'98 and '48: The Modern Revolutionary History and Literature of IrelandAutographed copy (by owner) of book from William Herndon's personal library. |
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Page xv
... look upon the " legal and constitutional " graves and scaffolds of illegal and unconstitutional priests and laymen -the Roches and Tones of '98 . It had the daring to win sec- tional Ulster back to the national position it assumed under ...
... look upon the " legal and constitutional " graves and scaffolds of illegal and unconstitutional priests and laymen -the Roches and Tones of '98 . It had the daring to win sec- tional Ulster back to the national position it assumed under ...
Page xvii
... looks up through the clearing , and smiles , " poor Ireland , " in the face of Heaven . The railroad , with its millions of sleepers indicates the words , and the engine that rattles over it , at every gust of smoke , seems to belch ...
... looks up through the clearing , and smiles , " poor Ireland , " in the face of Heaven . The railroad , with its millions of sleepers indicates the words , and the engine that rattles over it , at every gust of smoke , seems to belch ...
Page xviii
... Look into one of those depôts . There is an old woman . " Well ? " Well , there she is , at once the history of Ireland , and an epitome of London law . Her father was killed in '98 , her son transported in '48 , not having died like ...
... Look into one of those depôts . There is an old woman . " Well ? " Well , there she is , at once the history of Ireland , and an epitome of London law . Her father was killed in '98 , her son transported in '48 , not having died like ...
Page 23
... look for the causes which , carrying their effects into , principally inspired the political movements that have agitated the middle of the century in which we live . To that period we must look for the first distinctive manifestation ...
... look for the causes which , carrying their effects into , principally inspired the political movements that have agitated the middle of the century in which we live . To that period we must look for the first distinctive manifestation ...
Page 50
... look- ing anxiously for some man of ability , truth , and courage to be their agent , rested its eyes before the intrepid soul and manly attributes of Tone . A pro- posal was made to him and was accepted . Thus the reins were falling ...
... look- ing anxiously for some man of ability , truth , and courage to be their agent , rested its eyes before the intrepid soul and manly attributes of Tone . A pro- posal was made to him and was accepted . Thus the reins were falling ...
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agitation Arklow arms army arrested attack authorities became Boolavogue brave British camp Carnew Catholic chief Cloney cloth Club Colonel command Council County Wexford death defended Devin Reilly Doheny Dublin Dungarvan Edward eloquence Emmet enemies England English Enniscorthy excited Father fight Fitzgerald force Gorey Grattan Hall heart honor hope insurgents John Kildare land leaders letter liberty living Lord Lord Edward Fitzgerald Lord Kingsborough March Meagher Menapii ment military mind Mitchel Musgrave Nation nature never North Cork O'Brien O'Connell officers orator organization Oulart Parliament party passion patriotism Plunket political Price $1 principles prisoner Protestant rebellion rebels Repeal Repeal Association republican retreat Roche Ross royalists says Sheil soldiers soul speech spirit success Thomas Thomas Devin Reilly Thomas Francis Meagher tion Tone took town trial United Irish United Irishmen Vinegar Hill Wexford Whig William write yeomen Young Ireland
Popular passages
Page 217 - 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.
Page 312 - When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace. But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
Page 217 - When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then, and not till then, let my epitaph be written.
Page 44 - ... or cut off the nation's right hand ; greatly emancipate or fundamentally destroy. We may talk plausibly to England, but so long as she exercises a power to bind this country, so long are the nations in a state of war ; the claims of the one go against the liberty of the other, and the sentiments of the latter go to oppose those claims to the last drop of her blood.
Page 48 - To subvert the tyranny of our execrable Government, to break the connection with England, the neverfailing source of all our political evils, and to assert the independence of my country — these were my objects. To unite the whole people of Ireland, to abolish the memory of all past dissensions, and to substitute the common name of Irishman in place of the denominations of Protestant, Catholic and Dissenter — these were my means.
Page 340 - I desire that the last act of a proceeding which has occupied so much of the public time should be of short duration. Nor have I the indelicate wish to close the dreary ceremony of a State prosecution with a vain display of words. Did I fear that hereafter when I shall be no more the country...
Page 309 - Our independence must be had at all hazards. If the men of property will not support us, they must fall ; we can support ourselves by the aid of that numerous and respectable class of the community, the men of no property . 12.
Page 341 - With my country, then, I leave my memory — my sentiments -my acts — proudly feeling that they require no vindication from me this day. A jury of my countrymen, it is true, have found me guilty of the crime of which I stood indicted. For this I entertain not the slightest feeling of resentment towards them.
Page 181 - I lodge with my friend Paine, — we breakfast, dine, and sup together. The more I see of his interior, the more I like and respect him. I cannot express how kind he is to me ; there is a simplicity of manner, a goodness of heart, and a strength of mind in him, that I never knew a man before possess.
Page 76 - In the language of holy writ there is a time for all things, a time to preach and a time to pray, but those times have passed away. There is also a time to fight, and that time has now come.