English Misrule and Irish Misdeeds: Four Letters from Ireland Addressed to an English Member of Parliament |
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Page 23
... govern Ireland as you have found it necessary to govern England , you should govern her by the laws of Robin Hood ? Let me observe , however , that as our opinions against out - door relief for the able - bodied were chiefly drawn from ...
... govern Ireland as you have found it necessary to govern England , you should govern her by the laws of Robin Hood ? Let me observe , however , that as our opinions against out - door relief for the able - bodied were chiefly drawn from ...
Page 151
... government , Sir , though functions not its own are sometimes thrust upon it , ought to govern . Your governments , I admit , have an excuse for their ineptitude in this respect ; for , in the first place , England has less ac- quired ...
... government , Sir , though functions not its own are sometimes thrust upon it , ought to govern . Your governments , I admit , have an excuse for their ineptitude in this respect ; for , in the first place , England has less ac- quired ...
Page 189
... govern it , but that it is a foolish and weak country ? In all countries the few govern , and the fewest direct . If a nation be not directed by what is high and thoughtful , or governed by what is strong and pure , what can be said ...
... govern it , but that it is a foolish and weak country ? In all countries the few govern , and the fewest direct . If a nation be not directed by what is high and thoughtful , or governed by what is strong and pure , what can be said ...
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