Some Account of the First Apparent Symptoms of the Late Rebellion in the County of Kildare, and an Adjoining Part of the King's County: With a Succinct Narrative ... of the Rebellion in the County of Wexford, Especially in the Vicinity of Ross; and a Minute Detail of the Battle Fought in and Near that Town on the 5th of June, 1798, in a Letter to Wentworth Alexander ... |
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... must ap- pear between fome paffages and others ; just as my memory or imagination happened to be affected in the speed of fcribbling " fon , to say nothing of the greatness of the debt ! Your fame is hitherte only recorded by the ...
... must ap- pear between fome paffages and others ; just as my memory or imagination happened to be affected in the speed of fcribbling " fon , to say nothing of the greatness of the debt ! Your fame is hitherte only recorded by the ...
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... must addrefs you in very unusual form . Now for it ! SECTION I. Of the Rebellion in an adjoining part of the King's County and that of Kildare . THE late rebellion has been much longer fetting on foot in this kingdom than very many ...
... must addrefs you in very unusual form . Now for it ! SECTION I. Of the Rebellion in an adjoining part of the King's County and that of Kildare . THE late rebellion has been much longer fetting on foot in this kingdom than very many ...
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... must fall . " SECTION IV . · OF THE BATTLE OF ROs s . Apology - Introductory circumstances , just as they occurred to the author's perfonal knowledge the day before - Further circum- ftances as received by information - The Battle ...
... must fall . " SECTION IV . · OF THE BATTLE OF ROs s . Apology - Introductory circumstances , just as they occurred to the author's perfonal knowledge the day before - Further circum- ftances as received by information - The Battle ...
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... must " take care upon what authority we alarm a garrifon . " I fatisfied him in those particulars ! and he then informed me that he was upon that very errand ; a very common reply on the like occasion , amongst the soldiery , to infure ...
... must " take care upon what authority we alarm a garrifon . " I fatisfied him in those particulars ! and he then informed me that he was upon that very errand ; a very common reply on the like occasion , amongst the soldiery , to infure ...
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... must have ' fuffered death fome weeks afterwards , as you will fee . But to return . bosh tomis etv .. ! 6 3 I had not advanced into town one hundred yards from the Three - bullet - gate , when hearing the regular " tramp , tramp ...
... must have ' fuffered death fome weeks afterwards , as you will fee . But to return . bosh tomis etv .. ! 6 3 I had not advanced into town one hundred yards from the Three - bullet - gate , when hearing the regular " tramp , tramp ...
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