Memoirs of William Sampson: Including Particulars of His Adventures in Various Parts of Europe; His Confinement in the Dungeons of the Inquisition in Lisbon, &c., &c. Several Original Letters; Being His Correspondence with the Ministers of State in Great-Britain and Portugal; a Short Sketch of the History of Ireland, Particularly as it Respects the Spirit of British Domination in that Country; and a Few Observations on the State of Manners &c., in AmericaSamuel B. T. Caldwell, 1817 - 432 sider |
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... Executions at Wexford , 418 Cannibal , 420 Bloody Parson , 422 Walking Gallows , 423 Tom the Devil , 426 Bloody Friday , 428 Female Wretchedness , 429 Mary Smith , 430 Female Chastity , 431 MEMOIRS , & c . LETTER I. Treason - Carlisle ...
... Executions at Wexford , 418 Cannibal , 420 Bloody Parson , 422 Walking Gallows , 423 Tom the Devil , 426 Bloody Friday , 428 Female Wretchedness , 429 Mary Smith , 430 Female Chastity , 431 MEMOIRS , & c . LETTER I. Treason - Carlisle ...
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... corruption , division , torture , religion , and military executions , may much sooner than many think , be employed to clear away the ruins of British liberty . And the Irish may , in their turn WILLIAM SAMPSON . 21.
... corruption , division , torture , religion , and military executions , may much sooner than many think , be employed to clear away the ruins of British liberty . And the Irish may , in their turn WILLIAM SAMPSON . 21.
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... execution on the following day , which he certainly must have undergone , had not Mr. Leeson made interest to save him , a favor which he with difficulty obtained . Though the bringing of the letter touching the subject of my trial ...
... execution on the following day , which he certainly must have undergone , had not Mr. Leeson made interest to save him , a favor which he with difficulty obtained . Though the bringing of the letter touching the subject of my trial ...
Side 27
... executions , and prescribe how much a pa- tient could be made to suffer short of the crime of murder . Amongst civilized men a doctor is a friend , bringing to suffering humanity the consolations it requires , and com- forting even when ...
... executions , and prescribe how much a pa- tient could be made to suffer short of the crime of murder . Amongst civilized men a doctor is a friend , bringing to suffering humanity the consolations it requires , and com- forting even when ...
Side 38
... execution of William Byrne ; the preservation of whose life had been a principal motive for the signature of many of the prisoners to the agreement abovementioned . We were all thunderstruck by such a piece of news : but I was the more ...
... execution of William Byrne ; the preservation of whose life had been a principal motive for the signature of many of the prisoners to the agreement abovementioned . We were all thunderstruck by such a piece of news : but I was the more ...
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amongst answer arms asked atrocious blood Bordeaux called captain Castlereagh Catholic charge committed countrymen crime cruelties death duke of Portland dungeon enemies England English execution father favor fear feel France French friends gaoler gentleman give hands heart honor hope human imprisoned innocent Ireland Irish Irish government Irishmen judge justice king king of England king's knew lady land letter liberty Lisbon lives lord Castlereagh lord Cornwallis Lord Edward Fitzgerald lord Moira lordship manner ment minister Moira murder nation never obedient humble servant obliged Oporto oppression parliament party passed passport peace persecution person Pope Portugal present prison proofs protection reason rebel rebellion received religion request sent shew soldiers suffer terror Theobald Wolfe Tone thing tion told torture trial United Irishmen victims Wexford whilst wife William Sampson
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Side 303 - Christians boasted that the blood of the martyrs was the seed of the church.
Side 295 - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Side ii - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Side 286 - What is it to you whether I make many or few boroughs ? My council may consider the fitness, if I require it. But what if I had created forty noblemen, and four hundred boroughs ? The more the merrier, the fewer the better cheer.
Side 272 - Whereby it is manifest, that such as had the government of Ireland, under the crown of England, did intend to make a perpetual separation and enmity between the English and Irish, pretending, no doubt, that the i.nglish should in the end root out the Irish...
Side 259 - ... into all the west parts of the world ; the long inlets of many navigable rivers and so many great lakes and fresh ponds within the land, as the like are not to be seen in any part of Europe ; the rich fishings and wild-fowl of all kinds ; and lastly, the bodies and minds of the people endued with extraordinary abilities of nature.
Side 133 - Sincerity, Thou first of virtues! let no mortal leave Thy onward path, although the earth should gape, And from the gulf of hell destruction cry, To take dissimulation's winding way.
Side 304 - Thomas, Earl of Wharton, lord-lieutenant of Ireland, by the force of a wonderful constitution, has some years passed his grand climacteric without any visible effects of old age, either on his body or his mind ; and in spite of a continual prostitution to those vices which usually wear out both. . . . Whether he walks or whistles, or swears, or talks bawdy, or calls names, he acquits himself in each, beyond a templar of three years standing.
Side 400 - My lords, I have seen in Ireland the most absurd as well as the most disgusting tyranny that any nation ever groaned under.
Side 410 - They have, in pronouncing their verdict, thought proper to recommend me as an object of human mercy; in return, I pray to God, if they have erred, to have mercy upon them. The judge, who condemned me, humanely shed tears in uttering my sentence; but whether he did wisely, in so highly commending the wretched informer who swore away my life, I leave to his own cool reflection, solemnly assuring him and all the world, with my dying breath, that the informer was forsworn.