New Ireland

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J.B. Lippincott, 1878 - Ireland - 532 pages
 

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Page 413 - Nothing can convince tyrants of their folly but gunpowder and steel, so put your trust in God my boys and keep your powder dry.
Page 412 - I do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure any intention to subvert the present church establishment, for the purpose of substituting a...
Page 431 - Ireland ; and that the doctrine, worship, discipline, and government of the said united church shall be and shall remain in full force for ever, as the same are now by law established for the church of England ; and that the continuance and preservation of the said united church, as the established church of England and Ireland, shall be deemed and taken to be an essential and fundamental part of the Union...
Page 412 - And I do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure any Intention to subvert the present Church Establishment as settled by Law within this Realm: And I do solemnly swear, That I never will exercise any Privilege to which I am or may become entitled, to disturb or weaken the Protestant Religion or Protestant Government in the United Kingdom...
Page 516 - That, as the basis of the proceedings of this conference, we declare our conviction that it is essentially necessary to the peace and prosperity of Ireland, that the right of domestic legislation on all Irish affairs should be restored to our country.
Page 18 - neath the sheltering hedge, or stretched on mountain fern, The teacher and his pupils met, feloniously — to learn...
Page 247 - Return my brother his letters to me and all other papers. The prayers of one so wicked could not avail or I would seek to pray for those I leave after me, and who will have to suffer such agony, and all owing to my criminal acts. " Oh, that I had never quitted Ireland ! — Oh, that I had resisted the first attempts to launch me into speculations! " If I had had less talents of a worthless kind and more firmness, I might have remained as I once was, honest and truthful— and I would have lived to...
Page 328 - The destiny of a nation ought to be determined, not by the opinions of other nations, but by the opinion of the nation itself.
Page 102 - What matter that at different shrines We pray unto one God ? What matter that at different times Our fathers won this sod ? In fortune and in name we're bound By stronger links than steel ; And neither can be safe nor sound But in the other's weal.
Page 229 - Resolved ; that in the opinion of this conference it is essential to the proper management of this cause that the members of Parliament who have been returned on tenantright principles should hold themselves perfectly independent of, and in opposition- to, all Governments which do not make it part of their policy, and a Cabinet question, to give to the tenantry of Ireland a measure embodying the principles...

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