The Great O'Neill, a Biography of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, 1550-1616 |
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Page 105
... effect on the wars beyond in- tensifying their savagery , and in fact their angry backwash went on for years , during which the Irish roved the forests and lived like the wolves with which the English constantly compared them . There ...
... effect on the wars beyond in- tensifying their savagery , and in fact their angry backwash went on for years , during which the Irish roved the forests and lived like the wolves with which the English constantly compared them . There ...
Page 150
... effect of the tide ? Was there any man among them big enough to roll it back ? If any of them thought of appealing to Tyrone in that crisis he would have found O'Neill otherwise engaged . He was playing the passionate fool with a woman ...
... effect of the tide ? Was there any man among them big enough to roll it back ? If any of them thought of appealing to Tyrone in that crisis he would have found O'Neill otherwise engaged . He was playing the passionate fool with a woman ...
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... effect of a victory by any clansman was nullified by the demoralizing effect of his subsequent surrender . It was not necessary for Tyrone to follow up his victory in person . Bagenal found life impossible outside The Newry because his ...
... effect of a victory by any clansman was nullified by the demoralizing effect of his subsequent surrender . It was not necessary for Tyrone to follow up his victory in person . Bagenal found life impossible outside The Newry because his ...
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