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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... Protestants were of course exempt . AT length , towards the close of the American war , the spirit and loyalty of an oppressed nation procured a melioration of its condition , and a milder and more liberal system began to be adopted ...
... Protestants were of course exempt . AT length , towards the close of the American war , the spirit and loyalty of an oppressed nation procured a melioration of its condition , and a milder and more liberal system began to be adopted ...
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... . Earl Fitzwilliam , then lord - lieutenant . " Theobald Wolfe Tone , a Protestant , educated at Trinity College , Dublin , and a barrister , practising in the courts of law . vinces , and at length to the whole kingdom , [ 7 ]
... . Earl Fitzwilliam , then lord - lieutenant . " Theobald Wolfe Tone , a Protestant , educated at Trinity College , Dublin , and a barrister , practising in the courts of law . vinces , and at length to the whole kingdom , [ 7 ]
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... Protestants ; some of them had been in parliament , and were either sprung from , or connected with , the first families of the kingdom , and they were all noted for their abilities . These , dazzled with the success of America and ...
... Protestants ; some of them had been in parliament , and were either sprung from , or connected with , the first families of the kingdom , and they were all noted for their abilities . These , dazzled with the success of America and ...
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... Protestants and burning their houses , a savage mode of warfare but too often perpetrated by both sides on their ... Protestant . ascendancy , was so well acquainted with their intentions , that , on hearing a sudden noise , while in ...
... Protestants and burning their houses , a savage mode of warfare but too often perpetrated by both sides on their ... Protestant . ascendancy , was so well acquainted with their intentions , that , on hearing a sudden noise , while in ...
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... protestant women also , who fell into the hands of their scouts and foraging parties , were not only treated with barbarity , but subjected to violation . To the credit , however , of one of the leaders , called general Sutton , he made ...
... protestant women also , who fell into the hands of their scouts and foraging parties , were not only treated with barbarity , but subjected to violation . To the credit , however , of one of the leaders , called general Sutton , he made ...
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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
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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.