The Repealer's Manual; Or, Absenteeism: the Union Re-considered, Volume 1T. O'Flanagan, 1833 - Absentee landlordism |
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... less both subjects , could not succeed . It was believed , if the noble Lord would not award prizes for an essay to prove that the Irish nobility should live , like himself , on their Irish estates , that , at least , he would not pay a ...
... less both subjects , could not succeed . It was believed , if the noble Lord would not award prizes for an essay to prove that the Irish nobility should live , like himself , on their Irish estates , that , at least , he would not pay a ...
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... less world , unnoticed and unknown , unless starva- tion places his name upon the murdered records of his country . What an awful picture does Ireland present ? How lonely , wretched and miserable her people ? How my heart sickens at ...
... less world , unnoticed and unknown , unless starva- tion places his name upon the murdered records of his country . What an awful picture does Ireland present ? How lonely , wretched and miserable her people ? How my heart sickens at ...
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... less when necessitated to be in England , for five or six months in the year , doing their duties as legislators . To these there is lately added another class , called pa- triots , who do not wish to be styled absentees ; yet have not ...
... less when necessitated to be in England , for five or six months in the year , doing their duties as legislators . To these there is lately added another class , called pa- triots , who do not wish to be styled absentees ; yet have not ...
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... less in the former , and 1,000,0007 . more in the latter country than there was before they emigrated ? And if that sum be taken by farming absentees , who had pre- viously expended their money in a similar manner , without any return ...
... less in the former , and 1,000,0007 . more in the latter country than there was before they emigrated ? And if that sum be taken by farming absentees , who had pre- viously expended their money in a similar manner , without any return ...
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... less than it is . But this , the economists never did , never can prove to the satis- faction of common sense . It is true that no nation can prosper , unless its prosperity be beneficial to others ; but it is also true that no nation ...
... less than it is . But this , the economists never did , never can prove to the satis- faction of common sense . It is true that no nation can prosper , unless its prosperity be beneficial to others ; but it is also true that no nation ...
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Page 257 - That the churches of England and Ireland, as now by law established, be united into one protestant episcopal church, to be called, The United Church of England and Ireland ; and that the doctrine, worship, discipline, and government of the said united church shall be, and shall remain in full force for ever, as the same are now by law established for the church of England; and the continuance and preservation of the said united church, as the established church of England and Ireland...
Page 41 - Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them; they looked like anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves...
Page 34 - Heaven forming each on other to depend. A master, or a servant, or a friend, Bids each on other for assistance call, Till one man's weakness grows the strength of alL Wants, frailties, passions, closer still ally The common interest, or endear the tie.
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Page 253 - Assembly; be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid, that it shall and may be lawful for His Majesty, his heirs and successors, by...
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Page 138 - Whensoever, therefore, the legislative shall transgress this fundamental rule of society, and either by ambition, fear, folly, or corruption, endeavor to grasp themselves or put into the hands of any other an absolute power over the lives, liberties, and estates of the people...
Page 312 - Are you competent to transfer your legislative rights to the French council of five hundred ? Are you competent to transfer them to the British parliament? I answer, No. When you transfer you abdicate, and the great original trust reverts to the people from whom it issued. Yourselves you may extinguish, but parliament you cannot extinguish...
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Page 79 - Have left a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom Hath swept the column from their tomb, A mightier monument command, The mountains of their native land! There points thy Muse to stranger's eye The graves of those that cannot die! 'Twere long to tell, and sad to trace, Each step from splendor to disgrace: Enough, — no foreign foe could quell Thy soul, till from itself it fell; Yes! self-abasement paved the way To villain-bonds and despot sway.