A Statistical and Agricultural Survey of the County of Galway: With Observations on the Means of Improvement |
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Page 4 - And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt : I am the Lord your God.
Page 5 - But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Page 20 - This Book of Articles before rehearsed is again approved, and allowed to be holden and executed within the realm, by the assent and consent of our Sovereign Lady Elizabeth, by the Grace of God, of England, France, and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c.
Page 33 - ... ordained, or provided, or any other thing, cause, or matter, whatsoever, in any wise notwithstanding. In witness whereof, we have caused these our letters to be made patent. Witness ourself at Westminster, the 23d day. of May, in the seventh year of our reign of England, France, and Ireland, and of Scotland the * * * * Per ipsum Regem.
Page 4 - Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Page 58 - I, AB, do declare, that it is not lawful, upon any pretence whatsoever, to take up arms against the king ; and that I do abhor that traitorous position, of taking arms by his authority, against his person ; or against those that are commissioned by him, in pursuance of such commission ; and I do swear, that I will not, at any time, endeavour the alteration of the government, either in church or state. So help me God.
Page 526 - PERHAPS the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom.
Page 80 - ... the same manner, as if the said words had been inserted in their proper place, in the said second Article ; any omission, defect or mistake in the said second Article, in any wise notwithstanding.
Page 33 - Greeting: Know ye, that we of our special grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, have given and granted, and by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors...
Page 289 - Irish party of the infatuation of their perseverance in a desperate cause, and dispose them to an immediate submission. The garrison was allowed to march out with all the honors of war, and to be conveyed to Limerick, with liberty to those who desired it .to continue in the town, or to repair to their respective habitations. A free pardon was granted to the governor, magistracy, freemen, and inhabitants, with full possession of their estates and liberties under the acts of settlement and explanation.