A Narrative of the Confinement and Exile of William Steel Dickson, D. D.: Formerly Minister of the Presbyterian Congregations of Ballyhalbert and Portaferry, in the County of Down, and Now of Keady, in the County of Armagh. To which is Annexed, an Account of an Assault Committed on the Author, September 9th, 1811, on His Return from the Catholic Meeting in the City of Armagh; with a Sketch of Proceedings Consequent Thereonauthor, 1812 - 489 pages |
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... answer to this , on the 8th . instant , I presumed , on that day , to repeat my request , with some little additions ; which request has not yet been complied with . This still leaves me under the disability of making retractations , in ...
... answer to this , on the 8th . instant , I presumed , on that day , to repeat my request , with some little additions ; which request has not yet been complied with . This still leaves me under the disability of making retractations , in ...
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... industriously and artfully circulated of my criminality and consequent danger , asked his lordship , what was to be done with me ? " His answer was , " I do not know . Every Be this as it may , our favorite was returned NARRATIVE . 21.
... industriously and artfully circulated of my criminality and consequent danger , asked his lordship , what was to be done with me ? " His answer was , " I do not know . Every Be this as it may , our favorite was returned NARRATIVE . 21.
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... answer , after what had fallen from other gentlemen , I only hung a few rags of ridicule on the step - ladder of " gradual eman- cipation , " which were eagerly laid hold of , and , in the heat of imagination , formed into a mantle ...
... answer , after what had fallen from other gentlemen , I only hung a few rags of ridicule on the step - ladder of " gradual eman- cipation , " which were eagerly laid hold of , and , in the heat of imagination , formed into a mantle ...
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... conse- quence of which counsellor Curran immediately waited on the attorney - general , and demanded the trial , or liberation , of the five prisoners from from Portaferry , but received no answer . On this NARRATIVE . 37.
... conse- quence of which counsellor Curran immediately waited on the attorney - general , and demanded the trial , or liberation , of the five prisoners from from Portaferry , but received no answer . On this NARRATIVE . 37.
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... answer . On this , I requested him to repeat his application , the day following , which he did , to no better purpose . On the third day , he did the same , though with reluctance ; but , on his return , told me , that he had some hope ...
... answer . On this , I requested him to repeat his application , the day following , which he did , to no better purpose . On the third day , he did the same , though with reluctance ; but , on his return , told me , that he had some hope ...
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