Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R.E.,F.R.A.S., Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1835-1840 |
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John Ferguson McLennan. CHAPTER XIII . A REVIEW OF IRISH HISTORY . To any account of the state of Ireland in modern times , a review of the history of the island is an essential introduction , inasmuch as the modern ... IRISH HISTORY, 186- ...
John Ferguson McLennan. CHAPTER XIII . A REVIEW OF IRISH HISTORY . To any account of the state of Ireland in modern times , a review of the history of the island is an essential introduction , inasmuch as the modern ... IRISH HISTORY, 186- ...
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... Irish demonstrated a stage of advancement not unlike that of the New Zealanders of our own time . It is true that ( though in some districts the primitive pagan religion survived ) the Irish had now for some centuries . been Christians ...
... Irish demonstrated a stage of advancement not unlike that of the New Zealanders of our own time . It is true that ( though in some districts the primitive pagan religion survived ) the Irish had now for some centuries . been Christians ...
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... Irish were politically less advanced than , and socially not much advanced beyond , the stage in which they were seen by Giraldus Cambrensis . Ultimately , how- ever , their religion improved their morals . While the Welsh still exhibit ...
... Irish were politically less advanced than , and socially not much advanced beyond , the stage in which they were seen by Giraldus Cambrensis . Ultimately , how- ever , their religion improved their morals . While the Welsh still exhibit ...
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... Irish , as the Irish of to - day are of the Maoris . The forms which make the real distinctions between nations are organic , hidden as it were under the surface . And European Society generally rested on a framework of a higher type ...
... Irish , as the Irish of to - day are of the Maoris . The forms which make the real distinctions between nations are organic , hidden as it were under the surface . And European Society generally rested on a framework of a higher type ...
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... Irish institutions . But it was their good fortune , for four hundred years , to be under the influence of the most advanced civilisation the world then knew . To this day the Irish have not received an equivalent training . They were ...
... Irish institutions . But it was their good fortune , for four hundred years , to be under the influence of the most advanced civilisation the world then knew . To this day the Irish have not received an equivalent training . They were ...
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