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... cause which has predominated greatly over all others in the production of that which is to be accounted for , we are apt to look upon this one as alone the efficient , and , in our reasonings upon the subject , to disregard the minor ...
... cause which has predominated greatly over all others in the production of that which is to be accounted for , we are apt to look upon this one as alone the efficient , and , in our reasonings upon the subject , to disregard the minor ...
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... cause of the earnest desire sometimes evinced by the lower orders for what they call Emancipation , is the hope that they would thereupon be re- lieved from the exactions which are now wrung from them for the support of their priesthood ...
... cause of the earnest desire sometimes evinced by the lower orders for what they call Emancipation , is the hope that they would thereupon be re- lieved from the exactions which are now wrung from them for the support of their priesthood ...
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... causes , he found that about a thousand acres of average land would devolve into his own hands to reset and model as he pleased , but which however was already occupied by a very nume- rous tenantry , whom it would have been a harsh and ...
... causes , he found that about a thousand acres of average land would devolve into his own hands to reset and model as he pleased , but which however was already occupied by a very nume- rous tenantry , whom it would have been a harsh and ...
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... cause is , that the land is not made to produce nearly so much as it is capable of producing ; and the real remedy is , not to reduce the rents , but to make the land produce more by better cultivation and more judicious management . It ...
... cause is , that the land is not made to produce nearly so much as it is capable of producing ; and the real remedy is , not to reduce the rents , but to make the land produce more by better cultivation and more judicious management . It ...
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... cause of those disturbances , which frequently dis- grace some parts of the south of Ireland , is this very thing of setting land to a new tenant at a higher rent ; for in the dis- tricts where any discontent prevails , the people are ...
... cause of those disturbances , which frequently dis- grace some parts of the south of Ireland , is this very thing of setting land to a new tenant at a higher rent ; for in the dis- tricts where any discontent prevails , the people are ...
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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...