Memoirs of the Life and Times of the Rt. Hon. Henry Grattan, Band 4H. Colburn, 1842 |
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... , which divided in order to destroy ; conscious that liberty could be banished only by disunion , and that a generous 4 MR . CURRAN'S SPEECH [ CHAP . I. nation B 2 Petition in favour of the Roman Catholics of Ireland, prepared.
... , which divided in order to destroy ; conscious that liberty could be banished only by disunion , and that a generous 4 MR . CURRAN'S SPEECH [ CHAP . I. nation B 2 Petition in favour of the Roman Catholics of Ireland, prepared.
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... liberty and a common fate , standing and falling with the British Empire ; ' and thus stipulating for that freedom which alone contains the principle of her political life in the cove- nant of her federal connexion . - - " But how short ...
... liberty and a common fate , standing and falling with the British Empire ; ' and thus stipulating for that freedom which alone contains the principle of her political life in the cove- nant of her federal connexion . - - " But how short ...
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... liberty of the press , and the personal liberty of the subject , by holding him to arbitrary and excessive bail , were attacked ; -when we had a Minister ready to screen such attack CHAP . I. ] THE WHIG CLUB . 19 from.
... liberty of the press , and the personal liberty of the subject , by holding him to arbitrary and excessive bail , were attacked ; -when we had a Minister ready to screen such attack CHAP . I. ] THE WHIG CLUB . 19 from.
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... liberty of the press , and the personal liberty of the subject against arbitrary and il- legal bail . We are pledged to the principles whereon the late Parliament addressed his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to take on himself the ...
... liberty of the press , and the personal liberty of the subject against arbitrary and il- legal bail . We are pledged to the principles whereon the late Parliament addressed his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to take on himself the ...
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... : " The Leinster Bar return their * A liberal minded and constitutional lawyer . Mr. Peter Burrowes , the distinguished advocate , and on all occa- sions , the friend of public liberty . CHAP . I. ] MR . GRATTAN'S LETTER . 25 2.
... : " The Leinster Bar return their * A liberal minded and constitutional lawyer . Mr. Peter Burrowes , the distinguished advocate , and on all occa- sions , the friend of public liberty . CHAP . I. ] MR . GRATTAN'S LETTER . 25 2.
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abuses afterwards appeared Armagh arms Beresford Berwick bill borough British Burke Catholic question Chancellor CHAP character committee conduct constitution Council court Crown Curran DEAR declaration defend Dublin Duigenan Duke of Portland EDMUND BURKE election emancipation England favour Forbes France French friends give Government Grattan HENRY GRATTAN honour hope House of Commons insurrection Irish Parliament Keogh King King's kingdom labour land Leinster letter liberty Lord Camden Lord Carhampton Lord Charlemont Lord Clare Lord Edward Lord Edward Fitzgerald Lord Fitzwilliam Lord Moira Lord Thurlow Lord-lieutenant M'CAN Majesty Majesty's measures ment military mind minister motion nation object occasion opinion opposed opposition Parlia party persons petition Pitt political Ponsonby present principles proceedings proposed Protestant Protestant ascendancy reform religion representation resolutions respect Roman Catholics sent sentiments Sir John Parnell speech spirit Tinnehinch tion United Irishmen violent vote Whig Club wish
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Seite 125 - When that nameless thing which has been lately set up in France was described as " the most stupendous and glorious edifice of liberty which had been erected on the foundation of human integrity in any time or country...
Seite 278 - In the awful presence of God, I, AB do voluntarily declare, that I will persevere in endeavouring to form a brotherhood of affection among Irishmen of every religious persuasion, and that I will also persevere in my endeavours to obtain an equal, full and adequate representation of all the people of Ireland. I do further declare, that neither hopes, fears, rewards...
Seite 68 - I also declare, that it is not an article of the catholic faith; neither am I thereby required to believe or profess that the pope is infallible, or that I am bound to obey any order in its own nature immoral, though the pope or any ecclesiastical power should issue or direct such...
Seite 161 - ... and death ; a death which no innocence can escape, no art elude, no force resist, no antidote prevent. — There was an antidote — a juror's oath — but even that adamantine chain that bound the integrity of man to the throne of eternal justice, is solved and melted in the breath that issues from the informer's mouth. Conscience swings from her mooring, and the appalled and affrighted juror consults his own safety in the surrender of the victim : — Et qus sibi quisque timebat, Urdus iu miseri...
Seite 88 - A Protestant King of Ireland, A Protestant Parliament, A Protestant Hierarchy. Protestant Electors and Government, The Benches of Justice, The Army and the Revenue, Through all their Branches and Details, Protestant: And this System Supported by a Connection with the Protestant Realm of Britain.
Seite 161 - Have you not marked how the human heart bowed to the supremacy of his power, in the undissembled homage of deferential horror? How his glance, like the lightning of heaven, seemed to rive the body of the accused, and mark it for the grave, while his voice warned the devoted wretch of...
Seite 321 - ... the miserable plaits of his phraseology, nor placed his patches and feathers with that correctness of millinery which became so exalted a person. If you agree with him, gentlemen of the jury; if you think that the man who ventures, at the hazard of his own life, to rescue from the deep the drowned honour of his country, must not presume upon the guilty familiarity of plucking it by the locks, I have no more to say.
Seite 68 - I do declare that I do not believe that the Pope of Rome or any other foreign prince, prelate, person, state, or potentate, hath or ought to have any temporal or civil jurisdiction, power, superiority, or pre-eminence, directly or indirectly, within this realm.
Seite 461 - That it is the right of the subjects to petition the king, and that all commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning are illegal.
Seite iii - And you, brave COBHAM ! to the latest breath, Shall feel your ruling passion strong in death : Such in those moments as in all the past ; " Oh, save my country, Heaven !