Speeches: To which is Added His Letter on the UnionJ. Duffy, 1868 - 468 sayfa |
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Sayfa vii
... claims of the passing hour , may be said to consist the art of all great and genuine states- manship , as distinguished from the charlatanism , which , grovelling in the pre- cept is sure to meet with the contemptuous oblivion of future ...
... claims of the passing hour , may be said to consist the art of all great and genuine states- manship , as distinguished from the charlatanism , which , grovelling in the pre- cept is sure to meet with the contemptuous oblivion of future ...
Sayfa viii
... claims to be of the race of the De Merlys of Normandy ; and if their physical appearance were admitted as evidence in support of the pedigree they exhibit , it would be readily conceded that the Marlays were Norman in their origin . The ...
... claims to be of the race of the De Merlys of Normandy ; and if their physical appearance were admitted as evidence in support of the pedigree they exhibit , it would be readily conceded that the Marlays were Norman in their origin . The ...
Sayfa xiv
... claim of an Octennial Bill , Flood had the honour of advocating it with great oratorical power , and of wringing it from the administration of Lord Townshend in 1768. On two other public subjects of first - rate importance , he was ...
... claim of an Octennial Bill , Flood had the honour of advocating it with great oratorical power , and of wringing it from the administration of Lord Townshend in 1768. On two other public subjects of first - rate importance , he was ...
Sayfa xv
... claim to the gratitude of Irish posterity depends on his having given a conspicuous example of an Irish nobleman , with ardent local affections - a love for the people of his native land , and a desire to raise its honour and celebrity ...
... claim to the gratitude of Irish posterity depends on his having given a conspicuous example of an Irish nobleman , with ardent local affections - a love for the people of his native land , and a desire to raise its honour and celebrity ...
Sayfa xxii
... claims were conceded . The Volunteers held their famous meeting at Dungan- on on the 15th of February , 1782 , and the celebrated Resolution , drawn up by Grattan , was passed unanimously : - " Resolved , that a claim of any hody of men ...
... claims were conceded . The Volunteers held their famous meeting at Dungan- on on the 15th of February , 1782 , and the celebrated Resolution , drawn up by Grattan , was passed unanimously : - " Resolved , that a claim of any hody of men ...
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