A Philosophical Survey of the South of Ireland: In a Series of Letters to John Watkinson, M.D.

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W. Whitestone, 1778 - 478 pagina's

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Pagina 246 - The Roman catholics of this kingdom shall enjoy such privileges in the exercise of their religion, as are consistent with the laws of Ireland, or as they did enjoy in the reign of king Charles II.; and their majesties, as soon as their affairs will permit them to summon a parliament in this kingdom, will endeavour to procure the said Roman catholics such further security in that particular, as may preserve them from any disturbance upon the account of their said religion.
Pagina 285 - Radcliffe, imploring him, as he tendered the welfare of an old pupil, not to answer a letter which he would probably receive the same post with his own, from the schoolmaster. He...
Pagina 302 - Whiteboys was this: — Some landlords in Munster set their lands to cottiers far above their value; and, to lighten their burden, allowed commonage to their tenants by way of recompense; afterwards, in despite of all equity, contrary to all compacts, the landlords enclosed these commons, and precluded their unhappy tenants from the only means of making their bargains tolerable.
Pagina 298 - Englishman might oppress, spoil and kill them without control, how was it possible they should be other than outlaws and enemies to the crown of England? If the king would not admit them to the condition of subjects, how could they learn to acknowledge and obey him as their sovereign...
Pagina 299 - ... how was it possible they should be other than outlaws and enemies to the Crown of England? If the King would not admit them to the condition of subjects, how could they learn to acknowledge and obey him as their Sovereign ? When they might not converse or commerce with any civil...
Pagina 307 - Ulfter, the inhabitants of one parifh refufed to make more, of what they called job roads. They rofe almoft to a man, and from the oaken branches which they wore in their hats were denominated Oak Boys.
Pagina 291 - ... west parts of the world ; the long inlets of many navigable rivers and so many great lakes and fresh ponds within the...
Pagina 426 - He gave the little wealth he had To build a houfe for fools and mad ; To fhew, by one fatiric touch, No nation wanted it fo much.
Pagina 377 - ... buried was very great, we learn from the depth of the bog, which was ten feet, that had grown over it.
Pagina 325 - Irifh, for he was one of the great gainers by their fuppofed guilt and confequent forfeitures. Yet after demonftrating that the number of proteftants deftroyed in the whole war by the papifts, was not one-fourth of what it was reported to be, he goes on to fhew, that before the war there Were in the whole realm, but three thoufand landed papifts, of whom, as appears by eight hundred judgments of the court of claims, which fat anno 1663, upon the innocence and effects of the Irifh, there were not...

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