Irish Literature, Volume 7Justin McCarthy, Maurice Francis Egan, Douglas Hyde, Lady Gregory, James Jeffrey Roche, Charles Welsh DeBower-Elliott, 1904 |
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Page 2429
... parliamentary style , and they are in danger of total neglect at the hands of this generation . One excuse for this undervaluing of Irish oratory may be given . A crowd of servile imitators , destitute of fire or taste , wrapped up ...
... parliamentary style , and they are in danger of total neglect at the hands of this generation . One excuse for this undervaluing of Irish oratory may be given . A crowd of servile imitators , destitute of fire or taste , wrapped up ...
Page 2430
... Parliament was a mart ; and we shall forgive the extravagance of diction for the honest indignation and scorn by which it was pro- duced . The curious thing all this time is that Celtic Ireland had very little share in this oratorical ...
... Parliament was a mart ; and we shall forgive the extravagance of diction for the honest indignation and scorn by which it was pro- duced . The curious thing all this time is that Celtic Ireland had very little share in this oratorical ...
Page 2431
... parliamentary oratory . Par- ties had arisen in Parliament , and from parties naturally arose great debates on questions of public policy . So that at the very time when the colonial party in Ireland was expanding itself into a national ...
... parliamentary oratory . Par- ties had arisen in Parliament , and from parties naturally arose great debates on questions of public policy . So that at the very time when the colonial party in Ireland was expanding itself into a national ...
Page 2436
... Parliament , where he is to take away your final judicature , there he is a plain , direct , matter - of - fact man ; but where he is to pay you for all this , there he is poetic and prophetic : no longer a financier but an inspired ...
... Parliament , where he is to take away your final judicature , there he is a plain , direct , matter - of - fact man ; but where he is to pay you for all this , there he is poetic and prophetic : no longer a financier but an inspired ...
Page 2437
... Parliament I com- promised the claims of Ireland or temporized with the power of England . But one thing baffled the effort of the patriot and defeated the wisdom of the senate : it was the folly of the theologian . When the Parliament ...
... Parliament I com- promised the claims of Ireland or temporized with the power of England . But one thing baffled the effort of the patriot and defeated the wisdom of the senate : it was the folly of the theologian . When the Parliament ...
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