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Page 91
... miseries inseparable from distracted and conflicting councils ; and the wisdom and vir- tue of one viceroy , was counteracted by the folly or the vices of his successor . An event of high importance occurred at this period ( 1253 ) ...
... miseries inseparable from distracted and conflicting councils ; and the wisdom and vir- tue of one viceroy , was counteracted by the folly or the vices of his successor . An event of high importance occurred at this period ( 1253 ) ...
Page 93
... miseries of English invasion , we are stopped by the historians of the colonists , to re- flect on the singular want of judgment evinced by the Irish nation , in not embracing the laws and customs of England . Ireland was , at this ...
... miseries of English invasion , we are stopped by the historians of the colonists , to re- flect on the singular want of judgment evinced by the Irish nation , in not embracing the laws and customs of England . Ireland was , at this ...
Page 95
... English throne . The same miseries , and the same petty warfare ; the same recital of usurpations , on the one hand , and resistance on the other ; the same partial and puny effort to preserve the inte- rests ..............................
... English throne . The same miseries , and the same petty warfare ; the same recital of usurpations , on the one hand , and resistance on the other ; the same partial and puny effort to preserve the inte- rests ..............................
Page 97
... miseries experienced by that people , the uninterrupted persecutions with which their families and properties were desolated , the unsuccessful ef- forts which they made to expel the invaders of their country , broke down their spirits ...
... miseries experienced by that people , the uninterrupted persecutions with which their families and properties were desolated , the unsuccessful ef- forts which they made to expel the invaders of their country , broke down their spirits ...
Page 120
... miseries of the people were greatly aggra , vated at this period , ( 1318 , ) by the different modes of jurisdiction that governed the native and the co- lonist . The calamitous effects which flowed to the governors as well as the ...
... miseries of the people were greatly aggra , vated at this period , ( 1318 , ) by the different modes of jurisdiction that governed the native and the co- lonist . The calamitous effects which flowed to the governors as well as the ...
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