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... private collections of papers which have been opened to me . Of these two of the most important have been given to public institutions since I had the privilege of examining them . The Charlemont Papers have been placed in viii PREFACE .
... private collections of papers which have been opened to me . Of these two of the most important have been given to public institutions since I had the privilege of examining them . The Charlemont Papers have been placed in viii PREFACE .
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... given to the British Museum . To Lady Louisa Fortescue I am indebted for permission to read the correspondence of Lord Grenville at Dropmore , and to Lord George Hamilton for some curious papers describing the different interests and ...
... given to the British Museum . To Lady Louisa Fortescue I am indebted for permission to read the correspondence of Lord Grenville at Dropmore , and to Lord George Hamilton for some curious papers describing the different interests and ...
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... given it , when it is under- stood that it means merely that the bulk of the Irish remained under their own Brehon jurisdiction , according to which the punishment for murder was not death , B 2 CH . I. 3 THE NORMAN CONQUEST .
... given it , when it is under- stood that it means merely that the bulk of the Irish remained under their own Brehon jurisdiction , according to which the punishment for murder was not death , B 2 CH . I. 3 THE NORMAN CONQUEST .
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... given to prisoners who surrendered , and the whole population was skilfully and steadily starved to death . The pictures of the condition of Ireland at this time are as terrible as anything in human history . Thus Spenser , describing ...
... given to prisoners who surrendered , and the whole population was skilfully and steadily starved to death . The pictures of the condition of Ireland at this time are as terrible as anything in human history . Thus Spenser , describing ...
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... given to the inter- course of the races . But , although the circumstances of these wars were recorded by a remarkable concurrence of contemporary annalists , it is probable that their memory would have soon perished had they not coin ...
... given to the inter- course of the races . But , although the circumstances of these wars were recorded by a remarkable concurrence of contemporary annalists , it is probable that their memory would have soon perished had they not coin ...
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