Lectures in Reply to James A. Froude: The English Historian

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Catholic Publishing Company, 1872 - Всего страниц: 134

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Стр. 95 - I accept with singular pleasure the Ensign of so worthy a Fraternity as that of the Sons of St Patrick in this City, a Society distinguished for the firm adherence of its Members to the glorious cause in which we are embarked.
Стр. 75 - That it is fit that his lordship do endeavour with his majesty's forces to wound, kill, slay, and destroy, by all the ways and means he may, all the said rebels, and their adherents and relievers ; and burn, spoil, waste, consume, destroy, and demolish, all the places, towns, and houses, where the said rebels are, or have been, relieved and harboured, and all the hay and corn there ; and kill and destroy all the men there inhabiting able to bear arms.'!!.
Стр. 122 - I, AB, in the presence of God, do pledge myself to my country, that I will use all my abilities and influence in the attainment of an impartial and adequate representation of the Irish nation in parliament...
Стр. 100 - The Irish are in a most unnatural state; for we see there the minority prevailing over the majority. There is no instance, even in the ten persecutions, of such severity as that which the protestants of Ireland have exercised against the Catholicks.
Стр. 107 - ... of the community. Arming, then, against a foreign foe, it became anxious to secure domestic benefits. Mr. Grattan, thus supported at the opening of the session of 1779 — 80, made an amendment to the address which Mr. Burgh (then prime sergeant) afterwards couched in the terms, " that it is not by temporary expedients, but by free trade alone, that this nation is now to be saved from impending ruin...
Стр. 91 - The Scripture tells us that oppression makes a wise man mad ; therefore consequently speaking, the reason why some men are not mad, is because they are not wise : however it were to be wished, that oppression would in time teach a little wisdom to fools.
Стр. 70 - Ireland, to have those of that kingdom treated with the like rigour, which, to a people so fond of their religion as the Irish, was no small inducement to make them while there was an opportunity offered, to stand upon their guard.
Стр. 87 - Robinson both distinctly laid down from the bench 'that the law does not suppose any such person to exist as an Irish Roman Catholic.
Стр. 122 - Parliament ; and as a means of absolute and immediate necessity in the establishment of this chief good of Ireland, I will endeavor, as much as lies in my ability, to forward a brotherhood of affection, an identity of interests, a communion of rights, and a union of power, among Irishmen of all religious
Стр. 90 - ... cannot be kept steady or fixed in its seat. You had indeed a government, but it was planted in civil dissension, and watered in civil blood; and whilst the virtuous luxuriance of its branches aspired to heaven, its infernal roots shot downward to their congenial regions, and were intertwined in hell. Your ancestors thought themselves the oppressors of their fellow-subjects, but they were only their jailors, and the justice of providence would have been frustrated, if their own slavery had not...

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