Lives of Illustrious and Distinguished Irishmen: From the Earliest Times to the Present Period, Arranged in Chronological Order, and Embodying a History of Ireland in the Lives of Irishmen, Volume 3, Part 2James Wills MacGregor, Polson, 1841 - Ireland |
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... entered life with advantages of no common kind , and possessed of talents and acquire- ments of a very high order . We accordingly find him holding official situations of trust and emolument before he was twenty . He was given immense ...
... entered life with advantages of no common kind , and possessed of talents and acquire- ments of a very high order . We accordingly find him holding official situations of trust and emolument before he was twenty . He was given immense ...
Page 267
... entering Tipperary , and putting that county under contribution for the supply of his army . Carte gives a curious fact respecting the taking of Cahir castle which we shall extract : - " He ( lord Inchiquin ) entered this county on ...
... entering Tipperary , and putting that county under contribution for the supply of his army . Carte gives a curious fact respecting the taking of Cahir castle which we shall extract : - " He ( lord Inchiquin ) entered this county on ...
Page 268
... entering it found that he could not have reduced it by force , had the garrison but had the courage to stand on their defence . Thus easily was a castle reduced , which in 1599 , had held out for two months against the earl of Essex ...
... entering it found that he could not have reduced it by force , had the garrison but had the courage to stand on their defence . Thus easily was a castle reduced , which in 1599 , had held out for two months against the earl of Essex ...
Page 273
... entered the streets , and were near seizing two of their field - pieces , before they were aware of their arrival . The inhabitants , unprepared with any other weapons of defence , pulled the fire out of their hearths , and set their ...
... entered the streets , and were near seizing two of their field - pieces , before they were aware of their arrival . The inhabitants , unprepared with any other weapons of defence , pulled the fire out of their hearths , and set their ...
Page 274
... market - place , found the enemy had forced into our small party on the north side , and had entered the town , and was marching down Castle street , which our horse so well charged there , that at least 274 [ FOURTH POLITICAL SERIES .
... market - place , found the enemy had forced into our small party on the north side , and had entered the town , and was marching down Castle street , which our horse so well charged there , that at least 274 [ FOURTH POLITICAL SERIES .
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Page 275 - Our soul is escaped even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler: the snare is broken, and we are delivered. Our help standeth in the Name of the Lord : who hath made heaven and earth.
Page 434 - THE Roman Catholics of this kingdom shall enjoy such privileges in the exercise of their religion, as are consistent with the laws of Ireland : or as they did enjoy in the reign of king Charles the Second...
Page 323 - England; it does not appear that he took any active part in the...
Page 437 - ... hereby for us, our heirs and successors, ordaining and declaring that all and every person and persons therein concerned shall and may have, receive and enjoy the benefit thereof, in such and the same manner as if the said words had been inserted in their proper place in the said second article, any omission, defect or mistake in the said second article in any wise notwithstanding.
Page 275 - If the Lord himself had not been on our side, now may Israel say : if the Lord himself had not been on our side, when men rose up against us; They had swallowed us up quick : when they were so wrathfully displeased at us.
Page 436 - And whereas these present wars have drawn on great violences on both parts; and that if leave were given to the bringing all sorts of private actions, the animosities' would probably continue, that have been too long on foot, and the public...
Page 459 - I am, at the same time, directed to let your Grace know that the Queen would have you disguise the receipt of this order; and Her Majesty thinks that you cannot want pretences for conducting yourself so as to answer her ends without owning that which might, at present, have an ill effect, if it was publicly known.
Page 435 - Mayo, or any of them; and all the commissioned officers in their majesties' quarters, that belong to the Irish regiments now in being, that are treated with, and who are not prisoners of war, or have taken protection, and who shall return and submit to their majesties...
Page 309 - It is likewise remarkable, that the king declared in express terms, " that he had thought fit, by his sovereign authority, prerogative royal, and absolute power, which all his subjects were to obey without reserve, to grant this royal toleration.
Page 436 - ... •whatsoever, by them seized or taken during the time of the war. And no person or persons whatsoever, in the second or third articles...