Speeches: To which is Added His Letter on the UnionJ. Duffy, 1868 - 468 pages |
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... Ireland for a hereditary parliamentary opposition . He may have been very inconsistent with his own principles- that is a matter of dispute ; but it is matter of certainty that he founded an enduring Irish party , which , aided by ...
... Ireland for a hereditary parliamentary opposition . He may have been very inconsistent with his own principles- that is a matter of dispute ; but it is matter of certainty that he founded an enduring Irish party , which , aided by ...
Page xv
... Irish politics . In Barataniana Grattan wrote several pieces ( amongst others uis celebrated character of Lord ... Parliament , and from 1801 to his death in 1820 . His political course in the Irish Legislature may be examined under ...
... Irish politics . In Barataniana Grattan wrote several pieces ( amongst others uis celebrated character of Lord ... Parliament , and from 1801 to his death in 1820 . His political course in the Irish Legislature may be examined under ...
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... Parliament . mons . No time could have been better chosen for his entrance ... Irish cause dangerous to England . The contest of the Americans with the ... Irish party formidable to the British power . But In addition to these sources of ...
... Parliament . mons . No time could have been better chosen for his entrance ... Irish cause dangerous to England . The contest of the Americans with the ... Irish party formidable to the British power . But In addition to these sources of ...
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... Parliament was supreme . Whether propositions in favour of Ireland were made by the friends or foes of the ministry ... Irish Opposition plied the administration with various mea- sures , and attacked the British government in all directions ...
... Parliament was supreme . Whether propositions in favour of Ireland were made by the friends or foes of the ministry ... Irish Opposition plied the administration with various mea- sures , and attacked the British government in all directions ...
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... Irish affairs in 1780 by such a man as Grattan , it is easier to conceive than pourtray . Space is wanting in this ... Parliament . As Grattan intro- duced into Irish affairs an element of lofty moral enthusiasm , springing from his own ...
... Irish affairs in 1780 by such a man as Grattan , it is easier to conceive than pourtray . Space is wanting in this ... Parliament . As Grattan intro- duced into Irish affairs an element of lofty moral enthusiasm , springing from his own ...
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Page 51 - ... freedom, am I to hear of faction. 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...
Page 259 - I defy the honourable gentleman ; I defy the government ; I defy their whole phalanx : let them come forth. I tell the ministers I will neither give them quarter nor take it. I am here to lay the shattered remains of my constitution on the floor of this House, in defence of the liberties of my country.
Page 365 - I do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure any intention to subvert the present Church Establishment; as settled by law within this realm ; and I do solemnly swear, that I never will exercise any privilege to which I am or may become entitled, to disturb or weaken the Protestant religion, or Protestant Government, in the United Kingdom...
Page 365 - I do swear, That I will defend to the utmost of my Power the Settlement of Property within this Realm, as established by the Laws : And I do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure any Intention to subvert the present Church Establishment as settled by Law within this Realm...
Page 438 - The secretary stood alone. Modern degeneracy had not reached him. Original and unaccommodating, the features of his character had the hardihood of antiquity. His august mind overawed majesty, and one of his sovereigns thought royalty so impaired in his presence that he conspired to remove him, in order to be relieved from his superiority.
Page 365 - An Act for the further limitation of the crown, and better securing the rights and liberties of the subject, is and stands limited to the Princess Sophia, Electress of Hanover, and the heirs of her body being Protestants ; hereby utterly renouncing and abjuring any obedience or allegiance unto any other person claiming or pretending a right to the crown of...
Page 439 - ... not like the torrent of Demosthenes, or the splendid conflagration of Tully, it resembled sometimes the thunder, and sometimes the music of the spheres.
Page 419 - Without a sign his sword the brave man draws, And asks no omen but his country's cause.
Page 51 - I do see the time is at hand, the spirit is gone forth, the declaration is planted; and though great men should apostatize, yet the cause will live; and though the public speaker should die, yet the immortal fire shall outlast the organ which conveyed it, and the breath of liberty, like the word of the holy man, will not die with the prophet, but survive him.
Page 369 - June 22, rose in the house of commons ; and after a most eloquent and energetic speech, moved " that this house will early in the next session of parliament, take into its most serious consideration the state of the laws affecting his majesty's Roman catholic subjects in Great Britain and Ireland ; with a view to such a final and conciliatory adjustment, as may be conducive to the peace and strength of the united kingdom ; to the stability of the protestant establishment, and to the general satisfaction...