The United Irishmen, Their Lives and Times: v. 1. Samuel Neilson. v.2. Thomas Addis Emmet. William James Macneven. Arthur O'Connor. William Sampson. Henry Joy M'CrackenJ. Madden, 1842 |
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Pàgina 73
... desire to die in jail , or to live at large with a comfort- able independence ? and if he preferred the latter , he was called on to name the sum on which he could contrive to live , and to relinquish the troublesome task of editing ...
... desire to die in jail , or to live at large with a comfort- able independence ? and if he preferred the latter , he was called on to name the sum on which he could contrive to live , and to relinquish the troublesome task of editing ...
Pàgina 111
... desire for an arrangement on the part of John , shews pretty plainly , Sir Jonah's opinion that no such desire was manifested by him . Sir Jonah has given a ridiculous version of this rencontre , in which he damages as much as possible ...
... desire for an arrangement on the part of John , shews pretty plainly , Sir Jonah's opinion that no such desire was manifested by him . Sir Jonah has given a ridiculous version of this rencontre , in which he damages as much as possible ...
Pàgina 143
... and in fact , had not done so , from the same prudential motives which caused him to quit Armstrong's presence at their first interview , notwithstanding the latter's desire to wait for the arrival of his brother ; THE UNITED IRISHMEN .
... and in fact , had not done so , from the same prudential motives which caused him to quit Armstrong's presence at their first interview , notwithstanding the latter's desire to wait for the arrival of his brother ; THE UNITED IRISHMEN .
Pàgina 144
Richard Robert Madden. desire to wait for the arrival of his brother ; why did John find it necessary to introduce him to any other person but his brother , if the latter were inclined and qualified to consult and advise with him ? Henry ...
Richard Robert Madden. desire to wait for the arrival of his brother ; why did John find it necessary to introduce him to any other person but his brother , if the latter were inclined and qualified to consult and advise with him ? Henry ...
Pàgina 161
... desire of John Sheares , Mr. Ponsonby was assigned one of his counsel in the room of Mr. Curran , in order that both prisoners should have four counsel between them . But a very important change had taken place , in the interim between ...
... desire of John Sheares , Mr. Ponsonby was assigned one of his counsel in the room of Mr. Curran , in order that both prisoners should have four counsel between them . But a very important change had taken place , in the interim between ...
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acquainted appears arrest attended baronial committee Belfast brother called Captain Armstrong Castle Catholic cause character conduct constitution conviction Cooke Cork court crime Curran dear death declared Dublin duty England evidence execution fate father feel friends gentleman George Cole heart Henry Sheares Hepenstal Hevey honour human Ireland Irish James James Napper Tandy John Sheares Jonah Barrington Julia jury justice letter liberty living Lord Carhampton Lord Castlereagh Lord Clare Lord Cornwallis Lord Edward Fitzgerald lordship Madame de Genlis Major Sandys Major Sirr ment military Militia mind mother murder nation never Newgate O'Brien occasion Oliver Bond opinion paper parliament persons political Pollock principles prisoners Quigley reform respect sanguinary sentence shew Simon Butler Sir Jonah sister Society of United spirit suffer Thomas tion treason trial truth unfortunate United Irishmen William witness wretched
Passatges populars
Pàgina 300 - WE HAVE NO NATIONAL GOVERNMENT; we are ruled by Englishmen, and the servants of Englishmen, whose object is the interest of another country, whose instrument is corruption, and whose strength is the weakness of Ireland...
Pàgina 386 - ... councils of this government, are holden over these catacombs of living death, where the wretch that is buried a man, lies till his heart has time to fester and dissolve, and is then dug up a witness.
Pàgina 146 - In this situation men not only shrink from the frowns of a stern magistrate ; but they are obliged to fly from their very species. The seeds of destruction are sown in civil intercourse, in social habitudes. The blood of wholesome kindred is infected. Their tables and beds are surrounded with snares. All the means given by Providence to make life safe and comfortable, are perverted into instruments of terror and torment.
Pàgina 386 - 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 woe 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...
Pàgina 231 - Rouse all the Energies of your Souls; call forth all the Merit and abilities which a Vicious Government Consigned to obscurity, and under the Conduct of your Chosen Leaders March with a Steady Step to Victory ; heed not the Glare of [a...
Pàgina 386 - ... make his appearance upon the table the living image of life and of death, and the supreme arbiter of both ? Have you not marked when he entered, how the stormy wave of the multitude retired at his approach ? 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...
Pàgina 383 - Hevey was conveyed to the custody of his old friend and goaler, major Sandys. Here he was flung into a room of about thirteen feet by twelve — it was called the hospital of the provost. — It was occupied by six beds, in which were to lie fourteen or fifteen miserable wretches, some of them sinking under contagious diseases.
Pàgina 308 - 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.
Pàgina 378 - On the following evening, poor Hevey was dogged in the dark into some lonely alley; there he was seized, he knew not by whom, nor by what authority — and became in a moment, to his family, and his friends, as if he had never been. He was carried away in equal ignorance of his crime, and of his destiny ; whether to be tortured, or. hanged, or transported. His crime he soon learned ; it was the treason which he had committed against the majesty of major Sirr.
Pàgina 379 - ... his family that he was not dead : — he instantly gave the order required. The major graciously accepted it, saying, your courtesy will not cost you much; you are to be sent down to-morrow to Kilkenny to be tried for your life ; you will most certainly be hanged ; and you can scarcely think that your journey to the other world will be performed on horseback.