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Page 45
There was more than a germ of truth in the remark of a European Review writer: '
a man is banished from Scotland for a great crime, from England for a small one,
and from Ireland, morally speaking, for no crime at all.” Scotchmen were not ...
There was more than a germ of truth in the remark of a European Review writer: '
a man is banished from Scotland for a great crime, from England for a small one,
and from Ireland, morally speaking, for no crime at all.” Scotchmen were not ...
Page 49
It would have been astonishing if, in the earlier part of the nineteenth century,
most peasant and working-class Irishmen outside Ulster had not hated England
and English rule. Irishmen convicted and transported under English laws, or
forced ...
It would have been astonishing if, in the earlier part of the nineteenth century,
most peasant and working-class Irishmen outside Ulster had not hated England
and English rule. Irishmen convicted and transported under English laws, or
forced ...
Page 56
Dixon wrote: The children born in these colonies, and now grown up, speak a
better language, purer, and more harmonious, than is generally the case in most
parts of England. The amalgamation of such various dialects assembled together
, ...
Dixon wrote: The children born in these colonies, and now grown up, speak a
better language, purer, and more harmonious, than is generally the case in most
parts of England. The amalgamation of such various dialects assembled together
, ...
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