单词 | castle influence |
释义 | > as lemmasCastle influence d. the Castle, in reference to Ireland, means specifically Dublin Castle, as the seat of the vice-regal court and administration; hence, in politics, the authority centred at Dublin Castle, the officials who administer the government of Ireland. Also attributive as in Castle influence, Castle government, etc. So also Castleism, the officialism of Dublin Castle. ΚΠ 1735 Mrs. Sican in Swift's Lett. (1768) IV. 129 Our Irish ladies made a fine appearance the birth-day at the castle. c1795 E. Burke Corr. (1844) IV. 321 The constant meddling of the bishops and the clergy with the Castle, and of the Castle with them, will infallibly set them ill with their own body. 1800 H. Grattan Speech 5 Feb. in Irish House Commons Whether you will go, with the Castle at your head, to the tomb of Charlemont..and erase his epitaph. 1813 D. O'Connell Speech 24 Dec. in Sel. Speeches (1865) I. 372 A newspaper in the pay of the Castle. 1843 R. R. Madden United Irishmen II. xvii. 367 Hired spies, informers, and witnesses kept in the pay of the Castle. 1880 A. M. Sullivan New Ireland (ed. 8) xxii. 267 The Castle raised a petty squabble with the prison board as to the expense. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Sept. 4/1 So long as the whole machinery of Castle government is..anti-popular..such elements of popular government as exist will be anti-Castle. 1887 R. Wallace Speech House of Commons 7 June The unauthorised tyranny which was the animating spirit of Dublin Castleism. < as lemmas |
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