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On the other hand, that class of men who then styled themselves Repealers are now aware that the continued imprisonment of their leader the persecution, as they believed it to be, of “the Liberator” would have been the one thing most certain to have sustained his influence, and to have given fresh force to their agitation.
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He was as thoroughly ruined in the eyes of Repealers as if he had denounced the "Saxon" one hour and the next crept into some warm place in the Custom-House on his knees.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 Various
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But some few significant words there were from leaders in both Houses, which convince us, that, upon any important _change_ of movements on the part of the Repealers, the silent menaces of Government will begin to speak in a tone such as no man can misunderstand.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 Various
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The Government having turned a deaf ear to the call for an Autumn Session, the Repealers were anxious there should be a demonstration in Dublin that would, as far as possible, bear the similitude of an Irish Parliament.
The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines John O'Rourke
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Thus it appears that no fact would have resulted against the Repealers, had the Government taken a severe course.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 Various
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Clontarf being prohibited, the Repealers would have announced some other gathering in some other place.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 Various
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The Corn Law Repealers had fought for years to bring this about.
Queen Victoria E. Gordon Browne
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[K] Alluding to a pamphlet-letter I had printed, addressed to Repealers, when the insanity of Repeal (now happily dead) was at fever-heat.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 Various
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We have earls, we have marquesses, coming forward as Corn-League agents; we have magistrates by scores angling for popularity as Repealers.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 Various
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Repealers, which body is doubtless exceedingly small.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 Various
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