Memoirs of the Life and Times of the Rt. Hon. Henry Grattan, Volum 2H. Colburn, 1839 |
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Side viii
... means of obtaining majorities . — Disgraceful state of the Pension List.-Mr. Grattan's speech on the sale of peerages . His prophetic anticipation of the consequences of cor- ruption . - Letters of Lord Buckingham confirming the charges ...
... means of obtaining majorities . — Disgraceful state of the Pension List.-Mr. Grattan's speech on the sale of peerages . His prophetic anticipation of the consequences of cor- ruption . - Letters of Lord Buckingham confirming the charges ...
Side 4
... mean to give up the point . It appears to us , that this proceeding was not imagined solely by the Alderman , but that it was concerted in order to bring forward the question how far the British law extends to the prohibition of the ...
... mean to give up the point . It appears to us , that this proceeding was not imagined solely by the Alderman , but that it was concerted in order to bring forward the question how far the British law extends to the prohibition of the ...
Side 17
... to prevent supplies of provisions from being transmitted to the enemy . The distresses of Ireland had driven men to avail VOL . II . C themselves of every means to repair their heavy losses ; CHAP . I. ] 17 MR . FOSTER .
... to prevent supplies of provisions from being transmitted to the enemy . The distresses of Ireland had driven men to avail VOL . II . C themselves of every means to repair their heavy losses ; CHAP . I. ] 17 MR . FOSTER .
Side 18
Henry Grattan. themselves of every means to repair their heavy losses ; and the extent and unprotected state of the coast facilitated so greatly the opportunity of evasion , that it could with difficulty be guarded against . The ...
Henry Grattan. themselves of every means to repair their heavy losses ; and the extent and unprotected state of the coast facilitated so greatly the opportunity of evasion , that it could with difficulty be guarded against . The ...
Side 22
... means in his power . I have the greatest pleasure in acquainting your Excellency that Mr. Conolly's zeal to co - operate with this desirable purpose , expressed with so much energy and firmness in the House of Commons , is very ...
... means in his power . I have the greatest pleasure in acquainting your Excellency that Mr. Conolly's zeal to co - operate with this desirable purpose , expressed with so much energy and firmness in the House of Commons , is very ...
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Memoirs of the Life and Times of the Rt. Hon. Henry Grattan, Volum 2 Henry Grattan Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1839 |
Memoirs of the Life and Times of the Rt. Hon. Henry Grattan, Volum 2 Henry Grattan Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1839 |
Memoirs of the Life and Times of the Rt. Hon. Henry Grattan, Volum 2 Henry Grattan Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1839 |
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Side 41 - The musk-rose, and the well-attired woodbine, With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears ; Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffodillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.
Side 236 - I found Ireland on her knees, I watched over her with an eternal solicitude ; I have traced her progress from injuries to arms, and from arms to liberty. Spirit of Swift! spirit of Molyneux ! your genius has prevailed ! Ireland is now a nation ! in that" new character I hail her ! and bowing to her august presence, I say, Esto perpetua...
Side 236 - I am now to address a free people ! — Ages have passed away, and this is the first moment in which you could be distinguished by that appellation.
Side 41 - Bring the rathe Primrose that forsaken dies, The tufted Crow-toe, and pale Jessamine, The white Pink, and the Pansy freakt with jet, The glowing Violet, The Musk-rose, and the well-attir'd Woodbine, With Cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears: Bid Amaranthus all his beauty shed, And Daffadillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the Laureate Hearse where Lycid lies.
Side 236 - A pillar of state; deep on his front engraven Deliberation sat and public care; And princely counsel in his face yet shone, Majestic though in ruin: sage he stood, With Atlantean shoulders fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies; his look Drew audience and attention still as night Or summer's noontide air...
Side 237 - Majesty, that we humbly conceive that in this right the very essence of our liberties exists ; a right which we, on the part of all the people of Ireland, do claim as their birthright, and which we cannot yield but with our lives.
Side 148 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Side 193 - ... moved, .«' That leave be given to bring in heads of a bill for declaring the sole and exclusive right of the Irish Parliament to make laws in all cases whatsoever, internal and external, for the kingdom of Ireland.
Side 261 - That a claim of any body of men, other than the king, lords, and commons of Ireland to make laws to bind this kingdom, is unconstitutional, illegal, and a grievance.
Side 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 !