The Geraldines, Earls of Desmond, and the Persecution of the Irish Catholics |
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Page vii
... religion a pretext for oppression . They who failed to do the dic- tator's bidding paid dearly for their reluctance ; and the conduct of those in power so influenced their subordi- nates and menials , that the people became degraded ...
... religion a pretext for oppression . They who failed to do the dic- tator's bidding paid dearly for their reluctance ; and the conduct of those in power so influenced their subordi- nates and menials , that the people became degraded ...
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... religion I can bear testimony to the great good which has resulted from the valuable and cheap editions you have given of our Catholic works ; and as one whose habits are not altogether eremitical , I congratulate you on that increasing ...
... religion I can bear testimony to the great good which has resulted from the valuable and cheap editions you have given of our Catholic works ; and as one whose habits are not altogether eremitical , I congratulate you on that increasing ...
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... religion , and driven to seek shelter in a distant land . What wonder then if he em- ployed epithets so freely bandied by Protestants as well as Catholics , at the period when he wrote ? Could he look on unmoved while the torch was ...
... religion , and driven to seek shelter in a distant land . What wonder then if he em- ployed epithets so freely bandied by Protestants as well as Catholics , at the period when he wrote ? Could he look on unmoved while the torch was ...
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... religion and country ; and fondly does she cherish the remembrance of the Geraldines . Nor do I think I have imposed on myself an un- grateful task in rescuing from the accidents of time their chivalry and piety . Accept , then , most ...
... religion and country ; and fondly does she cherish the remembrance of the Geraldines . Nor do I think I have imposed on myself an un- grateful task in rescuing from the accidents of time their chivalry and piety . Accept , then , most ...
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... to be able to account for it . The authority of great historians has taught me that this King Henry the Second , putting on the semblance of zeal for religion , acted the part of a tyrant and hypocrite , in order PREFACE ...
... to be able to account for it . The authority of great historians has taught me that this King Henry the Second , putting on the semblance of zeal for religion , acted the part of a tyrant and hypocrite , in order PREFACE ...
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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...