| Joseph Stock (bp. of Waterford.) - 1800 - 196 pages
...town with offers of ferving againft the approaching enemy. In two hours the camp was faid to number two thoufand men. To do them juftice, the peafantry...eafy to fay to what length of mifchief they might have proceeded ; but they were all along unprovided with leaders of any ability. BELLEW, their earlieft... | |
| James Gordon - Ireland - 1803 - 512 pages
...elsewhere, " to do them justice, the peasantry never • Narrative, &c, p. 133, 134, t Nanative, & Ca 13f, " appeared to want animal courage, for they " flocked...to meet danger whenever it '^was expected. Had it pleased Heaven to be " as liberal to them of brains as of hands, it is " not easy to say to what length... | |
| James Bentley Gordon - 1803 - 512 pages
...elsewhere, " to do them justice, the peasantry never * Narrative, &c. p. 133, 134. f Narrative, &c. 135, ." appeared to want animal courage, for they " flocked...meet danger whenever it •' was expected. Had it pleased Heaven to be " as liberal to them of brains as of hands, it is " not easy to say to what length... | |
| James Gordon - Ireland - 1803 - 510 pages
...the peasantry never * Narrative, &c. p. 133, 134. t Narrative, &c. 135. IRISH REBEL1IOW. 325 '•' appeared to want animal courage, for they " flocked...to meet danger whenever it *' was expected. Had it pleased Heaven to be " as liberal to them of brains as of hands, it is " not easy to say to what length... | |
| Ireland - 1809 - 644 pages
...enemy. In two hours the camp was said to number two thousand men. To do them justice, the peasantry never appeared to want animal courage, for they flocked...together to meet danger whenever it was expected. Had it pleased heaven to be as liberal to them of brains as of hands, it is not easy to say to what length... | |
| William Hamilton Maxwell - Autonomy and independence movements - 1845 - 576 pages
...deficient in ability, were by no means wanting in spirit. " To do them justice," says Bishop Stock, " they never appeared to want animal courage, for they flocked...together to meet danger whenever it was expected. Had it pleased heaven to be as liberal to them of brains as of hands, it is not easy to say to what length... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - Authors, English - 1851 - 358 pages
...says the Bishop, ' for they nocked together to meet danger whenever it was expected. Had it pleased Heaven to be as liberal to them of brains as of hands, it is not easy to say to what length of mischief they might have proceeded; but they were all along unprovided... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 382 pages
...energy or determination. ' The peasantry never appeared to want animal courage,' says the Bishop, ' for they flocked together to meet danger whenever it was expected. Had it pleased Heaven to be as liberal to them of brains as of hands, it is not easy to say to what length... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 362 pages
...energy or determination. ' The peasantry never appeared to want animal courage,' says the Bishop, ' for they flocked together to meet danger whenever it was expected. Had it pleased Heaven to be as liberal to them of brains as of hands, it is not easy to say to what length... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - Authors, English - 1853 - 432 pages
...says the bishop, " for they nocked together to meet danger whenever it was expected. Had it pleased Heaven to be as liberal to them of brains as of hands, it is not easy to say to what length of mischief they might have proceeded ; but they were all along unprovided... | |
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