The Real State of Ireland in 1827 |
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... Irish peasantry are so keenly alive to the value of the small portion of money they get into their possession , that I can assure you , were the priest to continue his demands upon it while they were aware he re- fused to take the ...
... Irish peasantry are so keenly alive to the value of the small portion of money they get into their possession , that I can assure you , were the priest to continue his demands upon it while they were aware he re- fused to take the ...
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... Irish measurement , fail to procure moderately good food and raiment wherewith they can be con- tent . It is true that very little money circu- lates amongst them ; I myself have known re- peated instances of twelve such farmers being ...
... Irish measurement , fail to procure moderately good food and raiment wherewith they can be con- tent . It is true that very little money circu- lates amongst them ; I myself have known re- peated instances of twelve such farmers being ...
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... Irish pea- santry in general , than the potatoes and water above recited . We have all been so much in the habit of talking about the moral degrada- tion of the Irish , their filth and their misery , as things of course and undeniably ...
... Irish pea- santry in general , than the potatoes and water above recited . We have all been so much in the habit of talking about the moral degrada- tion of the Irish , their filth and their misery , as things of course and undeniably ...
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... great quietness , lands sold considerably under even their usual low rate with us . He paid exactly eighteen years purchase on the then rent of thirty shillings the Irish c 2 ( 19 ) I dwell on this affair of the coaches not so ...
... great quietness , lands sold considerably under even their usual low rate with us . He paid exactly eighteen years purchase on the then rent of thirty shillings the Irish c 2 ( 19 ) I dwell on this affair of the coaches not so ...
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purchase on the then rent of thirty shillings the Irish acre . What between the natural expiring of leases , the non - payment of rent and other causes , he found that about a thousand acres of average land would devolve into his own ...
purchase on the then rent of thirty shillings the Irish acre . What between the natural expiring of leases , the non - payment of rent and other causes , he found that about a thousand acres of average land would devolve into his own ...
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Page 78 - Catholics of this kingdom shall enjoy such privileges in the exercise of their religion, as are consistent with the laws of Ireland : or as they did enjoy in the reign of king Charles the Second : and their majesties, as soon as their affairs will permit them to summon a parliament in this kingdom, will endeavour to procure the said Roman Catholics such further security in that particular, as may preserve them from any disturbance upon the account of their said religion.
Page 80 - The oath to be administered to such Roman Catholics as submit to their Majesties' Government, shall be the oath abovesaid, and no other.
Page ix - I have not in any place found any such labour or difficulty, but that it was undertakable by a man of very mean, that is, of my abilities. And the reason is, because it is truth I plead for ; which is so strong an argument for itself, that it needs only light to discover it ; whereas it concerns falsehood and error to use disguise and shadowings, and all the fetches of art and sophistry...
Page x - Notwithstanding the wilderness of words, oral and written, which has of late years been wasted on the affairs of Ireland, and the paroxysm of legislation under which we have laboured, arising out of the perpetual discussion of her misfortunes and her faults, I am grieved to acknowledge that the proceedings even of the present session of parliament compel me to think that the people of England are greatly uninformed, or, what is worse, greatly misinformed as to our real condition.
Page 86 - Catholic relief appeared to me and some of my colleagues to be indispensable, finding we could not propose it from government we thought it inconsistent with our duty and our honour to remain in office.
Page 15 - ... selves. In truth, like Ajax in the fight, we ask but for light and fair play; give us these and a clear stage, and in all brotherly affection will we try a fall with merry England ; nor let it be forgotten, whilst we improve each other's strength and skill in the friendly contest, that should we at any time avail ourselves of the Rosicrucian privilege, so longed for by Celia, to take the strong fellow by the leg, we mean no harm by it, but only follow our national method of displaying love and...