An Impartial History of Ireland from the Period of the English Invasion to the Present Time, Volume 4J. Christie, 1811 - Ireland |
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Page 43
... liberty and the constitution , every freeman in the king- dom was interested in his safety . But the favour of the public was not sufficient to defend him from the danger by which he was threatened . To avoid the impending storm , he ...
... liberty and the constitution , every freeman in the king- dom was interested in his safety . But the favour of the public was not sufficient to defend him from the danger by which he was threatened . To avoid the impending storm , he ...
Page 85
... liberty of a peo- ple is , we must live among them , and not look for it in the statutes of the realm : the language of written law may be that of liberty , but the situation of the poor may speak no language but that of slavery : there ...
... liberty of a peo- ple is , we must live among them , and not look for it in the statutes of the realm : the language of written law may be that of liberty , but the situation of the poor may speak no language but that of slavery : there ...
Page 86
... liberty but a farce and a jest , if its blessings are received as the favour of kindness and humanity , instead of being the inheritance of right ? Consequences have flowed from these oppres- sions which ought long ago to have put a ...
... liberty but a farce and a jest , if its blessings are received as the favour of kindness and humanity , instead of being the inheritance of right ? Consequences have flowed from these oppres- sions which ought long ago to have put a ...
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... liberty , and other mal - practices . Lord Townsend's method of disciplining the commons , considerably encreased the national debt ; but he was quite satisfied , as he secured a decided majority in the parliament , in support of the ...
... liberty , and other mal - practices . Lord Townsend's method of disciplining the commons , considerably encreased the national debt ; but he was quite satisfied , as he secured a decided majority in the parliament , in support of the ...
Page 107
... liberty of the esta- blished , encouraged and rewarded by a bounty , put a construction on such conversions , obvious to the most illiterate , depriving them of the effect intended , of drawing the laity after them . Again , if ...
... liberty of the esta- blished , encouraged and rewarded by a bounty , put a construction on such conversions , obvious to the most illiterate , depriving them of the effect intended , of drawing the laity after them . Again , if ...
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Page 18 - Britain ; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled, had, hath, and of right ought to have, full Power and Authority to make Laws and Statutes of sufficient Force and Validity to bind the Colonies and People of America, Subjects of the Crown of Great Britain, in all cases whatsoever.
Page 97 - I do renounce, reject, and abjure the opinion, that princes excommunicated by the Pope and council, or by any authority of the See of Rome, or by any authority whatsoever, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any person whatsoever...
Page 98 - ... the Pope or any other authority or person whatsoever, or without any hope of any such dispensation from any person or authority whatsoever, or without thinking that I am or can be acquitted before God or man or absolved of this declaration or any part thereof, although the Pope or any other person or persons or power whatsoever should dispense with or annul the same, or declare that it was null and void from the beginning.
Page 531 - In the awful presence of God I, AB do voluutarily 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 97 - An Act for the further limitation of the crown, and better securing the rights and liberties of the subject, is and stands limited to the Princess Sophia, Electress of Hanover, and the heirs of her body being Protestants ; hereby utterly renouncing and abjuring any obedience or allegiance unto any other person claiming or pretending a right to the crown of this realm...
Page 96 - I will do my utmost Endeavour to disclose and make known to his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, all Treasons and traitorous Conspiracies which may be formed against him or them-.
Page 18 - Britain, as being inseparably united and annexed thereunto ; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath, and of right ought to have full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity, to bind the Kingdom and people of Ireland.
Page 329 - I do declare, that I do not believe that the Pope of Rome, or any other foreign Prince, Prelate, State, or Potentate, hath, or ought to have, any temporal or civil jurisdiction, power, superiority, or pre-eminence, directly or indirectly, within this realm.
Page 28 - The miserable dress, and diet, and dwelling of the people ; the general desolation in most parts of the kingdom ; the old seats of the nobility and gentry all in ruins, and no new ones in their stead...
Page 141 - That a claim of any body of men, other than the king, lords, and commons of Ireland to make laws to bind this kingdom, is unconstitutional, illegal, and a grievance.