CRITICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS

ESSAYS.

BY

AN OCTOGENARIAN.

"Nihil habeo quod accusem senectutem.”—CICEro de Senectute, Cap. v.

VOL. II.

CORK:

PRINTED BY G. NASH, 16, PRINCE'S STREET.

1851.

NOT PUBLISHED.

GENERAL CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.

THE MILITARY HISTORY OF IRELAND, by M. O'CONOR, Esq.

War under Elizabeth,

Battle of the Boyne, &c.

Formation of the Irish Brigade in France,

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Richard the Second's Visits to Ireland in 1394 and 1399. State of
the country at that period,

French political mission from Henry II. to Ireland, in 1549-50,
Irish distinguished officers abroad,

State of Ireland, according to Tacitus, in the first century,
James II. and William III.-their characters compared,
DANIEL O'CONNELL, PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF; BY MR. O'NEILL
DAUNT,

Account of various persons mentioned in these recollections,

Junius-"Stat nominis umbra❞—its origin,

The Brothers Sheares, and Lord Clare,

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Character of O'Connell, ..

PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF LORD CLONCURRY,

Account of the numerous persons there introduced, with correc-

tions,

Richard Kirwan, the Mineralogist,

IRISH OAK-USED ABROAD-French National Library,

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PLAGIARISTS,

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LORD BROUGHAM-his genius, accomplishments, and errors,