History of the Irish Brigades in the Service of France: From the Revolution in Great Britain and Ireland Under James II., to the Revolution in France Under Louis XVI.Cameron and Ferguson, 1870 - 649 sider |
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Side ix
... England , glances at the state of Ireland with respect to that undertaking , refers to the baffling of England and her Allies in Flanders that year by the Marshal de Saxe , and gives , in connexion with the addition of a regiment to the ...
... England , glances at the state of Ireland with respect to that undertaking , refers to the baffling of England and her Allies in Flanders that year by the Marshal de Saxe , and gives , in connexion with the addition of a regiment to the ...
Side x
... England in 1756 , of Lieutenant - General Count Lally to com- mand for France in the East Indies , continues his history till his most unjust execution at Paris in 1766 , & c .; next , inclusive of the extensive naval and military plans ...
... England in 1756 , of Lieutenant - General Count Lally to com- mand for France in the East Indies , continues his history till his most unjust execution at Paris in 1766 , & c .; next , inclusive of the extensive naval and military plans ...
Side xi
... England " have never known , and can but faintly conceive , the feelings of a nation , doomed to see constantly , in all public places , the monuments of its subjugation . Such monuments everywhere met the eye of the Irish Roman ...
... England " have never known , and can but faintly conceive , the feelings of a nation , doomed to see constantly , in all public places , the monuments of its subjugation . Such monuments everywhere met the eye of the Irish Roman ...
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... England , and seek in France the protection of his cousin - german , Louis XIV . Early in the following year , 1689 , the flight of James , notwithstanding his proposal , in writing , from France , to return , summon a Parliament , and ...
... England , and seek in France the protection of his cousin - german , Louis XIV . Early in the following year , 1689 , the flight of James , notwithstanding his proposal , in writing , from France , to return , summon a Parliament , and ...
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... England and Sortland abruses as those of men , physically inadequate to the service for which they were desizzed having teen enrolled among the privates , and even of certain Protestans Lords servants having been provided for as ...
... England and Sortland abruses as those of men , physically inadequate to the service for which they were desizzed having teen enrolled among the privates , and even of certain Protestans Lords servants having been provided for as ...
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Allies arms Arthur Dillon artillery attack battalions battle brave brevet British campaign cannon Captain captured Castle Catholics cavalry Chevalier Clare Colonel command Comte consequently Coote corps Count defence detachment dragoons Dublin Duke of Berwick Duke of Cumberland Dutch Earl enemy engaged England English Enniskillen Erin favour fire Fitz-James Flanders Fontenoy foot force garrison George Governor grenadiers Guards Hanoverian Highlanders honour horse hostile infantry Ireland Irish army Irish Brigade Irish officer Irish Regiment Irish troops Jacobite killed King James Lally Lally's land letter Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant-General likewise Limerick Lord Louis XIV Madras Major-General Maréchal de Camp Marquis ment military Mountcashel Munster nation O'Brien O'Donnell O'Neill Parliament Pondicherry Prince Charles prisoners rank retire retreat Revolution Royal says Scotch Scotland service of France siege soldiers Spain squadrons Stuart subsequently success tion town Treaty of Limerick William Williamite wounded
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Side 124 - In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
Side 521 - t; I have use for it. Go, leave me. — (Exit Emilia). I will in Cassio's lodging lose this napkin, And let him find it. Trifles, light as air, Are to the jealous confirmations strong As proofs of Holy Writ.
Side 505 - The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talk'd the night away; Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.
Side 193 - Born in broad daylight, that th' ungrateful rout May find no room for a remaining doubt ; Truth, which itself is light, does darkness shun, And the true eaglet safely dares the Sun.
Side 572 - But when contending chiefs blockade the throne.. Contracting regal power to stretch their own ; When I behold a factious band agree To call it freedom when themselves are free ; Each wanton judge new penal statutes draw, Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law ; The wealth of climes, where savage nations roam, Pillag'd from slaves to purchase slaves at home.
Side 114 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge., and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity...
Side 67 - Is it not a singular phenomenon, that whilst the sansculotte carcass-butchers and the philosophers of the shambles are pricking their dotted lines upon his hide, and, like the print of the poor ox that we see in the shop-windows at Charing Cross, alive as he is, and thinking no harm in the world, he is divided into rumps, and sirloins, and briskets, and into all sorts of pieces for roasting, boiling, and stewing...
Side 392 - Cameron having assured her that they would not injure her or her little children, or any person whatever, she looked at him for some moments with an air of surprise, and then opened a press, calling out with a loud voice, ' Come out, children ; the gentleman will not eat you.* The children immediately left the press, where she had concealed them, and threw themselves at his feet.
Side 428 - French or Spaniards, will be here first, you know our fate. .... The French are not come, God be thanked! But had 5000 landed in any part of this island a week ago, I verily believe the entire conquest would not have cost them a battle«.
Side 284 - No one can doubt the Duke of Ormond's bravery, but he does not resemble a certain General who led troops to the slaughter to cause a great number of officers to be knocked on the head in a battle or against stone walls, in order to fill his pockets by disposing of their commissions.