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... hope . Such a dash could not but change the current of my fortunes , for it seemed to me my last chance to live had come , and if there were a chance I should seize it , —if it were an ignis fatuus which lured me on , we would both ...
... hope . Such a dash could not but change the current of my fortunes , for it seemed to me my last chance to live had come , and if there were a chance I should seize it , —if it were an ignis fatuus which lured me on , we would both ...
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... hope of the Promised Land ; and the people returned to the rule of Pharaoh and his priests amidst the bonfires of the Restoration . English society had made a supreme effort to escape from feudalism and the hierarchy into social justice ...
... hope of the Promised Land ; and the people returned to the rule of Pharaoh and his priests amidst the bonfires of the Restoration . English society had made a supreme effort to escape from feudalism and the hierarchy into social justice ...
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... hope , sir , that if aught in my character impresses you with esteem to- wards me — if aught in my misfortunes marks me as the victim of policy , and not of resentment , I shall experience the opera- tion of these feelings in your ...
... hope , sir , that if aught in my character impresses you with esteem to- wards me — if aught in my misfortunes marks me as the victim of policy , and not of resentment , I shall experience the opera- tion of these feelings in your ...
Contents
IRELANDHER WOES AND STRUGGLES UNDER BRITISH OPPRESSION 93174 | 174 |
BOOK VI | 239 |
HOSTILITY OF THE BRITISH PRESS AND THE RULING CLASSES TO | 289 |
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