English Misrule and Irish Misdeeds: Four Letters from Ireland Addressed to an English Member of Parliament |
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... persons by making and mending of roads , and the removal , at a time when the passions of men were most likely to be inflamed , of those restrictions on the possession of arms , previously found necessary in Ireland . The effect of the ...
... persons by making and mending of roads , and the removal , at a time when the passions of men were most likely to be inflamed , of those restrictions on the possession of arms , previously found necessary in Ireland . The effect of the ...
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... persons in Eng- land . The theory was compendious , distinct , and coherent , as might be expected from practical men ; and on more than one occasion , during the debates on the Irish Poor Law , it was expressed with a frankness , not ...
... persons in Eng- land . The theory was compendious , distinct , and coherent , as might be expected from practical men ; and on more than one occasion , during the debates on the Irish Poor Law , it was expressed with a frankness , not ...
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... persons concerned in that measure made terms for themselves , not for their country ; and the sufferings of the people having therefore continued , discontent continues ; and the Union is by many persons remembered as a fraud and ...
... persons concerned in that measure made terms for themselves , not for their country ; and the sufferings of the people having therefore continued , discontent continues ; and the Union is by many persons remembered as a fraud and ...
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