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... England for some time had been fighting out part of their first campaign in Ireland — then , as later , England's weak- ness , eager to welcome foreign aid . Some , especially Irish Catholic writers like Sir John Pope - Hennessy ...
... England for some time had been fighting out part of their first campaign in Ireland — then , as later , England's weak- ness , eager to welcome foreign aid . Some , especially Irish Catholic writers like Sir John Pope - Hennessy ...
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... England is irreconcilable . " Those critics who have denied his sole authorship of The History of the World , because they consider its immense background of knowledge something inconceivable in a man irregularly educated ( mainly by ...
... England is irreconcilable . " Those critics who have denied his sole authorship of The History of the World , because they consider its immense background of knowledge something inconceivable in a man irregularly educated ( mainly by ...
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... England ; and the conspira- tors at once discovered themselves , resisting and shouting that they would rather die than return to England . They were the greater number , and some of the best men I had , some of them being gentlemen ...
... England ; and the conspira- tors at once discovered themselves , resisting and shouting that they would rather die than return to England . They were the greater number , and some of the best men I had , some of them being gentlemen ...
Contents
THE ENGLand of RaleGHS CHILDHOOD | 1 |
STUDENT AND SOLDIER | 7 |
IRELAND | 14 |
Copyright | |
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