The remains of William Phelan [ed. by M. Phelan]. With a biogr. memoir, by John, bp. of Limerick, Volume 21832 |
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... seems to have once extended from the Himalaya mountains to the Atlantic , he was sole proprietor of all the land in his sept : the clansmen held their portions during the pleasure of their chief ; and there were some national usages ...
... seems to have once extended from the Himalaya mountains to the Atlantic , he was sole proprietor of all the land in his sept : the clansmen held their portions during the pleasure of their chief ; and there were some national usages ...
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... seems to have denoted no other difference than this , that the freeman had the right of chusing his tribe : in chusing that , he chose his master . Excluded from landed property by a selfish despotism , and from commercial wealth by the ...
... seems to have denoted no other difference than this , that the freeman had the right of chusing his tribe : in chusing that , he chose his master . Excluded from landed property by a selfish despotism , and from commercial wealth by the ...
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... seems to thwart every measure intended for the real welfare of Ire- land , his statute was never put into execution . A glorious opportunity has been given to the present Commissioners of Education ; of the value of which , to the ...
... seems to thwart every measure intended for the real welfare of Ire- land , his statute was never put into execution . A glorious opportunity has been given to the present Commissioners of Education ; of the value of which , to the ...
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... seem disposed to hasten it ) they may discover to have had more than the bitterness of satire in disguise . ' The biographer of Captain Rock gives some valuable collateral evidence , on this subject : The tithe of agistment , the least ...
... seem disposed to hasten it ) they may discover to have had more than the bitterness of satire in disguise . ' The biographer of Captain Rock gives some valuable collateral evidence , on this subject : The tithe of agistment , the least ...
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... seem well entitled to the benefit of this ar gument , by whose oppression double the number was annually compelled to emigration ; and it was but too evident , that a principle of the most de- testable nature lay hidden under this ...
... seem well entitled to the benefit of this ar gument , by whose oppression double the number was annually compelled to emigration ; and it was but too evident , that a principle of the most de- testable nature lay hidden under this ...
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Page 337 - I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts : for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword ; and I, even I only, am left ; and they seek my life, to take it away.
Page 337 - And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks, before the LORD ; but the LORD was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake ; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: and after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.
Page 337 - I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts; because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
Page 213 - Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them; they looked like anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves; they did eat the dead carrions, happy where they could find them; yea, and one another soon after, insomuch as the very carcasses they spared not to scrape out of their graves ; and if they found a plot of watercresses or shamrocks, there they flocked as to a feast...
Page 153 - Dominions, unto whom the chief Government of all Estates of this Realm, whether they be Ecclesiastical or Civil, in all causes doth appertain, and is not, nor ought to be, subject to any foreign Jurisdiction.
Page 154 - Where we attribute to the queen's majesty the chief government, by which titles we understand the minds of some slanderous folks to be offended, we give not to our princes the ministering either of God's word, or of the sacraments, the which thing the Injunctions also lately set forth by Elizabeth our queen do most plainly testify; but that only prerogative, which we see to have been given always to all godly princes in Holy Scriptures by God himself...
Page 154 - God's Word, or of the Sacraments, the which thing the Injunctions also lately set forth by Elizabeth our Queen do most plainly testify; but that only prerogative, which we see to have been given always to all godly Princes in holy Scriptures by God himself; that is, that they should rule all estates and degrees committed to their charge by God, whether they be Ecclesiastical or Temporal, and restrain with the civil sword the stubborn and evil-doers.
Page 25 - A burst of joy from Lord Charlemont and the very few real friends of the bill, who happened to be present ! The majority of the company, confused, and indeed almost astounded, began, after the first involuntary dejection of their features, to recollect that they had, session after session...
Page 26 - In consequence of these politic reflections they endeavoured to adjust their looks to the joyous occasion as well as they could. But they were soon spared the awkwardness of assumed felicity. " The bill is not only returned...
Page 52 - There is indeed no doubt, as your highness also doth acknowledge, that Ireland and all the islands upon which Christ, the Sun of Righteousness, hath shone, do belong to the patrimony of St. Peter and the holy Roman Church.