The Land-war in Ireland: A History for the TimesMacmillan & Company, 1870 - 436 pages |
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... able to understand the Irish land question , and to comprehend the nature of Irish difficulties , ' as well as the justice of feeble , insincere , and baffled statesmen in casting the blame of Irish misery and disorder on the unruly and ...
... able to understand the Irish land question , and to comprehend the nature of Irish difficulties , ' as well as the justice of feeble , insincere , and baffled statesmen in casting the blame of Irish misery and disorder on the unruly and ...
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... able cultivation of their native land ? Is it not possible to establish by law what many landlords act upon as the rule of their estates - namely , the principle that no man is to be evicted so long as he pays a fair rent , and the ...
... able cultivation of their native land ? Is it not possible to establish by law what many landlords act upon as the rule of their estates - namely , the principle that no man is to be evicted so long as he pays a fair rent , and the ...
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... able English writer has said : The policy of all the successive swarms of settlers was to extirpate the native Celtic race , but every effort made to break up the old framework of society failed , for the new - comers soon became ...
... able English writer has said : The policy of all the successive swarms of settlers was to extirpate the native Celtic race , but every effort made to break up the old framework of society failed , for the new - comers soon became ...
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... able , honest , and frank writer ; yet there is something amusingly Celtic in the flourish with which he excuses the style of palaces in which the Irish princes delighted to dwell . ' Unlike England , ' he says , then covered with ...
... able , honest , and frank writer ; yet there is something amusingly Celtic in the flourish with which he excuses the style of palaces in which the Irish princes delighted to dwell . ' Unlike England , ' he says , then covered with ...
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... able profession than those of soldiers , ollavs , or physicians ; and hence the cultivation of the soil and the exercise of the mechanic arts were left almost exclusively to the Firbolgs and the Tuatha - de - Danans - the former people ...
... able profession than those of soldiers , ollavs , or physicians ; and hence the cultivation of the soil and the exercise of the mechanic arts were left almost exclusively to the Firbolgs and the Tuatha - de - Danans - the former people ...
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