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... Ireland . France brings the Alsatians into a social system so full of the goodness and agreeableness of life ; we offer to the Irish no such attraction . It is the secret , finally , of the prevalence which we have remarked in other ...
... Ireland . France brings the Alsatians into a social system so full of the goodness and agreeableness of life ; we offer to the Irish no such attraction . It is the secret , finally , of the prevalence which we have remarked in other ...
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... Ireland must be an occasion , one would think , from time to time of mortifying thoughts . We may be conscious of nothing but the best intentions towards Ireland , the justest dealings with her . But how little she seems to appreciate ...
... Ireland must be an occasion , one would think , from time to time of mortifying thoughts . We may be conscious of nothing but the best intentions towards Ireland , the justest dealings with her . But how little she seems to appreciate ...
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... Ireland ; we may say , with Mr. Lowe , that by their Irish policy in 1868 the Liberal Ministry , of whom he was one , " resolved to knit the hearts of the em- pire into one harmonious concord , and knitted they were accordingly . " Only ...
... Ireland ; we may say , with Mr. Lowe , that by their Irish policy in 1868 the Liberal Ministry , of whom he was one , " resolved to knit the hearts of the em- pire into one harmonious concord , and knitted they were accordingly . " Only ...
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... Ireland . And we wonder at Ireland's antipathy to us ! Nay , we expect Ire- land to lend herself to the make - believe of our own journalists and statesmen , and to call our policy ' genial . " 66 The Irish Catholics , who are the ...
... Ireland . And we wonder at Ireland's antipathy to us ! Nay , we expect Ire- land to lend herself to the make - believe of our own journalists and statesmen , and to call our policy ' genial . " 66 The Irish Catholics , who are the ...
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... Ireland have in Trinity College , Dublin , a university where the teachers in all those matters which afford ... Ireland . But they do not want colleges invented expressly for Ireland ; they want colleges such as those which the English ...
... Ireland have in Trinity College , Dublin , a university where the teachers in all those matters which afford ... Ireland . But they do not want colleges invented expressly for Ireland ; they want colleges such as those which the English ...
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Page 423 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 48 - Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Page 158 - A lily of a day, Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant and flower of light.
Page 421 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
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Page 203 - Homer, to have written indecent things of the gods ; only this my mind gave me, that every free and gentle spirit, without that oath, ought to be born a knight, nor needed to expect the gilt spur, or the laying of a sword upon his shoulder to stir him up both by his counsel and his arm, to secure and protect the weakness of any attempted chastity.
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