History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798: With Memoirs of the Union, and Emmett's Insurrection in 1803 |
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... Character of the Wexford Rebels CHAPTER XIX . Political Retrospect of Ulster , from 1794 to 1798 .. CHAPTER XX . 161 171 177 186 .. 194 Outbreak in Ulster - Battles of Antrim , Saintfield , and Ballynahinch CHAPTER XXI . Partial ...
... Character of the Wexford Rebels CHAPTER XIX . Political Retrospect of Ulster , from 1794 to 1798 .. CHAPTER XX . 161 171 177 186 .. 194 Outbreak in Ulster - Battles of Antrim , Saintfield , and Ballynahinch CHAPTER XXI . Partial ...
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... character and considerable talents placed themselves at its head , to give the insti- tution a proper direction , and to silence the calumnious clamours of traitors against it . " - Musgrave's Memoirs , body was considered in the north ...
... character and considerable talents placed themselves at its head , to give the insti- tution a proper direction , and to silence the calumnious clamours of traitors against it . " - Musgrave's Memoirs , body was considered in the north ...
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... character - the other a gentleman by birth , specious in manner and artful in address . Both were needy men- both Protestants - both mercenaries . Tone , with an unprovided family , had failed totally through sheer idleness at the bar ...
... character - the other a gentleman by birth , specious in manner and artful in address . Both were needy men- both Protestants - both mercenaries . Tone , with an unprovided family , had failed totally through sheer idleness at the bar ...
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... characters who expend a life in popular excitement and idle speculation . When resi- dent in the Middle Temple , after ... character in any but an amiable light . His time was wasted in unproductive labour , or utopian projects ; * and ...
... characters who expend a life in popular excitement and idle speculation . When resi- dent in the Middle Temple , after ... character in any but an amiable light . His time was wasted in unproductive labour , or utopian projects ; * and ...
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... character and talent , Thomas Addis Emmet was unapproached by any of the individuals in private or professional life who had arrayed themselves against the Government , and advocated revolutionary prin- ciples . He was the second son of ...
... character and talent , Thomas Addis Emmet was unapproached by any of the individuals in private or professional life who had arrayed themselves against the Government , and advocated revolutionary prin- ciples . He was the second son of ...
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Page 414 - I have but one request to ask at my departure from this world: it is - the charity of its silence. Let no man write my epitaph; for as no man who knows my motives dare now vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let them and me rest in obscurity and peace, and my tomb remain uninscribed, and my memory in oblivion, until other times and other men can do justice to my character. When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then, and not till then, let my epitaph...
Page 411 - My lords, it may be a part of the system of angry justice to bow a man's mind by humiliation to the purposed ignominy of the scaffold; but worse to me than the...
Page 420 - 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 414 - Let no man dare, when I am dead, to charge me with dishonor; let no man attaint my memory by believing that I could have engaged in any cause but that of my country's liberty and independence...
Page 413 - I would animate my countrymen to immolate them in their boats, before they had contaminated the soil of my country. If they succeeded in landing, and if forced to retire before superior discipline, I would dispute every inch of ground, burn every blade of grass, and the last intrenchment of liberty should be my grave.
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Page 411 - 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.