The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 3Houghton, Mifflin, 1887 |
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... fear and terror among the people , and be followed by a violent reaction in favor of his time - honored , but now insulted prerogative . It was far otherwise on the continent of Europe . The time was propitious . Within the previous ...
... fear and terror among the people , and be followed by a violent reaction in favor of his time - honored , but now insulted prerogative . It was far otherwise on the continent of Europe . The time was propitious . Within the previous ...
Page 52
... fear and fanaticism know no policy suggested by humanity , and keep no covenants , though they be written in blood . England still feared the return of her Catholic princes , and therefore willed that the people of Ireland , although ...
... fear and fanaticism know no policy suggested by humanity , and keep no covenants , though they be written in blood . England still feared the return of her Catholic princes , and therefore willed that the people of Ireland , although ...
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... fears . Now firmly united , and lifting with them for a brief period the wretched legislature of the Pale , they demanded the independence of that parliament . They preserved the forms of loyalty , indeed , but their resolution of ...
... fears . Now firmly united , and lifting with them for a brief period the wretched legislature of the Pale , they demanded the independence of that parliament . They preserved the forms of loyalty , indeed , but their resolution of ...
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... fears , has gained stability with time , and has , as we ardently hope , become eternal . But the parliament of Dublin remained in Ireland . It was no less now than before the engine of the usurping aristocracy of England . Its virtues ...
... fears , has gained stability with time , and has , as we ardently hope , become eternal . But the parliament of Dublin remained in Ireland . It was no less now than before the engine of the usurping aristocracy of England . Its virtues ...
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... fear and tremble . But how should opinion be made so potential ? It must begin with Ireland , a country divided by faction and sunk in despair . And if Ireland should become unanimous , what then ? She had only twenty - seven barons in ...
... fear and tremble . But how should opinion be made so potential ? It must begin with Ireland , a country divided by faction and sunk in despair . And if Ireland should become unanimous , what then ? She had only twenty - seven barons in ...
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