The Literary Life and Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington, Issue 16, Volume 2T. C. Newby, 1855 |
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Page 101 - But marriage with this admirable lady was forbidden by law ! She was a Roman Catholic ; sincerely attached to the religion of her forefathers, she refused to purchase a crown by conforming to any other ; and the law declared, that whoever married a Catholic should forfeit all right to the crown of these realms, as if he were naturally dead. This law, however, was unknown to her, and, blinded by various pretences, she was induced to consent to a clandestine marriage, which is supposed to have been...