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... wrote under the influence of panic or strong party passion . It is only by collecting and comparing many letters , written by men of different opinions and scattered over wide areas , that it is possible to form a true estimate of the ...
... wrote under the influence of panic or strong party passion . It is only by collecting and comparing many letters , written by men of different opinions and scattered over wide areas , that it is possible to form a true estimate of the ...
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... wrote at Rome from the reports of the Irish priests , who very pos- sibly exaggerated ; but the sub- stantial truth of the description is unfortunately only too fully corroborated . in a few months were starved . On one occasion 8 CH ...
... wrote at Rome from the reports of the Irish priests , who very pos- sibly exaggerated ; but the sub- stantial truth of the description is unfortunately only too fully corroborated . in a few months were starved . On one occasion 8 CH ...
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... wrote , ' that for the space of five years past there have not been found so many malefactors worthy of death in all the six circuits of this realm ( which is now divided into thirty - two shires at large ) as in one circuit of six ...
... wrote , ' that for the space of five years past there have not been found so many malefactors worthy of death in all the six circuits of this realm ( which is now divided into thirty - two shires at large ) as in one circuit of six ...
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... wrote Wentworth , that the King is as absolute here as any prince in the whole world can be . ' It was necessary , however , to the 6 1 Strafford's Letters , i . 344 . scheme to increase to the utmost the King's revenue and CH . 1 . 31 ...
... wrote Wentworth , that the King is as absolute here as any prince in the whole world can be . ' It was necessary , however , to the 6 1 Strafford's Letters , i . 344 . scheme to increase to the utmost the King's revenue and CH . 1 . 31 ...
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... wrote to the King from Belfast on October 24 , describing the proceedings of the rebels and the measures he was taking for the de- fence of Carrickfergus . The Irish , ' he wrote , ' in the northern parts of your Majesty's kingdom of ...
... wrote to the King from Belfast on October 24 , describing the proceedings of the rebels and the measures he was taking for the de- fence of Carrickfergus . The Irish , ' he wrote , ' in the northern parts of your Majesty's kingdom of ...
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