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" I have before said, the moment the very name of Ireland is mentioned, the English seem to bid adieu to common feeling, common prudence, and common sense, and to act with the barbarity of tyrants and the fatuity of idiots. "
The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith - Page 302
by Sydney Smith - 1844
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Two Letters on the Subject of the Catholics, to My Brother Abraham, who ...

Sydney Smith - Catholic emancipation - 1807 - 30 pages
...of the crown. — Every body who knows Ireland, knows perfectly welJ> that nothing would 'be easier, easier, with the expenditure of a little money, than...act with the barbarity of tyrants and the fatuity of ideots. Whatever your opinion may be of the follies of the Roman Catholic religion, remember they are...
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Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal

1807 - 572 pages
...mentioned, the English seem to bid adi-.'U to common feeling, common prudence, and common si-me ¡ and to act with the: barbarity of tyrants and the fatuity of id cot s ' Thii is a very strong л-sertion ; and \ve lament that so many facts come in attestation...
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Autobiography, a Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing ..., Volume 33

1832 - 342 pages
...name of Ireland is mentioned, the English seem to bid adieu to common feeling, common prudence, and common sense, and to act with the barbarity of tyrants and the fatuity of idiots."— Pli/mley's Letters, p. 23. It is scarcely necessary to add that such a description is no longer applicable,...
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Memoirs of William Sampson; written by himself. With an intr. and notes, by ...

William Sampson - 1832 - 364 pages
...name of Ireland is mentioned, the English seem to bid adieu to common feeling, common prudence, and common sense, and to act with the barbarity of tyrants and the fatuity of idiots."— Plymlcy's Letters, p. 23. t Ttie original obligation of the United Irishmen was—" In the awful presence...
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The United Irishmen: Their Lives and Times

Richard Robert Madden - Great Britain - 1843 - 606 pages
...name of Ireland is mentioned, the English seem to bid adieu to common feeling, common prudence, and common sense; and to act with the barbarity of tyrants, and the fatuity of idiots." Their pecuniary interests taught the faction of the ascendency to maintain and propagate the delusion,...
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The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith, Volume 3

Sydney Smith - English literature - 1845 - 496 pages
...to place the two greatest dignitaries of the Irish Catholic Church entirely at the disposal of the Crown. — Every body who knows Ireland knows perfectly...Whatever your opinion may be of the follies of the Koman Catholic religion, remember they are the follies four millions of human beings, increasing rapidly...
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The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith: Including His Contributions to ..., Volume 2

Sydney Smith - 1859 - 392 pages
...name of Ireland is mentioned, the English seem to bid adieu to common feeling, common prudence, and common sense, and to act with the barbarity of tyrants,...the fatuity of idiots. Whatever your opinion may be o: the follies of the Roman Catholic religion, remember they are the follies of four millions of human...
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Essays social and political

Sydney Smith - 1877 - 626 pages
...name of Ireland is mentioned, the English seem to bid adieu to common feeling, common prudence, and common sense, and to act with the barbarity of tyrants...numbers, wealth, and intelligence, who, if firmly 484 united with this country, would set at defiance the power of France, and if once wrested from their...
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The Scholar in a Republic: Address at the Centennial Anniversary of the Phi ...

Wendell Phillips - Learning and scholarship - 1881 - 34 pages
...education in republics. Sydney Smith said, "The moment Ireland is mentioned the English seem to bid adieu to common sense, and to act with the barbarity of tyrants and the fatuity of idiots ; " and Byron called England's union with Irelaud " the union of the shark with his prey." Bentham's...
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Wendell Phillips: the Agitator

William Carlos Martyn - Biography & Autobiography - 1890 - 610 pages
...education in republics. Sydney Smith said, " The moment Ireland is mentioned the English seem to bid adieu to common sense, and to act with the barbarity of tyrants and the fatuity of idiots." " As long <is the patient will suffer, the cruel will kick. ... If the Irish go on withholding and...
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