 The remedy is wholly in your own hands ; and therefore I have digressed a little, in order to refresh and continue that spirit so seasonably raised among you ; and to let you see, that by the laws of GOD, of NATURE, of NATIONS, and of your COUNTRY, you...  The Eclectic Review - Page 42edited by - 1842Full view - About this book
 | Richard Lalor Sheil - 1865 - 528 pages
..." The remedy," he says, "is wholly in your own hands. * * * By the laws of God, of nations, and of your country, you are, and ought to be, as free a people as your brethren in England." " This tract," says Sir Walter Scott, " pressed at once upon the real merits of the question at issue,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Francis Waller - 1865 - 414 pages
...seasonably raised among you ; and to let you see that by the laws of God, of nature, of nations, and of your country, you are and ought to be as free a people as your brethren in England." Language so bold could no longer be tolerated by the Government. A reward of £300 was offered for... | |
 | James Whiteside - 1868 - 518 pages
...seasonably raised among you, and to let you see that by the laws of God, of nature, of nations, and of your country, you are, and ought to be, as free a people as your brethren in England." When I said there was no match for Swift in the Irish Council, I meant to have made an exception in... | |
 | Thomas D'Arcy McGee - 1869 - 780 pages
...seasonably raised among you, and to let you see, that, by the laws of God, of nature, of nations, aud of your country, you are, and ought to be, as free a people as your brethren in England." For this letter also, the printer, Harding, was indicted, but the Dublin grand jury, iufected with... | |
 | 1869 - 590 pages
...seasonably raised among you, and to let you see that by the laws of God, of nature, of nations, and of your country, you are, and ought to be, as free a people as your brethren in England." i\>r printing this letter, Harding, the printer, was prosecuted ; but when the indictment against him... | |
 | John Mitchel - 1869 - 316 pages
...seasonably raised among you, and to let you see that by the laws of God, of nature, of nations, and of your country, you are, and ought to be, as free a people as your brethren in England." For printing this letter, Harding, the printer, was prosecuted ; but when the indictment against him... | |
 | 1915 - 826 pages
...original edition : — " By the Laws of GOD, of NATURE, of NATIONS, and of Your own country, you ARK and OUGHT to be as FREE a People as Your Brethren in England." There is another passage which, like the former, also flamed through Ire-land. "All government without... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 pages
...remedy,' he added, ' is wholly in your own hands— by the laws of God, of nature, of nations, and of your country, you are and ought to be as free a people as your brethren in England.' The government had to bow to the storm. The patent was withdrawn, and Swift was as much the idol of... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 388 pages
...seasonably raised among you, and to let you see that, by the laws of God, of nature, of nations, and of your country, you are and ought to be as free a people as your brethren in England." * The nom de plume used was MB Drapier, a supposed Irish trader. The Government offered a reward of... | |
 | 1881 - 830 pages
...remedy which lies in their own hands, he declares : ' By the laws of God, of nature, of nations, and of your country, you are, and ought to be, as free a people as your brethren in England.' In the Seventh Letter, after a great deal on the inexhaustible subject of Wood's halfpence, Swift enters... | |
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