The Land-war in Ireland: A History for the TimesMacmillan & Company, 1870 - 436 pages |
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... never be known till she was sub- jected to a post mortem examination , for which it was hoped emigration , and the help of improving landlords , would soon afford an opportunity . In the meantime , the strait waistcoat must be put on ...
... never be known till she was sub- jected to a post mortem examination , for which it was hoped emigration , and the help of improving landlords , would soon afford an opportunity . In the meantime , the strait waistcoat must be put on ...
Page viii
... would have been one people . Even the religious wars resolve themselves into efforts to retain the land , or to recover the forfeited estates . And the banished chiefs never could have rallied the nation to arms , as they viii PREFACE .
... would have been one people . Even the religious wars resolve themselves into efforts to retain the land , or to recover the forfeited estates . And the banished chiefs never could have rallied the nation to arms , as they viii PREFACE .
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... never faileth . But this is not the only country that has had a land question to settle . Almost every nation in Europe has done for itself what England is now called upon to do for Ireland . In fact , it is a necessary process in the ...
... never faileth . But this is not the only country that has had a land question to settle . Almost every nation in Europe has done for itself what England is now called upon to do for Ireland . In fact , it is a necessary process in the ...
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... never heard of among the Irish under their own rulers . The chief had his own mensal lands , as well as his ribute , and these he might forfeit . But as the clansmen could not control his acts , they could never see the justice of being ...
... never heard of among the Irish under their own rulers . The chief had his own mensal lands , as well as his ribute , and these he might forfeit . But as the clansmen could not control his acts , they could never see the justice of being ...
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... never extended ; and we find the Ulster chiefs who fought for their territories with English viceroys 280 years ago very little different from the men who followed Brennus to the sack of Rome , and encountered the legions of Julius ...
... never extended ; and we find the Ulster chiefs who fought for their territories with English viceroys 280 years ago very little different from the men who followed Brennus to the sack of Rome , and encountered the legions of Julius ...
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