The History of the Late Grand Insurrection: Or the Struggle for Liberty in IrelandFrom the Press of A. Loudon, (Whitehall.), 1805 - 386 oldal |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 53 találatból.
xi. oldal
... never permitted , except on one great occasion , to act for a mo- ment against the real or imaginary interest of Britain . ? WE have thus before us the actual state of the two countries at the time of the insurrec- tion . It will be ...
... never permitted , except on one great occasion , to act for a mo- ment against the real or imaginary interest of Britain . ? WE have thus before us the actual state of the two countries at the time of the insurrec- tion . It will be ...
xv. oldal
... never more to be gratified by a real or imaginary representation of the people in parliament , nor the ear delight- ed with an eloquence , equal , if not surpassing the bright example of Greek or Roman oratory . THAT noble edifice where ...
... never more to be gratified by a real or imaginary representation of the people in parliament , nor the ear delight- ed with an eloquence , equal , if not surpassing the bright example of Greek or Roman oratory . THAT noble edifice where ...
5. oldal
... Never acknow- ledging the undisputed authority of a single monarch in the early period of its history , the unhappy island was split into hostile districts ; and while the various septs denounced perpetual vengeance against each other ...
... Never acknow- ledging the undisputed authority of a single monarch in the early period of its history , the unhappy island was split into hostile districts ; and while the various septs denounced perpetual vengeance against each other ...
8. oldal
... never before been witnessed in modern times , in the face of an existing government . AT the head of the whole presided a directory of five * , possessing unbounded influence over all , but known only to a few : the members consisted ...
... never before been witnessed in modern times , in the face of an existing government . AT the head of the whole presided a directory of five * , possessing unbounded influence over all , but known only to a few : the members consisted ...
20. oldal
... never be rallied , they retreated with the utmost speed , first to Corbet and then to Carrickbyrne hills , leaving two thousand six hundred dead behind them . Nor was this signal success obtained by their adversaries without blood- shed ...
... never be rallied , they retreated with the utmost speed , first to Corbet and then to Carrickbyrne hills , leaving two thousand six hundred dead behind them . Nor was this signal success obtained by their adversaries without blood- shed ...
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
appear Arklow arms army arrived attack Ballina battle battle of Ballinamuck BATTLE OF CASTLEBAR body brought camp cannon Capt Captain Carnew Castlebar cavalry colonel commander in chief conduct corps coun county of Wexford death detachment dragoons Dublin Dunshaughlin encamped endeavoured enemy English Enniscorthy fencibles fire force Foxford French gentlemen Gorey Granard Grogan guard Harvey hill horse hundred immediately infantry inhabitants instantly insurgents insurrection Ireland Irish John John Grogan justice Killala killed liberty Lieut Lieutenant Lord loyal loyalists magistrates marched ment miles military militia morning Murphy nation night North Cork North Cork militia o'clock occasion officers parliament party persons pikes plunder priest prisoners protestant rebellion rebels regiment retreat Roche Roman Catholics Ross sent serjeant shot soldiers spirit suffered Taghmon taken Three-rocks Tinehaly tion took town trial troops United Irishmen Vinegar-hill whole wounded yeomen yeomenry
Népszerű szakaszok
324. oldal - My lords, you are impatient for the sacrifice : the blood which you seek is not congealed by the artificial terrors which surround your victim; it circulates warmly and unruffled through the channels which God created for noble purposes, but which you are bent to destroy for purposes BO grievous that they cry to heaven. Be yet patient ! I have but a few words more to say.
317. oldal - I only to suffer death, after being adjudged guilty by your tribunal, I should bow in silence, and meet the fate that awaits me without a murmur; but the sentence of the law which delivers my body to the executioner, will, through the ministry of that law, labour in its own vindication to consign my character to obloquy...
173. oldal - ... a proscription that certainly exceeds, in the comparative number of those it consigns to ruin and misery, every example that ancient and modern history can supply : for, where have we heard...
12. oldal - Wexford forces, now innumerable and irresistible, will not be controlled, if they meet with resistance. To prevent, therefore, the total ruin of all property in the town, I urge you to a speedy surrender, which you will be forced to in a few hours, with loss and bloodshed, as you are surrounded on all sides.
317. oldal - I wish that my memory and name may animate those who survive me, while I look down with complacency on the destruction of that perfidious government which upholds its domination by blasphemy of the Most High; which displays its power over man as over the beasts of the forest; which sets man upon his brother and lifts his hand in the name of God against the throat of his fellow...
316. oldal - What have I to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced on me according to law?
299. oldal - Sir ; — I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of his excellency the commander...
324. oldal - 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 dares NOW vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them.
323. oldal - Let no man dare, when I am dead, to charge me with dishonor; let no man attaint my memory by believing that I could have engaged in any cause but that of my country's liberty and independence...
316. oldal - I have nothing to say that can alter your predetermination, nor that it will become me to say, with any view to the mitigation of that sentence which you are here to pronounce, and I must abide by.