An impartial history of Ireland, from the period of the English invasion to the present time, Volume 41811 |
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... interest . Thus of the only two main objects of the same law , its execution against one of them was judged highly meritorious ; but it was deemed equally culpable even to attempt it against the other ; though the law itself makes no ...
... interest . Thus of the only two main objects of the same law , its execution against one of them was judged highly meritorious ; but it was deemed equally culpable even to attempt it against the other ; though the law itself makes no ...
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... interest . * The distinction between English by birth , and English by descent , was now systematically acted upon . Born in Ireland , was an incapacity to of fice , that the most decided enmity to the antient faith , and the remnant of ...
... interest . * The distinction between English by birth , and English by descent , was now systematically acted upon . Born in Ireland , was an incapacity to of fice , that the most decided enmity to the antient faith , and the remnant of ...
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... interest of it as their own . The eleventh is , when the rents of lands , and profits of employments , are spent in the country which produced them , and not in another ; the former of which will certainly happen , where the love of our ...
... interest of it as their own . The eleventh is , when the rents of lands , and profits of employments , are spent in the country which produced them , and not in another ; the former of which will certainly happen , where the love of our ...
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... interest , in all other countries , a sign of wealth , is in us a proof of misery ; there being no trade to employ any borrower . Hence , alone , comes the dearness of land , since the savers have no other way to lay out their money ...
... interest , in all other countries , a sign of wealth , is in us a proof of misery ; there being no trade to employ any borrower . Hence , alone , comes the dearness of land , since the savers have no other way to lay out their money ...
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... not . To redeem the interest and principal of the national debt , a fund had been provided . An attempt to vest it in the crown for ever had failed . Administration now endeavoured to have this fund granted to his OF IRELAND . 31.
... not . To redeem the interest and principal of the national debt , a fund had been provided . An attempt to vest it in the crown for ever had failed . Administration now endeavoured to have this fund granted to his OF IRELAND . 31.
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Page 98 - ... the Pope or any other authority or person whatsoever, or without any hope of any such dispensation from any person or authority whatsoever, or without thinking that I am or can be acquitted before God or man or absolved of this declaration or any part thereof, although the Pope or any other person or persons or power whatsoever should dispense with or annul the same, or declare that it was null and void from the beginning.
Page 97 - I do renounce, reject, and abjure the opinion, that princes excommunicated by the Pope and council, or by any authority of the See of Rome, or by any authority whatsoever, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any person whatsoever...
Page 18 - 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 96 - I will do my utmost Endeavour to disclose and make known to his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, all Treasons and traitorous Conspiracies which may be formed against him or them-.
Page 329 - I do declare, that I do not believe that the Pope of Rome, or any other foreign prince, prelate, person, state, or potentate, hath or ought to have any temporal or civil jurisdiction, power, superiority or pre-eminence, directly or indirectly, within this realm.
Page 18 - Ireland hath been, is, and of right ought to be subordinate unto and dependent upon the imperial crown of Great Britain, as being inseparably united and annexed thereunto; 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 kingdom and people of Ireland.
Page 431 - I also declare, that it is not an article of the catholic faith; neither am I thereby required to believe or profess that the pope is infallible...
Page 141 - 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 315 - I, AB, in the presence of God, do pledge myself to my country, that I will use all my abilities and influence in the attainment of an impartial and adequate representation of the Irish nation in parliament ; and as a means of absolute and immediate necessity in the establishment of this chief good of Ireland, I will endeavour, as much as lies in my ability, to forward a brotherhood of affection, an identity of interests, a communion of rights, and...
Page 86 - I am talking nonsense, they know their situation too well to think of it ; they can have no defence but by means of protection from one gentleman against another, who probably protects his vassal as he would the sheep he intends to eat.