they might dine all together in. a large hall. Good heaven! what a sight to see them feeding in public, upon public viands, and talking of public subjects, for the benefit of the public! It is a pity they are not immortal; but I hope they will flourish as a corporation, and that pensioners will beget pensioners to the end of the chapter.
Page 89 - It directs the minds of men to an entire reliance on the ruling Power of the State, who feeds the ravens of the Royal aviary, that cry continually for food. It teaches them...
Page 44 - ... a proud domination, which sacrifices the interest of the whole to the ambition of a part, and arms the little passions of the monopolist with the sovereign potency of an imperial parliament ; for great nations when cursed with unnatural sway follow but their nature when they invade ; and human wisdom has not better provided for human safety than by limiting the principles of human power.