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... possess . Can any honest man say , that in parishes ( as is the case frequently in Ireland ) containing 3000 or 4000 Catholics and 40 or 50 Protestants , there is the smallest chance of the majority being converted ? Are not the 12 A ...
... possess . Can any honest man say , that in parishes ( as is the case frequently in Ireland ) containing 3000 or 4000 Catholics and 40 or 50 Protestants , there is the smallest chance of the majority being converted ? Are not the 12 A ...
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... possessed by the Catholic Church of Ireland ; not one shilling of them is now devoted to that purpose . An immense majority of the common people are Catholics ; they see a church richly supported by the spoils of their own church ...
... possessed by the Catholic Church of Ireland ; not one shilling of them is now devoted to that purpose . An immense majority of the common people are Catholics ; they see a church richly supported by the spoils of their own church ...
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... possessed of a country so subdued ? four or five yards round a sentry - box , and no more . And in twenty years ' time it is all to do over again - another war— another rebellion , and another enormous and ruinously expensive contest ...
... possessed of a country so subdued ? four or five yards round a sentry - box , and no more . And in twenty years ' time it is all to do over again - another war— another rebellion , and another enormous and ruinously expensive contest ...
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... possess , and that every body supposes you to possess , the vulgar attri- bute of personal courage ; but do not draw your sword like a fool , from the unfounded apprehension of being called a coward . We have great hopes of the Duke of ...
... possess , and that every body supposes you to possess , the vulgar attri- bute of personal courage ; but do not draw your sword like a fool , from the unfounded apprehension of being called a coward . We have great hopes of the Duke of ...
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... , and is not easy till others participate ; — and so it is with political and religious freedom . It is a pleasure to possess it , and a pleasure to communicate it to others . There is something shocking in the CATHOLICS . 79.
... , and is not easy till others participate ; — and so it is with political and religious freedom . It is a pleasure to possess it , and a pleasure to communicate it to others . There is something shocking in the CATHOLICS . 79.
Palavras e frases frequentes
allegiance annum Archbishop of Canterbury believe Bill Bishop of London called Cathedral Catholic clergy Catholic emancipation Catholic question Catholic religion cause Church of England Church of Ireland civil Clergy clergyman Commission Commissioners common compelled confiscation Curate danger Deans and Chapters death diocese disgraceful Dissenters Duke Ecclesiastical English established Europe evil feelings folly give Government hassocks hatred Henry Henry VIII honourable House human improvement income injustice insurrection Ireland Irish Catholics justice King labour land liberty live Lord John Russell Lord Liverpool manner means measure ment Minister never oath object opinion oppression Papist parish Parliament Parnell parochial Clergy patronage Paul's persecution person political poor Pope Popery Popish possess Prebendaries Prebends Prelate present Protestant rebellion Reformation reign religious revenues Roman Catholic spirit suppose thing thousand tion tithe tyranny utterly vote Whig whole wise
Passagens conhecidas
Página 89 - I believe, that no act in itself unjust, immoral, or wicked, can ever be justified or excused by, or under pretence or colour, that it was done either for the good of the church, or in obedience to any ecclesiastical power whatsoever. I also declare, that it is not an article of the catholick faith, neither am I thereby required to believe or profess that the pope is infallible...
Página 90 - I do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure any intention to subvert the present Church Establishment as settled by law within this Realm.
Página 288 - Russell; but his worst failure is that he is utterly ignorant of all moral fear; there is nothing he would not undertake. I believe he would perform the operation for the stone - build St. Peter's - or assume (with or without ten minutes...
Página 36 - II. : and their majesties, as soon as their affairs will permit them to summon a parliament in this kingdom, will endeavour to procure the said Roman Catholics such further security in that particular as may preserve them from any disturbance on account of their religion. The ninth article is to this effect. The oath to be administered to such Roman Catholics as submit to their majesties' government, shall be the oath aforesaid, and no other ; viz.
Página 267 - Sovereign and to the country : instead of being the ignorant man he pretends to be, before he meets the deputation of Tallow-Chandlers in the morning, he sits up half the night talking with Thomas Young about melting and skimming, and then, though he has acquired knowledge enough to work off a whole vat of prime Leicester tallow, he pretends next morning not to know the difference between a dip and a mould. In the same way, when he has been employed in reading Acts of Parliament, he would persuade...
Página 307 - ... dignified deportment — six feet two inches high, beautifully proportioned, with a magnificent countenance, expressive of all the cardinal virtues and the Ten Commandments, — and it is asked with an air of triumph, if such a man as this will fall into contempt on account of his poverty ? But substitute for him an average, ordinary, uninteresting Minister ; obese, dumpy, neither illnatured nor good-natured ; neither learned nor ignorant, striding over the stiles to church, with a second-rate...
Página 182 - Government ever dismayed him — the world could not bribe him — he thought only of Ireland — lived for no other object — dedicated to her his beautiful fancy, his elegant wit, his manly courage, and all the splendour of his astonishing eloquence. He was so born, and so gifted, that poetry, forensic skill, elegant literature, and all the highest attainments of human genius, were within his reach; but he thought the noblest occupation of a man was to make other men happy and free; and in that...
Página 111 - There was a period when the slightest concession would have satisfied the Americans ; but all the world was in heroics , one set of gentlemen met at the Lamb...
Página 182 - GRATTAN ? who has not turned to him for comfort, from the false friends and open enemies of Ireland ? who did not remember him in the days of its burnings and wastings and murders? No government ever dismayed him — the world could not bribe him — he thought only of Ireland — lived for no other object — dedicated to her his beautiful fancy, his elegant wit, his manly courage, and all the splendour of his astonishing eloquence. He was so born, and so gifted, that poetry, forensic skill...
Página 53 - Persia; secret service-money to Thibet; an annuity to Lady Henry Somebody, and her seven daughters — the husband being shot at some place where- we never ought to have had any soldiers at all ; and the elder brother returning four members to Parliament. Such a scene of extravagance, corruption and expense as must paralyze the industry, and mar the fortunes of the most industrious, spirited people that ever existed.