History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798: With Memoirs of the Union, and Emmett's Insurrection in 1803 |
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... colonel of a battalion , which was thus composed of six hundred . The colonels of battalions in each county sent in the names of three persons to the executive directory of the union , one of whom was appointed by them adjutant ...
... colonel of a battalion , which was thus composed of six hundred . The colonels of battalions in each county sent in the names of three persons to the executive directory of the union , one of whom was appointed by them adjutant ...
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... battle of Arklow ; the other was wounded at the head of his troop ( the Healtford cavalry ) during Colonel Maxwell's retreat from Wexford . " Mr. Thomas Moore . From ill - health , Lord Rawdon , shortly after 24 HISTORY OF THE.
... battle of Arklow ; the other was wounded at the head of his troop ( the Healtford cavalry ) during Colonel Maxwell's retreat from Wexford . " Mr. Thomas Moore . From ill - health , Lord Rawdon , shortly after 24 HISTORY OF THE.
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... ( Colonel Shee ) also , says that Bruix , who is charged with the execution of the naval department , and in whose zeal the General had great confidence , has cooled exceedingly within these few days , so much , that to - day , when the ...
... ( Colonel Shee ) also , says that Bruix , who is charged with the execution of the naval department , and in whose zeal the General had great confidence , has cooled exceedingly within these few days , so much , that to - day , when the ...
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... colonel , the offices of treasurer and representative of the county of Kildare , and at last that of delegate for the province of Leinster . " Soon after he was raised to this elevated situation in the Union , having discovered that the ...
... colonel , the offices of treasurer and representative of the county of Kildare , and at last that of delegate for the province of Leinster . " Soon after he was raised to this elevated situation in the Union , having discovered that the ...
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... colonel , who was actively employed with his regiment in suppressing the insurrection . When an under - graduate in the Dublin University , I received from a fellow- student the present of a screw - barrelled pocket - pistol , which had ...
... colonel , who was actively employed with his regiment in suppressing the insurrection . When an under - graduate in the Dublin University , I received from a fellow- student the present of a screw - barrelled pocket - pistol , which had ...
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Page 112 - That never set a squadron in the field, Nor the division of a battle knows More than a spinster...
Page 428 - The man dies, but his memory lives. That mine may not perish, that it may live in the respect of my countrymen, I seize upon this opportunity to vindicate myself from some of the charges alleged against me. When my spirit shall be wafted to a more friendly port — when my shade shall have joined the bands of those martyred heroes who have shed their blood on the scaffold and in the field in defence of their country and of virtue— this is my hope...
Page 440 - 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 427 - What have I to say, why sentence of death should not be pronounced on me, according to law ? — I have nothing to say that can alter your predetermination, nor that it will become me to say, with any view to the mitigation of that sentence which you are here to pronounce, and I must abide by.
Page 4 - This society is constituted for the purpose of forwarding a brotherhood of affection, a communion of rights, and a union of power among Irishmen of every religious persuasion, and thereby to obtain a complete reform in the legislature, founded on the principles of civil, political, and religious liberty.
Page 429 - ... by which he was actuated in the crime of which he was adjudged guilty. That a judge has thought it his duty so to have done, I have no doubt; but where is the boasted freedom of your institutions...
Page 323 - ... death, and the supreme arbiter of both ? Have you not marked when he entered, how the stormy wave of the multitude retired at his approach ? Have you not marked how the human heart bowed to the supremacy of his power, in the undissembled homage of deferential horror ? How his glance, like the lightning of heaven, seemed to rive the body of the accused, and mark it for the grave, while his voice warned the devoted wretch of woe and death ; a death which no innocence can escape, no art elude, no...
Page 428 - ... for there must be guilt somewhere, whether in the sentence of the Court or in the catastrophe, posterity must determine. A man in my situation, my lords, has not only to encounter the difficulties of fortune, and the force of power over minds which it has corrupted or subjugated, but the difficulties of established prejudice ; the man dies, but his memory lives.
Page 429 - I shall not forbear to vindicate my character and motives from your aspersions; and as a man to whom fame is dearer than life, I will make the last use of that life in doing justice to that reputation which is to live after me, and which is the only legacy I can leave to those I honour and love, and for whom I am proud to perish.
Page 439 - I do renounce, reject, and abjure the opinion, that princes excommunicated by the Pope and council, or by any authority...