 | 1804 - 400 pages
...proceed from the si/itcnf pursued by the administration of Ireland. My lords, 1 have seen in Ireland the most absurd, as well as the most disgusting tyranny that any nation ever groaned under. I have said that if such a tyranny be persevered in, the consequence must inevitably be the deepest and most... | |
 | James Bentley Gordon - 1806 - 600 pages
...and my country, " said this nobleman, " I speak of what I myself have seen. I have seen in Ireland the most absurd, as well as the most disgusting tyranny that any nation ever groaned under. I have seen troops sent full of this prejudice, that every inhabitant of that kingdom is a rebel to the British... | |
 | Francis Plowden - Ireland - 1806 - 516 pages
...had brought the country to that dire calamity, under which it then laboured. 4 Par. Rep. p. 238. ** been myself a witness of it in many instances ; I have seen it ** practised and unchecked ; and the effects that have resulted " from it have been such, as I have stated to your lordships.... | |
 | William Sampson - Europe - 1807 - 474 pages
...My lords, I have seen\ in Ireland the most absurd, as well as the most disgusting tyranny, that ajjy nation ever groaned under. I have been myself a witness of it ia many instances ; I have seen it practised and unchecked ; and the effects that have resulted from... | |
 | William Sampson - Europe - 1817 - 452 pages
...happiness of the kingdom which has been placed under his government. My lords, I have seen in Ireland the most absurd as well as the most disgusting tyranny...instances; I have seen it practised and unchecked* and the effects that have resulted from it, have been such as I have stated to your lordships. I have... | |
 | Charles Hamilton Teeling - Ireland - 1832 - 388 pages
...little hopes of effecting any conciliatory measure for Ireland.* " My Lords, I have seen in Ireland the most absurd, as well as the most disgusting tyranny...a witness of it in many instances. I have seen it practiced and unchecked ; and the effects that have resulted from it have been such as I have stated... | |
 | Philip Harwood - Ireland - 1848 - 264 pages
...asked if he thought " his constituents would yet act as formerly ? General answer, they " would, IF they saw an equal chance." It was true, then, as the...distinction made between the English and Irish. I have feen troops that have been sent fr-U of this prejudice, that every inhabitant of that kingdom is a... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1848 - 570 pages
...in My lords, I have seen the most absurd as well as the most disgusting tyranny pursued in Ireland, that any nation ever groaned under. I have been myself...; in many instances I have seen it practised, and unrebuked. I have seen troops that have been most full of this prejudice, that every inhabitant in... | |
 | William McComb - Belfast (Northern Ireland) - 1861 - 260 pages
...God and my country," said this nobleman, ' I speak of what I myself have seen. I have seen in Ireland the most absurd, as well as the most disgusting, tyranny that any nation ever groaned under. I have seen troops sent, full of this prejudice — that every inhabitant of that kingdom is a rebel to the... | |
 | John Mitchel - Ireland - 1869 - 316 pages
...even as early as the November of 1797. Here follows an extract : — "My lords, I have seen in Ireland the most absurd, as well as the most disgusting tyranny...instances ; I have seen it practised and unchecked ; and the effects that have resulted from it have been such as I have stated to your lordships. I have... | |
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I have seen in Ireland the most absurd as well as the most disgusting tyranny that any nation ever groaned under. 
