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... secure the co - operation of the two countries as long as Irish opinion is directed by property and intel- ligence , ' they were not likely to have much weight if the direction of Irish affairs fell into the hands of un- principled ...
... secure the co - operation of the two countries as long as Irish opinion is directed by property and intel- ligence , ' they were not likely to have much weight if the direction of Irish affairs fell into the hands of un- principled ...
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... influence in favour of the existing disposition of power and prop- erty . The Irish Protestants now perceived that they must rely mainly if not solely on themselves to secure their lives , their property , and their power from.
... influence in favour of the existing disposition of power and prop- erty . The Irish Protestants now perceived that they must rely mainly if not solely on themselves to secure their lives , their property , and their power from.
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... secure revenue , and this was in numerous cases his only con- nection with the soil . Unfortunately the immediate COMMERCIAL DISABILITIES 7 tenant rarely cultivated it himself ; the 6 LEADERS OF PUBLIC OPINION IN IRELAND.
... secure revenue , and this was in numerous cases his only con- nection with the soil . Unfortunately the immediate COMMERCIAL DISABILITIES 7 tenant rarely cultivated it himself ; the 6 LEADERS OF PUBLIC OPINION IN IRELAND.
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... secure property and power by reducing to complete im- potence those who had formerly possessed them , and who might by a turn of the political wheel regain them . The passion that mixed with this legislation was much less the passion of ...
... secure property and power by reducing to complete im- potence those who had formerly possessed them , and who might by a turn of the political wheel regain them . The passion that mixed with this legislation was much less the passion of ...
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William Edward Hartpole Lecky. not venture to resist the popular outcry ; they felt secure that if they passed the Bill it would be after- wards rejected in England ; and they were not averse to obtaining in this manner some popularity ...
William Edward Hartpole Lecky. not venture to resist the popular outcry ; they felt secure that if they passed the Bill it would be after- wards rejected in England ; and they were not averse to obtaining in this manner some popularity ...
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Page 255 - Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath, Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty: Thou art not conquer'd; beauty's ensign yet Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, And death's pale flag is not advanced there.
Page 240 - And will You maintain and preserve inviolably the Settlement of the United Church of England and Ireland, and the Doctrine, Worship, Discipline, and Government thereof, as by Law established...
Page 105 - I am now to address a free people: ages have passed away, and this is the first moment in which you could be distinguished by that appellation.
Page 226 - British soil — which proclaims, even to the stranger and the sojourner, the moment he sets his foot upon British earth, that the ground on which he treads is holy, and consecrated by the genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION.
Page 232 - The conversation of the principal persons of the country all tend to encourage this system of blood, and the conversation even at my table, where you will suppose I do all I can to prevent it, always turns on hanging, shooting, burning, &c., &c., and if a priest has been put to death the greatest joy is expressed by the whole company.
Page 267 - Elliott, when he brought me your letter, stated very strongly all the arguments which he thought might induce us to admit the Catholics to parliament and office ; but I confess he did not satisfy me of the practicability of such a measure at this time, or of the propriety of attempting- it. With respect to a provision for the Catholic* clergy and some arrangement respecting tithes, I am happy to find a uniform opinion in favour of the proposal among all the Irish I have seen...
Page 255 - While a plank of the vessel sticks together, I will not leave her — let the courtier present his flimsy sail, and carry the light bark of his faith, with every new breath of wind — I will remain anchored here — with fidelity to the fortunes of my country, faithful to her freedom, faithful to her fall.
Page 226 - ... -,—no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains, that burst from around him, and he stands redeemed, regenerated, and disenthralled, by the irresistible Genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION.
Page 254 - Yet I do not give up the country. I see her in a swoon, but she is not dead. Though in her tomb she lies helpless and motionless, still there is on her lips a spirit of life, and on her...
Page 113 - I may be shortly enabled to lay before you the sketch or outlines of an Act of Parliament to be adopted by the legislatures of the respective kingdoms ; by which the superintending power and supremacy of Great Britain, in all matters of state and general commerce, will be virtually and effectually acknowledged...