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
| James Godkin - Catholic Church - 1867 - 692 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... | |
| Martin Haverty - Ireland - 1867 - 798 pages
...been confiscated twice, or, perhaps, thrice, in the course of a century. The situa•JB, therefore, of the Irish nation at the revolution stands unparalleled in the history of tbe labitable world. The whole power and property of the country have been conferred by lucccsir* monarcbs... | |
| Sydney Smith - Christian ethics - 1870 - 842 pages
...bv the neces "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.'"—Cpp. Ill —113.) sily under which they were placed of taking the oath of supremacy. Barristers... | |
| Patrick Lavelle - Land tenure - 1870 - 620 pages
...been confiscated twice, or perhaps thrice, in the course of two centuries. 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 since the reign of Elizabeth had been waged against a foreign... | |
| 1871 - 756 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... | |
| Sydney Smith - 1877 - 626 pages
...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. i11 — 113). By the Articles of Limerick, the Irish were promised the free exercise of their religion... | |
| Joseph Fisher (F.R.H.S.) - Land tenure - 1877 - 176 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... | |
| Augustus J. Thébaud - Ireland - 1878 - 574 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." A few words will suffice to show what the Irish owe to the Stuarts. James I. established a colony on... | |
| Augustus J. Thébaud - Ireland - 1878 - 612 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." A few words will suffice to show what the Irish owe to the Stuarts. James I. established a colony on... | |
| Augustus J. Thébaud - Ireland - 1878 - 604 pages
...been confiscated twice, or perhaps thrice, in the course of a century. The situation, therefore, ot the Irish nation at the revolution, stands unparalleled in the history of the inhabited world." A few words will suffice to show what the Irish owe to the Stuarts. James I. established a colony on... | |
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