English Misrule and Irish Misdeeds: Four Letters from Ireland Addressed to an English Member of Parliament |
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... better England not only exists , but has existed for the last thousand years , and has wrought after its kind . It has also , I believe , slept at times , and not known what was done in its name by that more sordid England with which it ...
... better England not only exists , but has existed for the last thousand years , and has wrought after its kind . It has also , I believe , slept at times , and not known what was done in its name by that more sordid England with which it ...
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... better for you to have ruled an empire upon which the sun never rose ; an empire of poten- tialities like the " industrial resources of Ireland ; better never to have ruled at all - better , I had almost said , to have been ruled as ...
... better for you to have ruled an empire upon which the sun never rose ; an empire of poten- tialities like the " industrial resources of Ireland ; better never to have ruled at all - better , I had almost said , to have been ruled as ...
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... better , Sir , that two kingdoms which must be one or nothing shouid live together in peace , or be perpetually engaged in rancorous , objectless , and fratricidal war ? Is it better that two kingdoms which form one empire should club ...
... better , Sir , that two kingdoms which must be one or nothing shouid live together in peace , or be perpetually engaged in rancorous , objectless , and fratricidal war ? Is it better that two kingdoms which form one empire should club ...
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