 INDEPENDENCE!" — it is the word, of all others, that Irish — men, women, and children — least understand ; and the calmness, or rather indifference, with which they submit to dependence, bitter and miserable as it is, must be a source of deep regret...  Sketches of Irish character. Illustr. ed - Page 335by Anna Maria Hall - 1842 - 80 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Anna Maria Hall - Irish in literature - 1829 - 594 pages
...turret's of Bannow Church. INDEPENDENCE. " The glorious privilege " Qf being independent." Bl'RXS. INDEPENDENCE. " INDEPENDENCE !" — it is the word,...the dignity of human kind. Let us select a few cases from our Irish village — such as are abundant in every neighbourhood. Shane Thurlough, " as dacent... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1829 - 592 pages
...title of the next sketch, and we give a short extract from it, as a specimen of a different kind. ' " Independence ! " — it is the word, of all others,...the dignity of human kind. Let us select a few cases from our Irish villager-such as are abundant in every neighbourhood. ' Shane Thurlough, " as dacent... | |
 | Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1843 - 528 pages
...or rather indifference, wilh which they submit to de|*ndence, bitter and miserable as it is, musí be a source of deep regret to all who " love the land,"...a single village— such as are abundant in every neighborhood. Shane. Thurlough, for example, " as dacent a boy," and Shane's wife, as " clane-skinned... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1845 - 422 pages
...INDEPENDENCE. F all others, " Independence" is the word that Irish— men, women and children—least understand; and the calmness, or rather indifference,...select a few cases, in different grades, from a single village—such as are abundant in every neighbourhood. Shane Thurlough, for example, " as dacent a... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1881 - 856 pages
...indifference, with which they submit to dependence, bitter and miserable as it is, murt be a sonrce of deep regret to all who • love the land/ or who feel anxious to uphold the dignity of humankind. Let us select a few cases from our Irish village, such as are abundant in every neighbourhood.... | |
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