Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Volume 1W. Blackwood, 1850 - 2060 pages |
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Page 12
... Irish - an evil peculiar to Britain , and perhaps greater than any which now afflicts any civi- lised state . Humboldt was the first who brought to light the important and almost incredible fact , that between the years 1801 and 1821 ...
... Irish - an evil peculiar to Britain , and perhaps greater than any which now afflicts any civi- lised state . Humboldt was the first who brought to light the important and almost incredible fact , that between the years 1801 and 1821 ...
Page 37
... Irish county mem- bers in favour of the Bill were nearly double of those against it and that the equality was restored by the Scotch county members and the borough members over the empire , who were nearly two to one against it . This ...
... Irish county mem- bers in favour of the Bill were nearly double of those against it and that the equality was restored by the Scotch county members and the borough members over the empire , who were nearly two to one against it . This ...
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... Irish and English county members , and thrice as many for open places , voted for the Bill as against it . This evinces , in the most convincing manner , the democratic tendency of the electors , even without the £ 10 freeholders . What ...
... Irish and English county members , and thrice as many for open places , voted for the Bill as against it . This evinces , in the most convincing manner , the democratic tendency of the electors , even without the £ 10 freeholders . What ...
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... Irish pea- santry , it is evident that religious toleration was a mere name , and that the real object for which the party struggled was something very different , and which it was necessary never to divulge . Catholic Emancipation was ...
... Irish pea- santry , it is evident that religious toleration was a mere name , and that the real object for which the party struggled was something very different , and which it was necessary never to divulge . Catholic Emancipation was ...
Page 184
... Irish were perfectly mis- taken in ascribing any bad effects to the absentees ; and that the spending of five or six millions a - year in London , Paris , or Naples , instead of Dublin , or the Irish counties , was no sort of detriment ...
... Irish were perfectly mis- taken in ascribing any bad effects to the absentees ; and that the spending of five or six millions a - year in London , Paris , or Naples , instead of Dublin , or the Irish counties , was no sort of detriment ...
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