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Page 212
... object , than an endless series of paltry vexations and oppressions inflicted for no rational object at all . Ireland was fast becoming English . Civilisation and wealth were making rapid progress in almost every part of the island ...
... object , than an endless series of paltry vexations and oppressions inflicted for no rational object at all . Ireland was fast becoming English . Civilisation and wealth were making rapid progress in almost every part of the island ...
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... object of this very extra- ordinary plan , " this Constitution , " as Temple himself calls it . And we cannot say that any explanation which has yet been given seems to us quite satisfactory . Indeed , almost all the writers whom we ...
... object of this very extra- ordinary plan , " this Constitution , " as Temple himself calls it . And we cannot say that any explanation which has yet been given seems to us quite satisfactory . Indeed , almost all the writers whom we ...
Page 309
... object was to free millions of his subjects from penal laws and disabilities which hardly any person now considers as just . He ought , therefore , to be regarded as blameless , or , at worst , as guilty only of employing irregular ...
... object was to free millions of his subjects from penal laws and disabilities which hardly any person now considers as just . He ought , therefore , to be regarded as blameless , or , at worst , as guilty only of employing irregular ...
Contents
HALLAMS HISTORY | 3 |
RANKES HISTORY OF THE POPES | 31 |
INDEX | 38 |
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