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... , which has exposed the misrepresentations of traducers and ca- lumniators , and taught the humblest peasant that this land had once a name among the nations , and is still worthy of being raised up from her degraded condition .
... , which has exposed the misrepresentations of traducers and ca- lumniators , and taught the humblest peasant that this land had once a name among the nations , and is still worthy of being raised up from her degraded condition .
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... land of servitude . There is nothing , then , at variance with truth in the assertion that , in order to win freedom , we must be learned in the history of the past ; and that , in order to guard it , we must be schooled by those who ...
... land of servitude . There is nothing , then , at variance with truth in the assertion that , in order to win freedom , we must be learned in the history of the past ; and that , in order to guard it , we must be schooled by those who ...
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... lands , are becoming familiar to our people . The portraits of those illustrious men who shed the blessings of knowledge on their own and other * Vide the " Book of Irish Ballads , " p . 196 , edited by D. F. M'Carthy , Esq . Barrister ...
... lands , are becoming familiar to our people . The portraits of those illustrious men who shed the blessings of knowledge on their own and other * Vide the " Book of Irish Ballads , " p . 196 , edited by D. F. M'Carthy , Esq . Barrister ...
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... land to perish of fa- mine ; for the Romans did not suffer even their slaves to die of hunger . A highly gifted genius , whose name is written on a brighter lintel than that where Dante Alighieri read of Hope's proscription , * has ...
... land to perish of fa- mine ; for the Romans did not suffer even their slaves to die of hunger . A highly gifted genius , whose name is written on a brighter lintel than that where Dante Alighieri read of Hope's proscription , * has ...
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... land ! " + But pardon me this digression , and let me resume and conclude . As to the materials of the second part of this volume , ' tis quite true that there are many facts obvi- ously over - coloured ; yet , ' tis nevertheless quite ...
... land ! " + But pardon me this digression , and let me resume and conclude . As to the materials of the second part of this volume , ' tis quite true that there are many facts obvi- ously over - coloured ; yet , ' tis nevertheless quite ...
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aforesaid ancient Archbishop arms Askeaton assertion bishop blood brother Butlers called Cardinal castle Catholics CHAPTER Christ church command convent county Limerick crown dare daughter Desies Diarmid died Dominican Dublin Earl of Desmond Elizabeth enemies England English exhort faith father Fitz-Thomas Fitzgerald Florence Garret Gerald Geraldines Gherardini glorious hands heaven Henry heretics holy honour illustrious Ireland Irish James Fitzmaurice Jesuits John justice Kerry Kilmallock King of Leinster King of Spain kingdom kingdom of Ireland land liberty Limerick Majesty Maurice mond Munster narrate never nobility noble O'Brien O'Daly oath oath of supremacy Ormond passed perished persecution person Pontiff Pope Pope Gregory XIII possessions princes put to death queen received reign religion Rome ruin Seminary Priests sent slain statute Stukely suffered sword ther tholics Thomas Rua tion Tralee treason valour Viceroy Viceroy of Ireland Wherefore whilst word
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Page 155 - Highness's dominions and countries, as well in all spiritual or ecclesiastical things or causes as temporal; and that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within his Majesty's said realms, dominions and countries.
Page 235 - Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions...
Page 170 - I, AB, do swear, that I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure, as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, that Princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope, or any authority of the See of Rome, may be deposed or murthered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare, that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate, hath, or ought to have any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual. within this...
Page 151 - But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to use authority over the man: but to be in silence.
Page 170 - Countries; and that the Pope, neither of himself, nor by any Authority of the Church or See of Rome, or by any other Means, with any other, hath any Power or Authority to depose the King...
Page 3 - Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? Or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, And warmeth them in the dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones, As though they were not hers...
Page 170 - And all these things I do plainly and sincerely acknowledge and swear according to these express words by me spoken, and according to the plain and common sense and understanding of the same words without any equivocation, mental evasion, or secret reservation whatsoever. And I do make this recognition, acknowledgment, abjuration, renunciation, and promise heartily, willingly, and truly, upon the true faith of a Christian. So help me God.
Page 193 - Let him seriously consider and reflect within himself, from this visitation, " what a dreadful thing it is to fall into the hands of the living God...
Page 168 - ... or authority ecclesiastical or spiritual within this realm, and therefore I do utterly renounce and forsake all foreign jurisdictions powers superiorities and authorities, and do promise that from henceforth I shall bear faith and true allegiance to the...
Page x - Per me si va nell' eterno dolore, Per me si va tra la perduta gente. Giustizia mosse il mio alto fattore : Fecemi la divina potestate, La somma sapienza e il primo amore. Dinanzi a me non fur cose create, Se non eterne, ed io eterno duro : Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch...