Thus, not only had all Ireland suffered confiscation in the course of this century, but no inconsiderable portion of it had been twice and even thrice confiscated. Well might Lord Clare say, ' that the situation of the Irish nation, at the Revolution,... The Works of Sydney Smith - Page 229by Sydney Smith - 1844 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
| Sydney Smith - Essays - 1850 - 736 pages
...island I ' Thus, not only had all Ireland suffered confiscation in the course of this century, but no inconsiderable portion of it had been twice and...free exercise of their religion; but from that period to the year 1788, every year produced some fresh penalty against that religion — some liberty was... | |
| REV. R. STEWART - 1851 - 312 pages
...has been confiscated twice, or perhaps thrice, in the coarse of a century. The situation, therefore, of the Irish nation at the revolution stands unparalleled in the history of the inhabited world. If the wan of England, carried on here from the reign of Elizabeth had been waged against a foreign... | |
| English essays - 1852 - 498 pages
...the island. "Thus not only had all Ireland suffered confiscation in the course of this century, but no inconsiderable portion of it had been twice and...in the history of the inhabited world.'" — (pp. 11l —113.) By the articles of Limerick, the Irish were promised the free exercise of their religion... | |
| Bernard BIRD - Ireland - 1853 - 108 pages
...calculation. Thus not only had all the island suffered confiscation in the course of this century, but no inconsiderable portion of it had been twice and...say that " the situation of the Irish nation at the restoration, stood unparalleled in the history of the inhabited world." The Irish have often been,... | |
| Rev. Sidney Smith - English essays - 1854 - 338 pages
...the island ! "Thus, not only had all Ireland suffered confiscation in the course of this century, but no inconsiderable portion of it had been twice and...stands unparalleled in the history of the inhabited world.'"—(pp. Ill—113.) By the Articles of Limerick, the Irish were promised the free exercise... | |
| Sydney Smith - 1859 - 376 pages
...Schomberg, when, as far as his quarters reached, they returned to praying for King William again." twice and even thrice confiscated. Well might Lord...their religion ; but from that period till the year 1788, every year produced some fresh penalty against that religion — some liberty was abridged, some... | |
| Sydney Smith - 1859 - 1360 pages
...Schoin**TTt, when, as far as his quarters reached, ' «• returned to praying for King William 1ПЩ." twice and even thrice confiscated. Well might Lord...in the history of the inhabited world.' "— (pp. 111—115.) By the Articles of Limerick, the Irish were promised the free exercise of their religion... | |
| Sydney Smith - 1859 - 392 pages
...Schomberg, when, as far as his quarters reached, they returned to praying for King William «Rain." twice and even thrice confiscated. Well might Lord...in the history of the inhabited world.' "— (pp. Ill— 113.) By the Articles of Limerick, the Irish were promised the free exercise of their religion... | |
| England - 1866 - 784 pages
...has been confiscated twice, or perhaps thrice, in the course of a century. The situation, therefore, of the Irish nation at the revolution stands unparalleled in the history of the inhabited world. If the wars of England, carried on here from the reign of Elizabeth, had been waged against a foreign... | |
| Richard Robert Madden - English newspapers - 1867 - 442 pages
...island has been confiscated twice or perhaps thrice in the course of a century. The situation therefore of the Irish nation at the revolution stands unparalleled in the history of the inhabited world. If the wars of England carried on here, from the reign of Elizabeth, had been waged against a foreign... | |
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