Masterpieces of Eloquence (Volume 25); Famous Orations of Great World Leaders from Early Greece to the Present Time
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: DAVITT MICHAEL DAVITT, a noted Irish political leader, was born of peasant parentage at Straide, County Mayo, Ireland, March 25, 1846. Hi parents, being evicted in 1851, removed to Lancashire, where the son worked in a cotton factory until he was eleven, and then, after a few years' schooling, became, a printer. Joining the Irish movement in 1865, he was tried in London in 1870 for treason-felony and sentenced to fifteen years' penal servitude, but after seven and a half years' confinement in Dartmoor prison he was released on a ticket of leave. With Parnell and others he founded the Irish Land League in 1879 and wai arrested the same year for seditious speaking, but was soon released. In 1881 he was again arrested on a similar charge and was sent to Portland prison for fifteen months, and in 1883 was once more arrested and Imprisoned for three months. While detained in the Portland prison he was elected to Parliament, but was disqualified by vote of the House of Commons, and when once again elected in 1892 was unseated. The same year, however, he entered unopposed for Cork, but resigned in 1893. In 1895 he was returned to the House of Commons from East Kerry and South Mayo, retaining his seat until 1899. He published Leaves from a Prison Diary (1884); Defence of the Land League (1891); Life and Progress in Australia (1898). IN DEFENCE OF THE LAND LEAGUE FROM SPEECH DELIVERED BEFORE THE SPECIAL COMMISSION, OCTOBER, 1889 I AM only too sensible of the fact that I have trespassed upon the patience and forbearance of the court to an extent which, possibly, would not be permitted to a lawyer. I am thankful, therefore, for such latitude, as well as for the unfailing fairness and courtesy of your lordships toward me, personally, from the very commencement of th...


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  • ISBN-13: 9780217511421
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 196
  • Spine Width: 11 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0217511422
  • Publisher Date: 04 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 358 gr


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