English Misrule and Irish Misdeeds: Four Letters from Ireland Addressed to an English Member of Parliament |
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Page 61
... present ? One enormous blot . Great men had been amongst you and enriched you with gifts . They were honoured in their generation ; some of them adorn your annals ; others , content to leave their works behind , have bequeathed you no ...
... present ? One enormous blot . Great men had been amongst you and enriched you with gifts . They were honoured in their generation ; some of them adorn your annals ; others , content to leave their works behind , have bequeathed you no ...
Page 141
... present , between offence and retribution ? Would you sit at the feast of unreason , and shirk the bill ? Would you break lamps , and refuse to pay half - a - crown as a fine ? What , Sir , must you alone drink port , and your neighbour ...
... present , between offence and retribution ? Would you sit at the feast of unreason , and shirk the bill ? Would you break lamps , and refuse to pay half - a - crown as a fine ? What , Sir , must you alone drink port , and your neighbour ...
Page 185
... present Policy towards Ireland . Both Countries now on their trial . - Safety only in a true Union . Two Destinies lie before England , each connected with her present Course . The Bankruptcy of a great National Company . - The possible ...
... present Policy towards Ireland . Both Countries now on their trial . - Safety only in a true Union . Two Destinies lie before England , each connected with her present Course . The Bankruptcy of a great National Company . - The possible ...
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