Arguing for the habeas corpus suspension bill in Ireland.
• [https://archive.org/details/personalsketche06barrgoog Barrington, Jonah Personal sketches and recollections of his own times chapter: Chapter XVII]
• Falkiner, C. Litton (1902), Studies in Irish History and Biography, mainly of the Eighteenth Century chapter: Sir Boyle Roche, pages: p.237, place: New York, publisher: Longmans, Green, and Co.
• [https://archive.org/details/personalsketche06barrgoog Barrington, Jonah Personal sketches and recollections of his own times chapter: Chapter XVII]
• Falkiner, C. Litton (1902), Studies in Irish History and Biography, mainly of the Eighteenth Century chapter: Sir Boyle Roche, pages: p.237, place: New York, publisher: Longmans, Green, and Co.
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It would surely be better … to give up not only a part, but, if necessary, even the whole, of our constitution, to preserve the remainder!
— Boyle Roche
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "It would surely be better … to give up not only a part, but, if necessary, even the whole, of our constitution, to preserve the remainder!" in the context of "Arguing for the habeas corpus suspension bill in Ireland.
• [https://archive.org/details/personalsketche06barrgoog Barrington, Jonah Personal sketches and recollections of his own times chapter: Chapter XVII]
• Falkiner, C. Litton (1902), Studies in Irish History and Biography, mainly of the Eighteenth Century chapter: Sir Boyle Roche, pages: p.237, place: New York, publisher: Longmans, Green, and Co." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Boyle Roche
Sir Boyle Roche, 1st Baronet (October 1736 – 5 June 1807) was an Irish politician, famed for his highly ornamented and often inaccurate speech, which often included amusing mixed metaphors and malapropisms.
About Boyle Roche
Sir Boyle Roche, 1st Baronet (October 1736 – 5 June 1807) was an Irish politician, famed for his highly ornamented and often inaccurate speech, which often included amusing mixed metaphors and malapropisms.
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