A History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century, Volume 1Longmans, Green and Company, 1892 - Ireland |
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... estate was marked out for confiscation . The real motive that stirred the Irish population through the land was the conviction that they there , before the Revolution , as well as during the whole reign of Queen Elizabeth .... The ...
... estate was marked out for confiscation . The real motive that stirred the Irish population through the land was the conviction that they there , before the Revolution , as well as during the whole reign of Queen Elizabeth .... The ...
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... estates by patents of the Crown , paying to the Crown certain stipulated rents , and discharging certain stipulated military duties . In addition to the freedom . from capricious and irregular taxation which they thus purchased they ...
... estates by patents of the Crown , paying to the Crown certain stipulated rents , and discharging certain stipulated military duties . In addition to the freedom . from capricious and irregular taxation which they thus purchased they ...
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... estate in Munster , published in 1589 a'Brief Description of Ireland , ' in which he drew a very favour- able picture of their habits . The better sorte , ' he says , ' are very civill and honestly given ; the most of them greatly ...
... estate in Munster , published in 1589 a'Brief Description of Ireland , ' in which he drew a very favour- able picture of their habits . The better sorte , ' he says , ' are very civill and honestly given ; the most of them greatly ...
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... 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 , and a confiscation which in its plan was atro- ciously cruel , was somewhat ...
... 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 , and a confiscation which in its plan was atro- ciously cruel , was somewhat ...
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... estates , without the least compensation , or any means of subsistence assigned to them.2 All over Ireland the trade of the Discoverer now rose into prominence . Under pretence of improving the King's revenue , these persons received ...
... estates , without the least compensation , or any means of subsistence assigned to them.2 All over Ireland the trade of the Discoverer now rose into prominence . Under pretence of improving the King's revenue , these persons received ...
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