A History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century, Volume 4Longmans, Green and Company, 1892 - Ireland |
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Page 19
... lives of all who gave any evidence against the seditious . There were constant nocturnal assemblings and drillings ; peaceful inhabitants were disarmed ; the magistrates were openly resisted , and many kinds of outrage were perpetrated ...
... lives of all who gave any evidence against the seditious . There were constant nocturnal assemblings and drillings ; peaceful inhabitants were disarmed ; the magistrates were openly resisted , and many kinds of outrage were perpetrated ...
Page 35
... lives were lost , and serious skirmishes took place . I have already mentioned the sanguinary attacks on militiamen at Ballybay . At a place called Cross- Moylan , not far from Dundalk , a few British fencibles with forty yeomen ...
... lives were lost , and serious skirmishes took place . I have already mentioned the sanguinary attacks on militiamen at Ballybay . At a place called Cross- Moylan , not far from Dundalk , a few British fencibles with forty yeomen ...
Page 53
... lives , the existing constitution of Church and State , dwelling especially on the Protestant ascen- dency . They recommended the gentlemen of the country to remain on their estates , offered to form themselves into distinct corps under ...
... lives , the existing constitution of Church and State , dwelling especially on the Protestant ascen- dency . They recommended the gentlemen of the country to remain on their estates , offered to form themselves into distinct corps under ...
Page 66
... live , render the first not fit to govern , and the last not fit to be trusted with the right to elect ; and illiberal as the opinion may be construed to be , I am convinced it would be very dangerous to attempt to govern Ireland in a ...
... live , render the first not fit to govern , and the last not fit to be trusted with the right to elect ; and illiberal as the opinion may be construed to be , I am convinced it would be very dangerous to attempt to govern Ireland in a ...
Page 80
... lives were placed.'1 In the case of Emmet , this statement is corroborated by a document which was found among his papers , strongly censuring any resort to assassination , and it is , I believe , perfectly true , that the leaders of ...
... lives were placed.'1 In the case of Emmet , this statement is corroborated by a document which was found among his papers , strongly censuring any resort to assassination , and it is , I believe , perfectly true , that the leaders of ...
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