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Page 196
Whether it would have survived the process may be a question ; but if the thing
was to be done swiftly and by force , that was the way to do it . To have slain the
whole population , would have been a 196 MEMOIR OF THOMAS DRUMMOND .
Whether it would have survived the process may be a question ; but if the thing
was to be done swiftly and by force , that was the way to do it . To have slain the
whole population , would have been a 196 MEMOIR OF THOMAS DRUMMOND .
Page 201
From a report made in the reign of Henry VIII . , it appears that “ the English order
, tongue , and habit ” were used , and the English laws obeyed , within a district of
not more * A statute of Kilkenny is said to be now in force in New Zealand .
From a report made in the reign of Henry VIII . , it appears that “ the English order
, tongue , and habit ” were used , and the English laws obeyed , within a district of
not more * A statute of Kilkenny is said to be now in force in New Zealand .
Page 212
Two political principles and three religions , at the least , were appealing
simultaneously to brute force for an adjustment of their relations . Behind all was
the question of the land . There were five interests and as many armies . There
were the ...
Two political principles and three religions , at the least , were appealing
simultaneously to brute force for an adjustment of their relations . Behind all was
the question of the land . There were five interests and as many armies . There
were the ...
Page 215
... been in force before the time of William of Orange ; by twenty - four acts ,
passed between the seventh year of his reign and the twenty - ninth of George II .
, the penal code reached the fulness of its hideousness — the reproach of
politicians ...
... been in force before the time of William of Orange ; by twenty - four acts ,
passed between the seventh year of his reign and the twenty - ninth of George II .
, the penal code reached the fulness of its hideousness — the reproach of
politicians ...
Page 219
But every Irishman had an interest in the soil , and was in a sense a landowner .
The septs often appeared protesting that the lands could not be forfeited by the
chiefs who had never owned them . In one case they made the plea good by
force ...
But every Irishman had an interest in the soil , and was in a sense a landowner .
The septs often appeared protesting that the lands could not be forfeited by the
chiefs who had never owned them . In one case they made the plea good by
force ...
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| Title | Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R.E.,F.R.A.S., Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1835-1840 |
| Author | John Ferguson McLennan |
| Publisher | Edmonston and Douglas, 1867 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 16 Jun 2006 |
| Length | 475 pages |
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