Speeches: To which is Added His Letter on the UnionJ. Duffy, 1868 - 468 pages |
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... suppose that Irish independence could exist , when half the country was enslaved . It reflects much credit on his political sagacity that he prophesied the Union , unless the Catholics were emancipated by the Irish Protestants , who in ...
... suppose that Irish independence could exist , when half the country was enslaved . It reflects much credit on his political sagacity that he prophesied the Union , unless the Catholics were emancipated by the Irish Protestants , who in ...
Page xxvi
... suppose that nothing effectual had been accomplished by Grattan . With childish credulity they attached extravagant importance to the idle doubts of Mr. Flood , and placed faith in scandalous calumnies which the malignant and envious ...
... suppose that nothing effectual had been accomplished by Grattan . With childish credulity they attached extravagant importance to the idle doubts of Mr. Flood , and placed faith in scandalous calumnies which the malignant and envious ...
Page xxix
... suppose , if the learned and ingenious had not given the world voluminous tomes treating the government of the human race as a mere matter of system . Presiding principle , and pro- lific energy " , was Burke's fine idea of government ...
... suppose , if the learned and ingenious had not given the world voluminous tomes treating the government of the human race as a mere matter of system . Presiding principle , and pro- lific energy " , was Burke's fine idea of government ...
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... suppose at that moment I had opposed the general sentiment , and on the 27th declared that the repeal did nothing ; I appeal to the candour of gentlemen , whether they would not have left me in a wretched minority ? Would they not have ...
... suppose at that moment I had opposed the general sentiment , and on the 27th declared that the repeal did nothing ; I appeal to the candour of gentlemen , whether they would not have left me in a wretched minority ? Would they not have ...
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... suppose the French Court should refer a treaty with Eng- land for the opinion of the judges of France , to be measured by the principles of the law of France . Would not England exclaim , " We do not understand your laws , nor their ...
... suppose the French Court should refer a treaty with Eng- land for the opinion of the judges of France , to be measured by the principles of the law of France . Would not England exclaim , " We do not understand your laws , nor their ...
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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...