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... British Empire , and who would probably begin their legislative career by the plunder of the very classes of which Grattan's Parliament mainly consisted . That such an apprehension was not unreason- able was clearly shown by the fact ...
... British Empire , and who would probably begin their legislative career by the plunder of the very classes of which Grattan's Parliament mainly consisted . That such an apprehension was not unreason- able was clearly shown by the fact ...
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... British Parliament His later speeches in Ireland His career in the British Parliament Death , character , and reputation HENRY GRATTAN PAGE 49 50 53 55 56 60 61 62 65 66 69 70 72 76 81 82 83 87 His early life . - Influence of Chatham ...
... British Parliament His later speeches in Ireland His career in the British Parliament Death , character , and reputation HENRY GRATTAN PAGE 49 50 53 55 56 60 61 62 65 66 69 70 72 76 81 82 83 87 His early life . - Influence of Chatham ...
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... enters the British Parliament , 1805 276 His first speech there 277 English opinion unfavourable to Catholic emancipation ib . Bills of 1805 and 1806 defeated 278 · ' No Popery ' election . - Religious movement hostile.
... enters the British Parliament , 1805 276 His first speech there 277 English opinion unfavourable to Catholic emancipation ib . Bills of 1805 and 1806 defeated 278 · ' No Popery ' election . - Religious movement hostile.
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... British throne had alone made the union of the two crowns tolerable to the weaker and poorer people . In Ireland no such associations existed . The Stuarts were a foreign dynasty , with no hold on the affections of the people ; with no ...
... British throne had alone made the union of the two crowns tolerable to the weaker and poorer people . In Ireland no such associations existed . The Stuarts were a foreign dynasty , with no hold on the affections of the people ; with no ...
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... British law ; but there was a flourishing and civilised population in the great towns . Dublin ranked second among the cities of the Empire , and it had a brilliant and cultivated society . Stately mansions were arising ; there was a ...
... British law ; but there was a flourishing and civilised population in the great towns . Dublin ranked second among the cities of the Empire , and it had a brilliant and cultivated society . Stately mansions were arising ; there was a ...
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