Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 71
... by the general reader . First , from his appeals to the people of Ireland in the campaign for Irish independence , before he was sentenced to Van Diemen's Land : IRISH PAUPERISM . - OUTDOOR RELIEF . [ Dublin , THOMAS FRANCIS MEAGHER . 71.
... by the general reader . First , from his appeals to the people of Ireland in the campaign for Irish independence , before he was sentenced to Van Diemen's Land : IRISH PAUPERISM . - OUTDOOR RELIEF . [ Dublin , THOMAS FRANCIS MEAGHER . 71.
Page 74
... independence of Ireland the cause ; the embarrassment of England with her colonies the oppor- tunity . With the magnitude of both his genius was commens- urate . He was equal to his friends - as he himself said of his great rival Harry ...
... independence of Ireland the cause ; the embarrassment of England with her colonies the oppor- tunity . With the magnitude of both his genius was commens- urate . He was equal to his friends - as he himself said of his great rival Harry ...
Page 96
... independence resulted from this experience , and , if so , his personal disappointment was a benefit to his country . No true journalist is half as effective as when he is free to speak as he feels ; when his better nature is 96 ...
... independence resulted from this experience , and , if so , his personal disappointment was a benefit to his country . No true journalist is half as effective as when he is free to speak as he feels ; when his better nature is 96 ...
Page 98
... independence , as I am glad I was not ; and yet an inquiry from you as to my needs and means at that time would have been timely and held ever in great remembrance . " In the Harrison campaign of 1840 , I was again designated to edit a ...
... independence , as I am glad I was not ; and yet an inquiry from you as to my needs and means at that time would have been timely and held ever in great remembrance . " In the Harrison campaign of 1840 , I was again designated to edit a ...
Page 125
... independence ! If , sir , we may judge of measures by their re- sults , what lessons do these facts read us upon the policy of the Government ? What inferences do they not authorize upon the general question of kindness or unkindness ...
... independence ! If , sir , we may judge of measures by their re- sults , what lessons do these facts read us upon the policy of the Government ? What inferences do they not authorize upon the general question of kindness or unkindness ...
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