History of the Civil War in Ireland, Containing an Impartial Account of the Proceedings of the Irish Revolutionists, from the Year 1782 Until the Suppression of the Intended Revolution: To which is Prefixed a Geographical and Historical Account of Ireland, 2. kötetS. Butler & Pechin & Frailey by J. W. Butler, 1805 |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 16 találatból.
27. oldal
... command , to move for- ward to attack the United Irish posted on Mount- Pleasant . These seemed willing enough to en- gage , but the troops were prevented from coming to action here , by other orders from Lieutenant- General Lake , who ...
... command , to move for- ward to attack the United Irish posted on Mount- Pleasant . These seemed willing enough to en- gage , but the troops were prevented from coming to action here , by other orders from Lieutenant- General Lake , who ...
28. oldal
... command- ed in Arklow , moved on the 19th to Gorey , and on the next day encamped on Oulard - Hill , whence he was to proceed to Enniscorthy . Greater de- vastation was perceiveable from Arklow to Ou- lard , than in any other part of ...
... command- ed in Arklow , moved on the 19th to Gorey , and on the next day encamped on Oulard - Hill , whence he was to proceed to Enniscorthy . Greater de- vastation was perceiveable from Arklow to Ou- lard , than in any other part of ...
31. oldal
... command in Wexford , as he was ordered to Wick- low , where his conciliatory conduct and humanity were conspicuous , and will ever be remembered with gratitude by the people , who flocked to his standard for protection . Did Ireland ...
... command in Wexford , as he was ordered to Wick- low , where his conciliatory conduct and humanity were conspicuous , and will ever be remembered with gratitude by the people , who flocked to his standard for protection . Did Ireland ...
32. oldal
... command at the Three - Rocks , demanding all kinds of supplies for their forces ; and apprising him , as the inhabitants of Wexford ( except the gunsmen , who attended for some time on Vinegar - Hill ) had never quitted their homes , or ...
... command at the Three - Rocks , demanding all kinds of supplies for their forces ; and apprising him , as the inhabitants of Wexford ( except the gunsmen , who attended for some time on Vinegar - Hill ) had never quitted their homes , or ...
45. oldal
... command Dixon's par- ty of misguided wretches , who were the most das- tardly and unruly , and therefore the most savage and cruel of the mob , yet his authority appears to have been very limited , when he was not able to lead them to ...
... command Dixon's par- ty of misguided wretches , who were the most das- tardly and unruly , and therefore the most savage and cruel of the mob , yet his authority appears to have been very limited , when he was not able to lead them to ...
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
alledged appear Arklow arms arrest arrival assizes attack attend blood body calumny camp Captain Dixon Carnew Castlecomer Catholics of Ireland cavalry charge command committee conduct constitution coun Council country gentlemen death declare delegates dreadful Dublin duty elective franchise enemy Enniscorthy execution Fingal French gentlemen George give Gorey grievances Henry honor humanity inhabitants James John jury justice king King's kingdom kingdom of Ireland land legislature letter liberated liberty Lord Fingal Lord Kingsborough majesty majesty's Major Fitzgerald ment Messrs military Moore Morgan Byrne neral O'Connor opinion oppressed Orangemen parliament peaceable Pelham persons petition present prisoners proceeded procure Protestant received Resolved respectable Robert Roche Roman Catholics Royal army Samuel sent Sir Charles Asgill slaughter subjects ther thofe Thomas Three-Rocks tion town trial trial by jury troops United force United Irish United Irishmen Vinegar-Hill Wexford William
Népszerű szakaszok
cxxi. oldal - You do me honor over-much : you have given to the subaltern all the credit of a superior. There are men engaged in this conspiracy, who are not only superior to me, but even to your own conceptions of yourself, my lord ; men, before the...
cxiv. 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, labor, in its own vindication, to consign my character to obloquy...
cxvii. oldal - You, my lord, are a judge ; I am the supposed culprit: I am a man, you are a man also; by a revolution of power we might change places, though we never could change characters. If I stand at the bar of this court and dare not vindicate my character, what a farce is your justice?
xviii. oldal - I do renounce, reject, and abjure the opinion, that princes excommunicated by the Pope and council, or by any authority...
cxix. oldal - ... an emissary of France! An emissary of France! And for what end? It is alleged that I wished to sell the independence of my country! And for what end?
cxiv. oldal - I do not imagine that, seated where you are, your minds can be so free from impurity as to receive the least impression from what I am going to utter.
cxxii. oldal - The proclamation of the provisional government speaks for our views; no inference can be tortured from it to countenance barbarity or debasement at home, or subjection, humiliation, or treachery from abroad.
cxv. oldal - When my spirit shall be wafted to a more friendly port ; when my shade shall have joined the bands of those martyred heroes who have shed their blood on the scaffold and in the field, in defence of their country and of virtue, this is my hope...
cxxi. oldal - I am accountable for all the blood that has and will be shed in this struggle of the oppressed against the oppressor — shall you tell me this, and must I be so very a slave as not to repel it? I do not fear to approach the Omnipotent Judge to answer for the conduct of my whole life; and am I to be appalled and falsified by a mere remnant of mortality here?
xxi. oldal - I do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure any intention to subvert the present church establishment, for the purpose of substituting a Catholic establishment in its stead; and...