Tendency of the imagination to _embody_ character—Its frequent
errors—Exemplified in the personal traits of several of the rebel
chiefs of Ireland—The Bretons of La Vendée—Intrepidity of their
leaders—The battle of Ross—Gallantry of a boy twelve years
old—Beauchamp Bagenal Harvey—Description of his person and
character—His habit of joking—Dangerous puns—His bewilderment as
rebel generalissimo—His capture, and behaviour at
execution—Portrait, physical and mental, of Captain
Keogh—Remarkable suicide of his brother, and his own
execution—Mr. Grogan, of Johnstown Castle, described—His case,
sentence, and execution—Unmerited fate of Sir Edward Crosby,
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