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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xiv. oldal
... spirit , its improve- ment kept pace with its growing opulence , and its grandeur began to attract from the splendor of its public and private edifices , the attention of Europe . The darkening cloud of national misfortune however ...
... spirit , its improve- ment kept pace with its growing opulence , and its grandeur began to attract from the splendor of its public and private edifices , the attention of Europe . The darkening cloud of national misfortune however ...
6. oldal
... spirit and loyalty of an oppressed nation procured a melioration of its condition , and a milder and more liberal system began to be adopted : but this only ex- tended at first to commercial and parliamentary in- dependence ; for even ...
... spirit and loyalty of an oppressed nation procured a melioration of its condition , and a milder and more liberal system began to be adopted : but this only ex- tended at first to commercial and parliamentary in- dependence ; for even ...
15. oldal
... spirit of fanaticism was kept alive among the ignorant multitude by means of masses and ghost- ly exhortations , the faith of some of them is reported to have been raised to such a ridiculous excess , as actually to believe that the ...
... spirit of fanaticism was kept alive among the ignorant multitude by means of masses and ghost- ly exhortations , the faith of some of them is reported to have been raised to such a ridiculous excess , as actually to believe that the ...
25. oldal
... spirit of rebellion in the south ; which assum- ed all the appearance of a war of religion , was now completely subdued ; and in the north it never ex- hibited a very formidable shape , for the disaffected Protestants in that quarter ...
... spirit of rebellion in the south ; which assum- ed all the appearance of a war of religion , was now completely subdued ; and in the north it never ex- hibited a very formidable shape , for the disaffected Protestants in that quarter ...
26. oldal
... spirit of the times , that his heirs were bereaved of his large property ; and as this could not be done in the usual course of justice , a post - facto act was obtained for that purpose . IT is greatly to be lamented that a trial by ...
... spirit of the times , that his heirs were bereaved of his large property ; and as this could not be done in the usual course of justice , a post - facto act was obtained for that purpose . IT is greatly to be lamented that a trial by ...
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.