Emancipation; Or Peter, Martin, and the Squire: A Tale in Rhyme. To which is Added a Short Account of the Present State of the Irish Catholics |
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... Scarcely believes his danger o'er , And frequent looks , with wistful eyes , To see the star of morn arise ; While to his thoughts his home appears , His wife , his children , drown'd in tears .-- So Peter look'd ; and scarcely knew If ...
... Scarcely believes his danger o'er , And frequent looks , with wistful eyes , To see the star of morn arise ; While to his thoughts his home appears , His wife , his children , drown'd in tears .-- So Peter look'd ; and scarcely knew If ...
Page 77
... scarcely credible , that in a climate like that of Ireland , and at a period so far advanced in civilization as the end of Elizabeth's reign , the greater part of the native Irish should go naked , yet the testimony of an eye - witness ...
... scarcely credible , that in a climate like that of Ireland , and at a period so far advanced in civilization as the end of Elizabeth's reign , the greater part of the native Irish should go naked , yet the testimony of an eye - witness ...
Page 90
... scarcely an instance of the Lord Lieutenant having granted his licence to ad- mit them into corporations ; and in practice and ef- fect , they are still as effectually excluded from serv ing on juries , as if that privilege had not been ...
... scarcely an instance of the Lord Lieutenant having granted his licence to ad- mit them into corporations ; and in practice and ef- fect , they are still as effectually excluded from serv ing on juries , as if that privilege had not been ...
Page 91
... the most common , most prolific , and most powerful , is that of insult and unmerited contempt . The love of estimation is rooted so firmly in human nature , that there is scarcely an individual so debased as not N 2 91.
... the most common , most prolific , and most powerful , is that of insult and unmerited contempt . The love of estimation is rooted so firmly in human nature , that there is scarcely an individual so debased as not N 2 91.
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... scarcely an individual so debased as not to be more affected by an affront than an injury ; and much more likely to resent unmerited scorn than unprovoked malignity . Now , the exclusion of Ca- tholics from all offices and situations of ...
... scarcely an individual so debased as not to be more affected by an affront than an injury ; and much more likely to resent unmerited scorn than unprovoked malignity . Now , the exclusion of Ca- tholics from all offices and situations of ...
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Page 100 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion, established by law ; and will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain to them or any of them ? QUEEN.
Page 108 - ... that doth love equal and indifferent justice better than the Irish ; or will rest better satisfied with the execution thereof although it be against themselves; so as they may have the protection and benefit of the law, when upon just cause they do desire it.
Page 97 - It is nothing less than a confiscation of all property, and an immediate banishment. It would be extremely painful, and surely unnecessary, to detail the horrors that attend the execution of so rude and tremendous a proscription...
Page 98 - ... to seek a shelter for themselves and their helpless families where chance may guide them. This is no exaggerated picture of the horrid scenes now acting in this country ; yet surely it is sufficient to awaken sentiments of indignation and compassion in the coldest heart.
Page 97 - ... neither age nor sex, nor acknowleged innocence, as to any guilt in the late disturbance, is sufficient to excite mercy, much less to afford protection. The only crime which the wretched objects of this ruthless persecution are charged with, is a crime indeed of...
Page 77 - English laws and manners are unknown, the very chief of the Irish, as well men as women, go naked in the winter time, only having their privy parts covered with a rag of linen, and their bodies with a loose mantle. This I speak of my own experience...
Page 93 - N 2 storm, to all the jibes and jobs of Protestant ascendancy. Not only a Protestant lord looks down upon a Catholic lord, and a Protestant gentleman on a Catholic gentleman, but a Protestant peasant on a Catholic peasant ; and in proportion as the degrading scale descends, the expression of contempt becomes more marked and gross.
Page 77 - O'Kane, the lord of the country, came in all naked, except a loose mantle and shoes, which he put off as soon as he came in; and, entertaining the Baron after his best manner in the Latin tongue, desired him to put off his apparel...
Page 97 - ... of human cruelties have we read of more than half the inhabitants of a populous country deprived, at one blow, of the means as well as...
Page 7 - ... the English government, not by the Irish Catholics) and so much does bigotry pervert all candour and taste, that even the Earl of Cork, Archbishop Usher, and in later times, Dr. Leland, were not ashamed to support the silly story of Dean Cole and the Knave of Clubs. •How ought these perverse and superficial men to blush, who have said that the Irish Roman Catholics must be bigots and rebels, from the very nature of their religion, and who have advanced this falsehood in the very teeth of fact,...