The Land-war in Ireland: A History for the TimesMacmillan & Company, 1870 - 436 pages |
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... . Rent or tribute they paid , indeed , to their princes , and if they failed the chiefs came with armed followers and helped themselves , driving away LANDLORD POWER . 7 cows , sheep , and horses 6 THE LAND - WAR IN IRELAND .
... . Rent or tribute they paid , indeed , to their princes , and if they failed the chiefs came with armed followers and helped themselves , driving away LANDLORD POWER . 7 cows , sheep , and horses 6 THE LAND - WAR IN IRELAND .
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... acres for 3007. , and a third the same number of acres in worse condition for 2007. The landlord lost nothing by these changes . His rent was paid up , and in each case he got a good tenant for a bad one . Lord Erne is a just man.
... acres for 3007. , and a third the same number of acres in worse condition for 2007. The landlord lost nothing by these changes . His rent was paid up , and in each case he got a good tenant for a bad one . Lord Erne is a just man.
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... paid obedience to its tribunal , which administered justice once a year — an insti- tution which probably was not introduced till long after the age of migrations , when the expulsion of the vanquished had ceased to be regarded as the ...
... paid obedience to its tribunal , which administered justice once a year — an insti- tution which probably was not introduced till long after the age of migrations , when the expulsion of the vanquished had ceased to be regarded as the ...
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... paid not in coins but in cows . Even the mechanical arts which had flourished in the country before the arrival of the Celts had gradually perished , and had disappeared at the time of the English invasion . Any handy men could build a ...
... paid not in coins but in cows . Even the mechanical arts which had flourished in the country before the arrival of the Celts had gradually perished , and had disappeared at the time of the English invasion . Any handy men could build a ...
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... paid back O'Neill with interest for his stolen wife , his pillaged country , and his own long imprisonment and exile . The tide of fortune had turned too late for his own revenge : worn out with his long sufferings , he fell from his ...
... paid back O'Neill with interest for his stolen wife , his pillaged country , and his own long imprisonment and exile . The tide of fortune had turned too late for his own revenge : worn out with his long sufferings , he fell from his ...
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