The Irishman in CanadaS. Low, Marston & Company, 1877 - 692 páginas |
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... a literary man like Mr. Hatton should wholly ignore the Irish , therefore , shows that there was need of such a book as the present . Who to - day are more truly attached to British connexion than the great majority of Irishmen all over ...
... a literary man like Mr. Hatton should wholly ignore the Irish , therefore , shows that there was need of such a book as the present . Who to - day are more truly attached to British connexion than the great majority of Irishmen all over ...
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Nicholas Flood Davin. CONTENTS . CHAPTER VI . THE WAR OF 1812-1814 . xiii PAGE The Veterans of 1812 to - day and the Character of the War 191-194 Circumstances leading to War ..... 195-200 Two prominent heroes of the War 200-204 The First ...
Nicholas Flood Davin. CONTENTS . CHAPTER VI . THE WAR OF 1812-1814 . xiii PAGE The Veterans of 1812 to - day and the Character of the War 191-194 Circumstances leading to War ..... 195-200 Two prominent heroes of the War 200-204 The First ...
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... By a table's breadth . ' During the seventh and eighth centuries , " continues Mr. Smith , " and part of the ninth , Ireland played a really great part in European history . It was the bright morning of a dark day . ” Surely a people to ...
... By a table's breadth . ' During the seventh and eighth centuries , " continues Mr. Smith , " and part of the ninth , Ireland played a really great part in European history . It was the bright morning of a dark day . ” Surely a people to ...
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... in after times in the south and west tinctured with that of Spain . With what we see going on before our eyes on the continent of Europe , it would be futile to discuss , even to - day , the morality of conquest . We have not yet ...
... in after times in the south and west tinctured with that of Spain . With what we see going on before our eyes on the continent of Europe , it would be futile to discuss , even to - day , the morality of conquest . We have not yet ...
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... a city at that time . not the size of Hamilton to - day . Hosculf , the Danish governor of the city , encouraged by the presence of a force collected by the Irish monarch near Clondalkin , had determined to stand a siege . But when the ...
... a city at that time . not the size of Hamilton to - day . Hosculf , the Danish governor of the city , encouraged by the presence of a force collected by the Irish monarch near Clondalkin , had determined to stand a siege . But when the ...
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Página 186 - Faintly as tolls the evening chime, Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time. Soon as the woods on shore look dim, We'll sing at St. Ann's our parting hymn. Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The Rapids are near, and the daylight's past...
Página 126 - Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein he puts alms for oblivion, A great-sized monster of ingratitudes : Those scraps are good deeds past : which are devour'd As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done...
Página 217 - Tis a note of enchantment ; what ails her ? She sees A mountain ascending, a vision of trees ; Bright volumes of vapour through Lothbury glide, And a river flows on through the vale of Cheapside.
Página 177 - What is the worst of woes that wait on age? What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow? To view each loved one blotted from life's page, And be alone on earth, as I am now.
Página 126 - As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done: perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honour bright: to have done is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery. Take the instant way; For honour travels in a strait so narrow Where one but goes abreast: keep then the path; For emulation hath a thousand sons That one by one pursue: if you give way, Or hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an enter'd tide they all rush by And leave you hindmost...
Página 186 - Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The rapids are near and the daylight's past. Why should we yet our sail unfurl? There is not a breath the blue wave to curl, But, when the wind blows off the shore, Oh, sweetly we'll rest our weary oar. Blow, breezes, blow, the stream runs fast, The rapids are near and the daylight's past. Utawas
Página 19 - The battle of Hastings, and the events which followed it, not only placed a Duke of Normandy on the English throne, but gave up the whole population of England to the tyranny of the Norman race. The subjugation of a 35 nation by a nation has seldom, even in Asia, been more complete.
Página 20 - The country was portioned out among the captains of the invaders. Strong military institutions, closely connected with the institution of property, enabled the foreign conquerors to oppress the children of the soil. A cruel penal code, cruelly enforced, guarded the privileges, and even the sports, of the alien tyrants. Yet the subject race, though beaten down and trodden under foot, still made its sting felt. Some bold men, the favourite heroes of our oldest ballads, betook themselves to the woods,...
Página 27 - Scattered over all Europe were to be found brave Irish generals, dexterous Irish diplomatists...
Página 49 - The fall of Montcalm in the moment of his defeat completed the victory, and the submission of Canada put an end to the dream of a French empire in America. In breaking through the line with which France had striven to check the westward advance of the English colonists Pitt had unconsciously changed the history of the world. His...