History of the Civil War in Ireland, Containing an Impartial Account of the Proceedings of the Irish Revolutionists, from the Year 1782 Until the Suppression of the Intended Revolution: To which is Prefixed a Geographical and Historical Account of Ireland, Volume 2S. Butler & Pechin & Frailey by J. W. Butler, 1805 - Ireland |
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Page 65
... meeting with his approba- tion he would have been ordered , for instant ex- ecution by the Governor , but for fear of irritating the great body of the populace , too ready on such occasions , and in such turbid times , to mistake F 2 ...
... meeting with his approba- tion he would have been ordered , for instant ex- ecution by the Governor , but for fear of irritating the great body of the populace , too ready on such occasions , and in such turbid times , to mistake F 2 ...
Page 82
... meeting of magis- trates being appointed to be held on that day in Antrim , for thep revention of rebellion , the people with design of seizing the persons of these , attack- ed the town at two o'clock in the afternoon , and soon ...
... meeting of magis- trates being appointed to be held on that day in Antrim , for thep revention of rebellion , the people with design of seizing the persons of these , attack- ed the town at two o'clock in the afternoon , and soon ...
Page 83
... meeting of United Irishmen : eleven per- sons perished in the flames - and circumstances of cruelty were shewn not inferior to those of the burning at Scullabogue . Electing for their gene- ral Mr. Henry Murns , they placed themselves ...
... meeting of United Irishmen : eleven per- sons perished in the flames - and circumstances of cruelty were shewn not inferior to those of the burning at Scullabogue . Electing for their gene- ral Mr. Henry Murns , they placed themselves ...
Page 105
... meetings of re- bels ; and no means were left untried to prevent travellers from proceeding to Wexford , in that di- rection , without escorts ; and many persons whose habitations lay in the neighbourhood of this dis- trict left their ...
... meetings of re- bels ; and no means were left untried to prevent travellers from proceeding to Wexford , in that di- rection , without escorts ; and many persons whose habitations lay in the neighbourhood of this dis- trict left their ...
Page 109
... meeting of the people ; and soon after their arrival there , some Yeomen , arraye din military attire , were observed at some distance by the crowd . This instantly excited alarm , and a Tumour was circulated , that their extermination ...
... meeting of the people ; and soon after their arrival there , some Yeomen , arraye din military attire , were observed at some distance by the crowd . This instantly excited alarm , and a Tumour was circulated , that their extermination ...
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Popular passages
Page cxxi - You do me honor over-much : you have given to the subaltern all the credit of a superior. There are men engaged in this conspiracy, who are not only superior to me, but even to your own conceptions of yourself, my lord ; men, before the...
Page cxiv - 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, labor, in its own vindication, to consign my character to obloquy...
Page cxvii - You, my lord, are a judge ; I am the supposed culprit: I am a man, you are a man also; by a revolution of power we might change places, though we never could change characters. If I stand at the bar of this court and dare not vindicate my character, what a farce is your justice?
Page xviii - I do renounce, reject, and abjure the opinion, that princes excommunicated by the Pope and council, or by any authority...
Page cxix - ... an emissary of France! An emissary of France! And for what end? It is alleged that I wished to sell the independence of my country! And for what end?
Page cxiv - I do not imagine that, seated where you are, your minds can be so free from impurity as to receive the least impression from what I am going to utter.
Page cxxii - The proclamation of the provisional government speaks for our views; no inference can be tortured from it to countenance barbarity or debasement at home, or subjection, humiliation, or treachery from abroad.
Page cxv - When my spirit shall be wafted to a more friendly port ; when my shade shall have joined the bands of those martyred heroes who have shed their blood on the scaffold and in the field, in defence of their country and of virtue, this is my hope...
Page cxxi - I am accountable for all the blood that has and will be shed in this struggle of the oppressed against the oppressor — shall you tell me this, and must I be so very a slave as not to repel it? I do not fear to approach the Omnipotent Judge to answer for the conduct of my whole life; and am I to be appalled and falsified by a mere remnant of mortality here?
Page xxi - I do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure any intention to subvert the present church establishment, for the purpose of substituting a Catholic establishment in its stead; and...