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... fact , the priest is so little elevated above themselves in manners or mode of living , that they do not , and cannot , feel any very profound respect for him . It is true , however , that the nature of their religion is such as to give ...
... fact , the priest is so little elevated above themselves in manners or mode of living , that they do not , and cannot , feel any very profound respect for him . It is true , however , that the nature of their religion is such as to give ...
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... facts , I have sa- tisfied myself that the suffering , taken abso- lutely , is considerably less than has been gene- rally supposed ; that compared with the hard- ships endured by the population of England its excess is not so very ...
... facts , I have sa- tisfied myself that the suffering , taken abso- lutely , is considerably less than has been gene- rally supposed ; that compared with the hard- ships endured by the population of England its excess is not so very ...
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... fact , an English gen- tleman of signal celebrity in the sporting world , and especially renowned for his skill and dex- terity as a whip , with whom I happened to pass the Dublin post - office in the evening when all the mails were ...
... fact , an English gen- tleman of signal celebrity in the sporting world , and especially renowned for his skill and dex- terity as a whip , with whom I happened to pass the Dublin post - office in the evening when all the mails were ...
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... produce more by better cultivation and more judicious management . It is now an established fact , that lands in Ire- land pay a much lower rent , in proportion to their real value , than lands in England do ; ( 25 ) LETTER V. ...
... produce more by better cultivation and more judicious management . It is now an established fact , that lands in Ire- land pay a much lower rent , in proportion to their real value , than lands in England do ; ( 25 ) LETTER V. ...
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... facts , I promised her the blankets unconditionally . Oh , musha , musha , thin the heavens be your honor's bed , " was her prayer at parting , “ an my blessin and the blessin of the widow be about you , and presarve you an yours from ...
... facts , I promised her the blankets unconditionally . Oh , musha , musha , thin the heavens be your honor's bed , " was her prayer at parting , “ an my blessin and the blessin of the widow be about you , and presarve you an yours from ...
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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...