The Land-war in Ireland: A History for the TimesMacmillan & Company, 1870 - 436 pages |
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Page vii
... take their stand on the tenant - right platform . And after a generation of sectarian division and religious dissension in Ulster , stimulated by the landed gentry , for political purposes , the Catholic priests and the Presbyterian.
... take their stand on the tenant - right platform . And after a generation of sectarian division and religious dissension in Ulster , stimulated by the landed gentry , for political purposes , the Catholic priests and the Presbyterian.
Page viii
A History for the Times James Godkin. for political purposes , the Catholic priests and the Presbyterian clergy have again united to advocate the demands of the people for the legal protection of their industry and their property . There ...
A History for the Times James Godkin. for political purposes , the Catholic priests and the Presbyterian clergy have again united to advocate the demands of the people for the legal protection of their industry and their property . There ...
Page 17
... Catholic of the Catholics . ' The inhabitants were of mixed blood , but , as in the other provinces of the island , the great mass of the people , as well as the ruling classes , were of Celtic origin . Those whom ethnologists still ...
... Catholic of the Catholics . ' The inhabitants were of mixed blood , but , as in the other provinces of the island , the great mass of the people , as well as the ruling classes , were of Celtic origin . Those whom ethnologists still ...
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... Catholic population out of their homes and drove them into Connaught , they were but following the example set them by the Milesian lords of the soil centuries before . The late Mr. Darcy Magee , a real lover of his country , in his ...
... Catholic population out of their homes and drove them into Connaught , they were but following the example set them by the Milesian lords of the soil centuries before . The late Mr. Darcy Magee , a real lover of his country , in his ...
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... Catholic historian , learned , accu- rate , and candid , laments the oppression of the people by their native rulers . Those who boasted descent from the Scytho - Spanish hero would have considered themselves de- graded were they to ...
... Catholic historian , learned , accu- rate , and candid , laments the oppression of the people by their native rulers . Those who boasted descent from the Scytho - Spanish hero would have considered themselves de- graded were they to ...
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Page 30 - THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF THE BEST SONGS AND LYRICAL POEMS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Selected and arranged, with Notes, by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE.
Page 32 - Poetry." — SPECTATOR. A BOOK OF GOLDEN DEEDS of all Times and all Countries. Gathered and narrated anew. By the Author of " THE HEIR OF REDCLYFFE." "... To the young, for whom it is especially intended, as a most interesting collection of thrilling tales well told ; and to their elders, as a useful handbook of reference, and a pleasant one to take up when their wish is to while away a weary half-hour. We have seen no prettier gift-book for a long time.
Page 256 - And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
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Page 18 - The main object of this Essay is to point out how the emotional element which underlies the Fine Arts is disregarded and undeveloped at this time so far as (despite a pretence at filling it up} to constitute an Educational Hiatus. HYMNI ECCLESI/E. See "THEOLOGICAL SECTION.
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Page 16 - Mr. De Vere has taken his place among the poets of the day. Pure and tender feeling, and that polished restraint of style which is called classical, are the charms of the volume." — SPECTATOR. Doyle (Sir FH) — LECTURES ON POETRY, delivered before the University of Oxford in 1868. By Sir FRANCIS HASTINGS DOYLE, Professor of Poetry in the University of Oxford. Crown 8vo.
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Page 16 - The aim of this translation of Dante may be summed up in one word — Literality. . . . To follow Dante sentence for sentence, line for line, word for word — neither more nor less — has been my strenuous endeavour.