A History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century, Volume 1Longmans, Green and Company, 1892 - Ireland |
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... king show traces of a wisdom and a humanity beyond their age ; and the Irish modes of life long continued to exercise an irresistible attraction over many of the colo- nists ; but it was inevitable , in such a situation and at such a ...
... king show traces of a wisdom and a humanity beyond their age ; and the Irish modes of life long continued to exercise an irresistible attraction over many of the colo- nists ; but it was inevitable , in such a situation and at such a ...
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... King's County , with their capitals Maryborough and Philipstown , are among the very few existing memorials of a reign which Englishmen would gladly forget . The confiscation , being carried out with- out any regard for the rights of ...
... King's County , with their capitals Maryborough and Philipstown , are among the very few existing memorials of a reign which Englishmen would gladly forget . The confiscation , being carried out with- out any regard for the rights of ...
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... King's Bench , which had the force of law , pronounced the whole system of tanistry and gavelkind , which had grown out of the Brehon law , and which had hitherto been recognised in a great part of the island , to be illegal ; and thus ...
... King's Bench , which had the force of law , pronounced the whole system of tanistry and gavelkind , which had grown out of the Brehon law , and which had hitherto been recognised in a great part of the island , to be illegal ; and thus ...
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... King James , pronounced the strings of the Irish harp to be all in tune , and he expressed both sur- prise and admiration at the absence of crime among the natives , and at their complete submission to the law . ' I dare affirm , ' he ...
... King James , pronounced the strings of the Irish harp to be all in tune , and he expressed both sur- prise and admiration at the absence of crime among the natives , and at their complete submission to the law . ' I dare affirm , ' he ...
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... king had re- served for them . ' In the small county of Longford , twenty - five members of one sept were all ... King's revenue , these persons received commissions of inquiry into defective titles , and obtained confiscations , and ...
... king had re- served for them . ' In the small county of Longford , twenty - five members of one sept were all ... King's revenue , these persons received commissions of inquiry into defective titles , and obtained confiscations , and ...
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