A History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century, Volume 1Longmans, Green and Company, 1892 - Ireland |
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... described their studies or recorded their passing thoughts ; day - dreams of young and ardent natures , too often destined to end in exile or the gallows . Another source from which I have derived much information has been the Pelham ...
... described their studies or recorded their passing thoughts ; day - dreams of young and ardent natures , too often destined to end in exile or the gallows . Another source from which I have derived much information has been the Pelham ...
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... described how women were accustomed to lie in wait for a passing rider , and to rush out like famished wolves to kill and 8 ' Holinshed , vi . 459 . 2 Annals of the Four Masters , A.D. 1582 . 3 Pacata Hibernia ( ed . 1820 ) , p . 645 ...
... described how women were accustomed to lie in wait for a passing rider , and to rush out like famished wolves to kill and 8 ' Holinshed , vi . 459 . 2 Annals of the Four Masters , A.D. 1582 . 3 Pacata Hibernia ( ed . 1820 ) , p . 645 ...
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... described . The system of tanistry , it must be remem- bered , did not exist on the estates of Desmond . A low level of comfort and much experience of the vicissitudes of civil war , helped to reconcile the survivors to their new lot ...
... described . The system of tanistry , it must be remem- bered , did not exist on the estates of Desmond . A low level of comfort and much experience of the vicissitudes of civil war , helped to reconcile the survivors to their new lot ...
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... described this period with far greater means of information than any other historian , Parsons ardently desired and purposely stimulated rebellion in order to reap a new crop of confiscations . Week after week , as the attitude of the ...
... described this period with far greater means of information than any other historian , Parsons ardently desired and purposely stimulated rebellion in order to reap a new crop of confiscations . Week after week , as the attitude of the ...
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... described in the Report in moving but not exaggerated terms . The city of Dublin is the common receptacle of these miserable sufferers . Here are many thousands of poor people , sometimes of good respects and estates , now in want and ...
... described in the Report in moving but not exaggerated terms . The city of Dublin is the common receptacle of these miserable sufferers . Here are many thousands of poor people , sometimes of good respects and estates , now in want and ...
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