Memoirs of Captain Rock: The Celebrated Irish Chieftain, with Some Account of His Ancestors |
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Page 194
... poor man's cow to the pound , to enforce the payment of this charge , which is assessed by the acre . The poor peasantry are , as usual , the principal victims ; as the cess is levied from the occupants exclusively . " Practical Views ...
... poor man's cow to the pound , to enforce the payment of this charge , which is assessed by the acre . The poor peasantry are , as usual , the principal victims ; as the cess is levied from the occupants exclusively . " Practical Views ...
Page 237
... poor men , brought thither every term from the most remote parts of the nation , and some of them not for above twelve - pence ; such merciless cruelty lodges in the hearts of many , if not of most , of our pretended Gospel - ministers ...
... poor men , brought thither every term from the most remote parts of the nation , and some of them not for above twelve - pence ; such merciless cruelty lodges in the hearts of many , if not of most , of our pretended Gospel - ministers ...
Page 241
... poor Catholic farmer in the neighbourhood , culti- vating twenty acres of tillage , is made to pay for his corn and flax eight pounds - being twice as much towards the support of the Protestant Church as these three Protestant gentleman ...
... poor Catholic farmer in the neighbourhood , culti- vating twenty acres of tillage , is made to pay for his corn and flax eight pounds - being twice as much towards the support of the Protestant Church as these three Protestant gentleman ...
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acres Agistment alarm ancestors ancient appears Archbishop Bishop Captain Rock CHAPTER Church Church of Ireland Clergy crown Diocese discord Dublin Duke Ecclesiastical Education enemy England English Establishment estates faith father favour feeling former gentleman Government grant Grattan grievance hands hath Henry Henry VIII honour House of Commons hundred Insurrection Insurrection Act Ireland Irish Irishman King land late least Leland letters liberality liberty living London Hibernian Society Lord Fitzwilliam Lord Lieutenant Lord Strafford Lords Justices matter measure ment millions mode Munster never oppression Orange Orangemen Papists parish Parliament Penal period persecution persons poor Popery Popish possession pounds present priests Protestant Rapparees rebellion rebels Reformation reign religion Reverend Rock Family Rockism Roger Moore Roman Catholic rulers sacred says Schools spirit subjects suffered tenth testant tholic tion Tithes Union whole wretched