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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... gave a ready assent , and the young couple were married . The principal reason for sending for the duke is so interwoven with a multiplicity of small details of the perplexed manœuvres of party which have exclusive reference to English ...
... gave a ready assent , and the young couple were married . The principal reason for sending for the duke is so interwoven with a multiplicity of small details of the perplexed manœuvres of party which have exclusive reference to English ...
Page 249
... gave their reasons , on hearing which the earl said , that if they had none better , he would not trouble the other gentlemen to reply , as he could answer so far himself ; which accordingly he did . † The duke of Ormonde was soon ...
... gave their reasons , on hearing which the earl said , that if they had none better , he would not trouble the other gentlemen to reply , as he could answer so far himself ; which accordingly he did . † The duke of Ormonde was soon ...
Page 251
... gave way to the treatment applied . He was visited by Mr Clerk on Saturday , and ob- served to him , " this day four years was a very melancholy day to me : " Mr Clerk did not at first understand him , until he added , " it was the most ...
... gave way to the treatment applied . He was visited by Mr Clerk on Saturday , and ob- served to him , " this day four years was a very melancholy day to me : " Mr Clerk did not at first understand him , until he added , " it was the most ...
Page 256
... gave his unqualified applause , and ever after had the greatest respect for the duke of Albemarle . About two o'clock , just as the Dutch had come up , and the action was about to be renewed , a fleet was seen to approach from the south ...
... gave his unqualified applause , and ever after had the greatest respect for the duke of Albemarle . About two o'clock , just as the Dutch had come up , and the action was about to be renewed , a fleet was seen to approach from the south ...
Page 257
... gave England the sceptre of the waves . On the same year , the earl of Ossory gained a steady and powerful friend , by the marriage of lord Arlington with his wife's sister . He was also made gentleman of the bed - chamber to the king ...
... gave England the sceptre of the waves . On the same year , the earl of Ossory gained a steady and powerful friend , by the marriage of lord Arlington with his wife's sister . He was also made gentleman of the bed - chamber to the king ...
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