An Historical Review of the State of Ireland from the Invasion of that Country Under Henry II. to Its Union with Great Britain on the First of January 1801...W. F. McLaughlin and Bartholomew Graves, 1806 - Ireland |
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... happy effects of so laudable an investigation . His lordship's indefatigable assiduity and perseverance in scrutiniz- ing the accounts , minutiæ and details of office were wholly un- precedented . It was during the Rockingham ...
... happy effects of so laudable an investigation . His lordship's indefatigable assiduity and perseverance in scrutiniz- ing the accounts , minutiæ and details of office were wholly un- precedented . It was during the Rockingham ...
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... happy settlement , which had taken place last session . He explained the late decision to have arisen from a circumstance , which could not be provided against , viz . that the cause had been in the court for eighteen months , and the ...
... happy settlement , which had taken place last session . He explained the late decision to have arisen from a circumstance , which could not be provided against , viz . that the cause had been in the court for eighteen months , and the ...
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... happy to find that government had so early , and of their own accord , brought forth the business ; for though he would not say how jealousies had been excited in Ireland , there was no doubt , but jealousies did exist there ; and that ...
... happy to find that government had so early , and of their own accord , brought forth the business ; for though he would not say how jealousies had been excited in Ireland , there was no doubt , but jealousies did exist there ; and that ...
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... happy if their labours shall meet the approbation of their fellow citizens , or tend in the most remote degree to any valuable purpose . They trust , that the spirit of firmness and integrity , which has already restored this ancient ...
... happy if their labours shall meet the approbation of their fellow citizens , or tend in the most remote degree to any valuable purpose . They trust , that the spirit of firmness and integrity , which has already restored this ancient ...
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... Ireland has now taken up the " idea , and if we shall be so happy as to see success crown our " efforts , we think considerable weight will be thereby added 66 " to the endeavours of the people in England . 30 AN HISTORICAL REVIEW.
... Ireland has now taken up the " idea , and if we shall be so happy as to see success crown our " efforts , we think considerable weight will be thereby added 66 " to the endeavours of the people in England . 30 AN HISTORICAL REVIEW.
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An Historical Review of the State of Ireland, Vol. 4 of 5: From the Invasion ... Francis Plowden No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 136 - Consider the lilies of the field; they toil not, neither do they spin: yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Page 199 - Upon that part of the plan which regards the king's real and personal property, the prince feels himself compelled to remark, that it was not necessary for Mr. Pitt, nor proper, to suggest to the prince the restraint he proposes against the prince's granting away the king's real and personal property.
Page 198 - Prince makes the observation, that he sees, in the contents of that paper, a project for producing weakness, disorder, and insecurity in every branch of the administration of affairs. A project for dividing the Royal Family from each other...
Page 199 - If attention to what is presumed might be his majesty's feelings and wishes on the happy day of his recovery be the object, it is with the truest sincerity the prince expresses his firm conviction, that no event would be more repugnant to the feelings of his royal father, than the knowledge that the government of his son and representative had exhibited the sovereign power of the realm in a state of degradation...
Page 163 - In the awful presence of God, I, AB, do voluntarily declare, that I will persevere in endeavouring to form a brotherhood of affection among Irishmen of every religious persuasion, and that I will also persevere in my endeavours to obtain an equal, full, and adequate representation of all the people of Ireland.
Page 197 - Nothing done by the two Houses of Parliament can be a proper subject of his animadversion ; but when previously to any discussion in Parliament the outlines of a scheme of government are sent for his consideration, in which it is proposed that he shall be personally and principally concerned, and by which the royal authority and the public welfare may be deeply affected, the prince would be unjustifiable were he to withhold an explicit declaration of his sentiments.
Page 19 - claimed by the people of Ireland to be bound only by laws enacted by his " majesty and the parliament of that kingdom, in all cases whatever...
Page 144 - ... was in one or two parishes in the county of Kerry; and they proceeded thus. The people assembled in a Catholic chapel, and there took an oath to obey the laws of Captain Right, and to starve the clergy. They then proceeded to the next parishes, on the following Sunday, and there swore the people in the same manner; with this addition, that they (the people...
Page 163 - I do further declare that neither hopes, fears, rewards or punishments, shall ever induce me directly or indirectly, to inform on, or give evidence against any member or members of this or similar societies, for any act or expression of theirs, done or made collectively or individually, in or out of this society, in pursuance of the spirit of this obligation.
Page 69 - ... bring on our people, and brood over the growing prosperity of young Ireland. In the mean time we will guard our free trade and free constitution, as our only real resources : they were the struggles of great virtue, the result of much perseverance, and our broad base of public action! We should recollect that this House may now, with peculiar propriety, interpose, because you did, with great zeal and success, on this very subject of trade, bring on the people; and you did, with great prudence...