Ireland and Her StoryFunk and Wagnalls, 1903 - 190 páginas |
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Página 69 - How I did labour after that knave's destruction ! I adventured perils by sea and land, was near starving, ate horseflesh in Munster, and all to quell that man, who now smileth in peace at those who did hazard their lives to destroy him; and now doth Tyrone dare us old commanders with his presence and protection.
Página 99 - I must do it justice; it was a complete system full of coherence and consistency; well digested and well composed in all parts. It was a machine of wise and elaborate contrivance; and as well fitted for the oppression, impoverishment, and degradation of a people, and the debasement in them of human nature itself, as ever proceeded from the perverted ingenuity of...
Página 119 - I came determined," writes Chesterfield, many years afterwards, " to proscribe no set of persons " whatever ; and determined to be governed by none. " Had the Papists made any attempt to put themselves " above the law, I should have taken good care to have " quelled them again. It was said, that my lenity to the " Papists had wrought no alteration either in their re" ligious or their political sentiments.
Página 115 - the religion, lives, liberties, fortunes and estates of the clergy, nobility, and gentry of Ireland, may be disposed of, without their privity and consent, what benefit have they of any laws, liberties, or privileges granted unto them by the Crown of England? I am loth to give their condition a STATEMENTS BY WILLIAM MOLYNEUX.
Página 61 - ... any stony heart would rue the same." Mr. Froude affirms that in Munster alone there had been so much devastation that " the lowing of a cow or the sound of a ploughboy's whistle was not to be heard from Valentia to the Rock of Cashel.
Página 56 - O'Neil stalked in, his saffron mantle sweeping round and round him, his hair curling on his back and clipped short below the eyes which gleamed from under it with a grey lustre, frowning fierce and cruel. Behind him followed his galloglasse bare-headed and fair-haired, with shirts of mail which reached their knees, a wolfskin flung across their shoulders, and short broad battle-axes in. their hands.
Página 112 - A letter to the shop-keepers, tradesmen, farmers, and common people of Ireland, concerning the brass halfpence coined by one William Wood, hardwareman, with a design to have them pass in this kingdom...
Página 152 - ... the silvery bell; Aloft and clear from airy tide to tide, It glided easy as a bird may glide. To the last verge of that vast audience sent, It played with each wild passion as it went ; Now stirred the uproar — now the murmur stilled, And sobs or laughter answered as it willed.
Página 58 - O'Neil seems to have proved himself skilful as a diplomatist, and he greatly gratified the Queen by paying intense deference to all her suggestions, and even by modestly requesting that she would choose a wife for him. He seems to have agreed to what he did not intend to carry out. Some terms were understood to be arranged at last, and on May 5, 1562, a royal proclamation was issued declaring that in future he was to be regarded as a good and loyal subject of the Queen. Shane returned to Ireland,...