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... meadow ; and some , who have leave to break a greater proportion of their ground , have four equal divisions of wheat , oats , potatoes , and grass land . It is to be ob- served , that potatoes are always looked on as the ( 21 )
... meadow ; and some , who have leave to break a greater proportion of their ground , have four equal divisions of wheat , oats , potatoes , and grass land . It is to be ob- served , that potatoes are always looked on as the ( 21 )
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served , that potatoes are always looked on as the crop which puts the ground in heart , as it is called , because for it , and for it only , the ground is manured , and it is considered equally beneficial for the soil to manure and ...
served , that potatoes are always looked on as the crop which puts the ground in heart , as it is called , because for it , and for it only , the ground is manured , and it is considered equally beneficial for the soil to manure and ...
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... looked on as an impertinent fellow , a matter - of - fact sort of intermeddler , with no more wit in him than is in a mallet . Yet be- cause the operation of this difference of mea- surement and of currency between the two countries ...
... looked on as an impertinent fellow , a matter - of - fact sort of intermeddler , with no more wit in him than is in a mallet . Yet be- cause the operation of this difference of mea- surement and of currency between the two countries ...
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... be but ill secured even by the strictest laws , the perfect assimilation of this country to England would be rapid indeed , and it would soon come to be looked on as a different and very admirable district of one and the same ( 38 )
... be but ill secured even by the strictest laws , the perfect assimilation of this country to England would be rapid indeed , and it would soon come to be looked on as a different and very admirable district of one and the same ( 38 )
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... looked upon not only with distrust , but with contempt . LETTER XV . THUS far I have endeavoured , and I trust not unsuccessfully , to show that the state of Ireland is such as to call for nothing beyond the ordinary course of ...
... looked upon not only with distrust , but with contempt . LETTER XV . THUS far I have endeavoured , and I trust not unsuccessfully , to show that the state of Ireland is such as to call for nothing beyond the ordinary course of ...
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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...