The History of the Late Grand Insurrection: Or the Struggle for Liberty in Ireland |
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... brought into action , and some of the matrosses , who had been saved expressly for that purpose , forced , by the terror of the pike , to point them at their fellow - soldiers . They at the same time drove a number of horses along the ...
... brought into action , and some of the matrosses , who had been saved expressly for that purpose , forced , by the terror of the pike , to point them at their fellow - soldiers . They at the same time drove a number of horses along the ...
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... brought a let- ter from Mr. Harvey , the newly - elected general , dated at the camp of Corbet - hill , summoning the command- ing officer to deliver up the place to the forces assem- bled against it . " Flushed with victories , " says ...
... brought a let- ter from Mr. Harvey , the newly - elected general , dated at the camp of Corbet - hill , summoning the command- ing officer to deliver up the place to the forces assem- bled against it . " Flushed with victories , " says ...
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... brought a reinforcement from Waterford . Having thus reanimated them by the joyful intelligence , he advanced against and dissi- pated a column of the enemy ; and that nothing might be wanting to secure the fortune of the day , he ...
... brought a reinforcement from Waterford . Having thus reanimated them by the joyful intelligence , he advanced against and dissi- pated a column of the enemy ; and that nothing might be wanting to secure the fortune of the day , he ...
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... brought a swivel and several pieces of cannon to bear on the post , which he in vain endeavoured to maintain against such a multitude of assailants . But their success was of short duration , for they were pursued by ge- neral Dunn and ...
... brought a swivel and several pieces of cannon to bear on the post , which he in vain endeavoured to maintain against such a multitude of assailants . But their success was of short duration , for they were pursued by ge- neral Dunn and ...
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... brought to trial , condemned at the en- suing assizes , and executed on the 26th of July following . One of these men , who had been in town that day to market , was on his return home obliged to come back with the rioters ; and ...
... brought to trial , condemned at the en- suing assizes , and executed on the 26th of July following . One of these men , who had been in town that day to market , was on his return home obliged to come back with the rioters ; and ...
Common terms and phrases
appear Arklow arms army arrived attack Ballina battle battle of Ballinamuck BATTLE OF CASTLEBAR body brought camp cannon Capt Captain Carnew Castlebar cavalry colonel commander in chief conduct corps coun county of Wexford death detachment dragoons Dublin Dunshaughlin encamped endeavoured enemy English Enniscorthy fencibles fire force Foxford French gentlemen Gorey Granard Grogan guard Harvey hill horse hundred immediately infantry inhabitants instantly insurgents insurrection Ireland Irish John John Grogan justice Killala killed liberty Lieut Lieutenant Lord loyal loyalists magistrates marched ment miles military militia morning Murphy nation night North Cork North Cork militia o'clock occasion officers parliament party persons pikes plunder priest prisoners protestant rebellion rebels regiment retreat Roche Roman Catholics Ross sent serjeant shot soldiers spirit suffered Taghmon taken Three-rocks Tinehaly tion took town trial troops United Irishmen Vinegar-hill whole wounded yeomen yeomenry
Popular passages
Page 324 - My lords, you are impatient for the sacrifice : the blood which you seek is not congealed by the artificial terrors which surround your victim; it circulates warmly and unruffled through the channels which God created for noble purposes, but which you are bent to destroy for purposes BO grievous that they cry to heaven. Be yet patient ! I have but a few words more to say.
Page 317 - I only to suffer death, after being adjudged guilty by your tribunal, I should bow in silence, and meet the fate that awaits me without a murmur; but the sentence of the law which delivers my body to the executioner, will, through the ministry of that law, labour in its own vindication to consign my character to obloquy...
Page 173 - ... a proscription that certainly exceeds, in the comparative number of those it consigns to ruin and misery, every example that ancient and modern history can supply : for, where have we heard...
Page 12 - Wexford forces, now innumerable and irresistible, will not be controlled, if they meet with resistance. To prevent, therefore, the total ruin of all property in the town, I urge you to a speedy surrender, which you will be forced to in a few hours, with loss and bloodshed, as you are surrounded on all sides.
Page 317 - I wish that my memory and name may animate those who survive me, while I look down with complacency on the destruction of that perfidious government which upholds its domination by blasphemy of the Most High; which displays its power over man as over the beasts of the forest; which sets man upon his brother and lifts his hand in the name of God against the throat of his fellow...
Page 316 - What have I to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced on me according to law?
Page 299 - Sir ; — I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of his excellency the commander...
Page 324 - I have but one request to ask at my departure from this world — it is the charity of its silence. Let no man write my epitaph, for as no man who knows my motives dares NOW vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them.
Page 323 - Let no man dare, when I am dead, to charge me with dishonor; let no man attaint my memory by believing that I could have engaged in any cause but that of my country's liberty and independence...
Page 316 - I have nothing to say that can alter your predetermination, nor that it will become me to say, with any view to the mitigation of that sentence which you are here to pronounce, and I must abide by.