English Misrule and Irish Misdeeds: Four Letters from Ireland Addressed to an English Member of Parliament |
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... duty . In justice also to the relief system , we are bound to remember that at the time when it was passed through Parliament the extent of the subsequent distress could not be fully known ; and that , if that distress had been less ...
... duty . In justice also to the relief system , we are bound to remember that at the time when it was passed through Parliament the extent of the subsequent distress could not be fully known ; and that , if that distress had been less ...
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... duty of the empire to extend to a particular part of the empire suffering under a sudden visita- tion . They believe , also , that a great act of duty , well done , deserves gratitude ; and that by no state has such an act ever been ...
... duty of the empire to extend to a particular part of the empire suffering under a sudden visita- tion . They believe , also , that a great act of duty , well done , deserves gratitude ; and that by no state has such an act ever been ...
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... duty , and it would have been your interest , to help her to walk whom you had so often dashed to the ground . It was your duty long since to have established among a people whom you reproached with ignor- ance and prejudice , and among ...
... duty , and it would have been your interest , to help her to walk whom you had so often dashed to the ground . It was your duty long since to have established among a people whom you reproached with ignor- ance and prejudice , and among ...
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