Autobiography, a Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing Lives Ever Published, Volume 33Hunt and Clarke, 1832 |
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Page xviii
... enemies . 4th . That such a change in the system of government would give to property , law , religion , and the necessary distinction of rank , addi- Irishmen of every religious persuasion ; and that I will persevere in my endeavours ...
... enemies . 4th . That such a change in the system of government would give to property , law , religion , and the necessary distinction of rank , addi- Irishmen of every religious persuasion ; and that I will persevere in my endeavours ...
Page xix
... enemy , I will recall to your lordships ' recollections the daring inso- lence of some of those persons in the great commercial town of Belfast , where a meeting was lately held , at which resolutions of so treasonable a nature were ...
... enemy , I will recall to your lordships ' recollections the daring inso- lence of some of those persons in the great commercial town of Belfast , where a meeting was lately held , at which resolutions of so treasonable a nature were ...
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... enemies of the Catholics , and thus the boon lost half its efficacy and all its merit . The wrongs of the peasantry , the exactions of tithe - proctors and rack - rent agents , were of more dangerous consequence than even the ...
... enemies of the Catholics , and thus the boon lost half its efficacy and all its merit . The wrongs of the peasantry , the exactions of tithe - proctors and rack - rent agents , were of more dangerous consequence than even the ...
Page xxviii
... enemies , much more than of fanaticism : moreover , my lord , it has been the misfortune of this country scarcely ever to have known the English natives or settlers otherwise than as enemies ; and in his language the Irish peasant has ...
... enemies , much more than of fanaticism : moreover , my lord , it has been the misfortune of this country scarcely ever to have known the English natives or settlers otherwise than as enemies ; and in his language the Irish peasant has ...
Page xxxi
... enemy of the people of England ; he never for a moment charged the faults of the government on the great body of the population ; and the readiness with which he now submits his case to their judgment is the best proof of his firm confi ...
... enemy of the people of England ; he never for a moment charged the faults of the government on the great body of the population ; and the readiness with which he now submits his case to their judgment is the best proof of his firm confi ...
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afterwards amongst answer arrived asked atrocious Bourdeaux called captain Castle Catholics civil Clare committed crimes cruel cruelties Dublin duke of Portland dungeon endeavoured enemies English execution favour fear feelings France French gaoler gentleman give GRACE SAMPSON Grattan hands heart honour hope human imprisoned innocent insurrection act Ireland Irish government judge justice king of England knew lady land length letter liberty Lisbon live lord Castlereagh lord Cornwallis lord Edward Fitzgerald lord Moira lordship manner means ment minister murder nation never obliged Oporto oppressed pain parliament party passed passport peace peep-of-day-boys perhaps persecution person pope Portugal present prison Protestant reason rebel rebellion received reform refused reign religion request respect sent suffered terror thing tion told torture traitor United Irishmen victims whilst wife WILLIAM SAMPSON write
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Page 225 - Whereby it is manifest, that such as had the government of Ireland, under the crown of England, did intend to make a perpetual separation and enmity between the English and Irish, pretending, no doubt, that the i.nglish should in the end root out the Irish...
Page 227 - In a word, if the English would neither in peace govern them by the law, nor could in war root them out by the sword, must they not needs be pricks in their eyes and thorns in their sides till the world's end...
Page xvii - I have before said, the moment the very name of Ireland is mentioned, the English seem to bid adieu to common feeling, common prudence, and common sense, and to act with the barbarity of tyrants, and the fatuity of idiots.
Page 215 - Uxores habent deni duodenique inter se communes, et maxime fratres cum fratribus parentesque cum liberis ; sed, si qui sunt ex his nati, eorum habentur liberi, quo primum virgo quaeque deducta est.
Page xii - He then read the following paper. " We charge them publicly, in the face of their country, with making corrupt agreements for the sale of peerages, for doing which, we say they are impeachable ; we charge them with corrupt agreements for the disposal of the money arising from the sale, to purchase for the servants of the castle, seats in the assembly of the people, for doing which, we say...
Page 243 - But some kind of zeal counts all merciful moderation lukewarmness, and had rather be cruel than counted cold, and is not seldom more greedy to kill the bear for his skin, than for any harm he hath done ; the confiscation of men's estates being more beneficial than the charity of saving their lives or reforming their errors. And I believe it will at last appear that they who first began to embroil my other kingdoms, are in great part guilty, if not of the first letting out, yet of the not timely stopping...
Page 253 - Thomas, Earl of Wharton, lord-lieutenant of Ireland, by the force of a wonderful constitution, has some years passed his grand climacteric without any visible effects of old age, either on his body or his mind ; and in spite of a continual prostitution to those vices which usually wear out both. . . . Whether he walks or whistles, or swears, or talks bawdy, or calls names, he acquits himself in each, beyond a templar of three years standing.
Page xiii - ... they are impeachable; guilty of a systematic endeavour to undermine the constitution in violation of the laws of the land. We pledge ourselves to convict them ; we dare them to go into an...
Page 214 - informed by many of them that have had judicial places " there (Ireland), and partly of mine own knowledge, that there MIDDLE MEN. " is no nation of the Christian world that are greater lovers " of justice than they are; which virtue must of necessity " be accompanied by many others.
Page 250 - I find many ways distempered : an unlearned clergy, which have not so much as the outward form of churchmen to cover themselves with, nor their persons any...