The cabinet of Irish literature, with biogr. sketches and literary notices by C.A. Read (T.P. O'Connor).Charles Anderton Read 1879 |
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... Catholic Emancipation , Defence of A. H. Rowan , . The Disarming of Ulster , Parliamentary Reform , 143 145 148 156 158 To Henry Grattan , Speech at Newry Election , 160 . Kitty of Coleraine , Cushla ma Chree , 164 • The Deserter's ...
... Catholic Emancipation , Defence of A. H. Rowan , . The Disarming of Ulster , Parliamentary Reform , 143 145 148 156 158 To Henry Grattan , Speech at Newry Election , 160 . Kitty of Coleraine , Cushla ma Chree , 164 • The Deserter's ...
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... Catholic Ascendency , Repeal of the Union , 276 Defence of Mr. Magee , 279 Defeat of the Vetoists , 282 Proceedings against O'Connell , . 283 Extract from " Mary Tudor , " Lismore , 274 RICHARD HENRY WILDE ( 1789–1847 ) , . To Gold ...
... Catholic Ascendency , Repeal of the Union , 276 Defence of Mr. Magee , 279 Defeat of the Vetoists , 282 Proceedings against O'Connell , . 283 Extract from " Mary Tudor , " Lismore , 274 RICHARD HENRY WILDE ( 1789–1847 ) , . To Gold ...
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... Catholic religion of her family , while his father was a Protestant , in which religion Edmund was brought up . There can be no doubt , however , that the dif- ference in religion between the parents , which has so often been the cause ...
... Catholic religion of her family , while his father was a Protestant , in which religion Edmund was brought up . There can be no doubt , however , that the dif- ference in religion between the parents , which has so often been the cause ...
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... Catholics to the Elective Franchise , and in 1794 withdrew from parliament , being succeeded in the repre- sentation of Malton by his only son , a youth of great promise . This son died soon after , and the shock was so great that Burke ...
... Catholics to the Elective Franchise , and in 1794 withdrew from parliament , being succeeded in the repre- sentation of Malton by his only son , a youth of great promise . This son died soon after , and the shock was so great that Burke ...
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... at this time , he published An Argument on Behalf of the Catholics of Ireland . In this he pleaded for equal rights and the advisability of a union for the common cause , such as he afterwards | 40 THEOBALD WOLFE TONE .
... at this time , he published An Argument on Behalf of the Catholics of Ireland . In this he pleaded for equal rights and the advisability of a union for the common cause , such as he afterwards | 40 THEOBALD WOLFE TONE .
Términos y frases comunes
Acres Andrew Cherry appeared arms Ballitore beauty born British Burke called castle Catholic character Charles Clonbrony constitution court daughter dear death declared Dublin duty enemy England entered eyes father favour fear feel followed gentleman give grace Grattan hand hear heart heaven HENRY GRATTAN honour hope House of Commons Ireland Irish Jack Jugurtha justice king Lady L Lady Rest land liberty live look Lord Bute LORD CASTLEREAGH Lord Colambre madam marriage means ment Middle Temple mind minister never night Numidia O'Connell o'er parliament parliament of England poems returned Sir John Sir Lucius smile song soon soul speech spirit sure sweet tears tell thee thing thou thought tion took Trinity College United Irishmen virtue wish woman word wretched young Zounds
Pasajes populares
Página 199 - Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him.
Página 336 - My life is like the autumn leaf That trembles in the moon's pale ray; Its hold is frail, — its date is brief, Restless, and soon to pass away ! Yet, ere that leaf shall fall and fade, The parent tree will mourn its shade. The winds bewail the leafless tree, — But none shall breathe a sigh for me...
Página 198 - Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
Página 35 - ... and predestinated criminals a memorable example to mankind. He resolved, in the gloomy recesses of a mind capacious of such things, to leave the whole Carnatic an everlasting monument of vengeance, and to put perpetual desolation as a barrier between him and those, against whom the faith which holds the moral elements of the world together, was no protection.
Página 200 - The time would e'er be o'er, And I on thee should look my last, And thou shouldst smile no more! And still upon that face I look, And think 'twill smile again; And still the thought I will not brook, That I must look in vain. But when I speak — thou dost not say What thou ne'er...
Página 198 - Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning.
Página 25 - You will observe, that, from Magna Charta to the Declaration of Right, it has been the uniform policy of our Constitution to claim and assert our liberties as an entailed inheritance derived to us from our forefathers, and to be transmitted to our posterity, — as an estate specially belonging to the people of this kingdom, without any reference whatever to any other more general or prior right.
Página 25 - Our political system is placed in a just correspondence and symmetry with the order of the world, and with the mode of existence decreed to a permanent body composed of transitory parts...
Página 185 - I wish for nothing but to breathe, in this our island, in common with my fellow-subjects, the air of liberty. I have no ambition, unless it be the ambition to break your chain, and contemplate your glory. I never will be satisfied so long as the meanest cottager in Ireland has a link of the British chain clanking to his rags ; he may be naked, he shall not be in...
Página 92 - ... condemn my tongue to silence, and my reputation to reproach? Your executioner may abridge the period of my existence, but while I exist I shall not forbear to vindicate my character and motives from your aspersions; and as a man to whom fame is dearer than life, I will make the last use of that life in doing justice to that reputation which is to live after me, and which is the only legacy I can leave to those I honour and love, and for whom I am proud to perish.