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... better class , will insist largely on the unfortunate sta- tistical circumstances of the island , the minute subdivision of the land , and the want of capital arising out of the insecurity of property ; whilst a third party shall charge ...
... better class , will insist largely on the unfortunate sta- tistical circumstances of the island , the minute subdivision of the land , and the want of capital arising out of the insecurity of property ; whilst a third party shall charge ...
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... better rank , Catholics , by the by , as well as Protestants , they endea- vour , by a too great suppleness of manner ; almost amounting to servility , to conciliate the favour they feel they cannot command . I think they are frequently ...
... better rank , Catholics , by the by , as well as Protestants , they endea- vour , by a too great suppleness of manner ; almost amounting to servility , to conciliate the favour they feel they cannot command . I think they are frequently ...
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... better than a superior class of mendi- cants , subsisting on contributions levied , like the benevolences of old , frequently on a very reluctant people ; and , indeed , one chief cause of the earnest desire sometimes evinced by the ...
... better than a superior class of mendi- cants , subsisting on contributions levied , like the benevolences of old , frequently on a very reluctant people ; and , indeed , one chief cause of the earnest desire sometimes evinced by the ...
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... unhappy gentleman has uttered a deal of breath to very little purpose on political subjects ever since . His value , as well as Mr. Shiel's , is now perfectly well understood . --- LETTER III . " Better is the sight of the ( 13 )
... unhappy gentleman has uttered a deal of breath to very little purpose on political subjects ever since . His value , as well as Mr. Shiel's , is now perfectly well understood . --- LETTER III . " Better is the sight of the ( 13 )
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LETTER III . " Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire . " Bur to return to the peasantry . — That a to- lerably large sum of privation and distress does exist in Ireland is indeed undeniable ; but since I have ...
LETTER III . " Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire . " Bur to return to the peasantry . — That a to- lerably large sum of privation and distress does exist in Ireland is indeed undeniable ; but since I have ...
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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...