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Amid the sneers of derision and the clamor of hate and prejudice he has triumphed, on that very arena so fatal to Irish eloquence and Irish fame, where even Grattan failed to sustain himself, and the impetuous spirit of Flood was stricken down.
What I say, and what I've always said " "Very well," said Dr. O'Grady, "I'll put 'Esto Perpetua, if you like. It's the same number of letters, and it's what Grattan said about the last Home Rule Parliament. That ought to satisfy you, and I'm sure the Major won't mind." "I'm pretty well past minding anything now," said the Major.
They obtained their end, at least for the moment, and at least to all outward appearance, and Grattan was enabled to declare that for the first time he addressed a free Parliament in Ireland and to invoke the spirit of Swift to rejoice over the event.
There were great men before Malone, as before Agamemnon; such as Sir Toby Butler, Baron Rice, and Patrick Darcy; but he was the first of our later succession of masters. After him came Flood and John Hely Hutchinson; then Grattan and Curran; then Plunkett and Bushe; then O'Connell and Shiel.
There was indeed, no lack of ability still left in the ranks of the opposition for Burgh, Daly, and Yelverton were there; but for a supreme spirit like Grattan whose burning tongue was ever fed from his heart of fire there is always room in a free senate, how many soever able and accomplished men may surround him. The fall of 1777 brought vital intelligence from America.
There came a time when it remained difficult longer to wink at the methods of the Daltons as deputies. In one case they ran off with a big bunch of horses and sold them in a Kansas town. On account of this episode, Grattan, William, and Emmett Dalton made a hurried trip to California.
Both after a manner were unique and unsurpassed. Flood possessed staying power in sheer invective and sustained reasoning. Grattan was fluent in epigram and most inspiring when condensed, and he had an immense moral advantage. The parliament which made him a grant was independent, but it was from one of subservience that Flood drew his salary.
The many vicissitudes of popularity which their own illustrious Whig, Grattan, had to encounter, would have wearied out the ardor of any less magnanimous champion. But high minds are as little affected by such unworthy returns for services, as the sun is by those fogs which the earth throws up between herself and his light. With respect to the Dissenters, they had deserted Mr.
The Affairs of Ireland. Condition of the Irish Parliament. The Octennial Bill. The Penal Laws. Non-residence of the Lord- lieutenant. Influence of the American War on Ireland. Enrolment of the Volunteers. Concession of all the Demands of Ireland. Violence of the Volunteers. Their Convention. Violence of the Opposition in Parliament: Mr. Brownlow, Mr. Grattan, Mr. Flood. Pitt's Propositions Fail.
Grattan, I'll tell you some news I think I am going to marry Miss Cronin." "Well," said she, "it doesn't astonish me," but she nearly let the teapot drop. "From the first day you came here I always thought something was going to happen to you." He had no sooner told her the news than he began to regret he had told her, and he said that Miss Cronin had gone to her father to ask his consent.
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