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... ( Essay xi . vol . ii . p . 463 ) , — " We are informed by Cæsar that the Gauls had no fixed property in land , but that the chieftains , when any death happened in a family , made a new division of all the land among the several members ...
... ( Essay xi . vol . ii . p . 463 ) , — " We are informed by Cæsar that the Gauls had no fixed property in land , but that the chieftains , when any death happened in a family , made a new division of all the land among the several members ...
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... Essays describes the division of the Irish people into classes . I have endeavoured to condense his statement thus : -In Ireland , as in every other part of Europe , we can trace the existence of the two great classes , the free and the ...
... Essays describes the division of the Irish people into classes . I have endeavoured to condense his statement thus : -In Ireland , as in every other part of Europe , we can trace the existence of the two great classes , the free and the ...
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... Essay on ancient institutions ; " it is said to have been compiled by nine eminent men , a treble trinity , Kings , Brehons , and Prelates : King Laighaire , King Daire , King Core ; Rossa , Duththack , Fergus ; St. Benignus , St ...
... Essay on ancient institutions ; " it is said to have been compiled by nine eminent men , a treble trinity , Kings , Brehons , and Prelates : King Laighaire , King Daire , King Core ; Rossa , Duththack , Fergus ; St. Benignus , St ...
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