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... two great causes of irritation . The skill and moderation with which in the Church Synod the Irish gentry were managing " their Church affairs in the difficult moments that followed disestablishment was a good omen for the future , and.
... two great causes of irritation . The skill and moderation with which in the Church Synod the Irish gentry were managing " their Church affairs in the difficult moments that followed disestablishment was a good omen for the future , and.
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... followed by three or four other conspicuous members of his Government . Some use might no doubt have been plausibly made of my strong persuasion that a distinct national feeling lay at the base of much Irish discontent , but it was ...
... followed by three or four other conspicuous members of his Government . Some use might no doubt have been plausibly made of my strong persuasion that a distinct national feeling lay at the base of much Irish discontent , but it was ...
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... followed the rejection of the overtures for an union . Such a measure would have consolidated the Protestant interest , and secured the whole weight of English influence in favour of the existing disposition of power and property . The ...
... followed the rejection of the overtures for an union . Such a measure would have consolidated the Protestant interest , and secured the whole weight of English influence in favour of the existing disposition of power and property . The ...
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... followed by gigantic confiscations of land . Most of the landed pro- perty in Ireland was held under a recent Act of Settlement which was based on confiscation , which had been repealed by the Jacobite Parliament of 1689 in the short ...
... followed by gigantic confiscations of land . Most of the landed pro- perty in Ireland was held under a recent Act of Settlement which was based on confiscation , which had been repealed by the Jacobite Parliament of 1689 in the short ...
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... followed the Reforma- tion , whole nations changed their creed in obedience to the civil power , and there was nothing of the steady persecuting spirit which in the sixteenth century crushed resistance . During about thirty years the ...
... followed the Reforma- tion , whole nations changed their creed in obedience to the civil power , and there was nothing of the steady persecuting spirit which in the sixteenth century crushed resistance . During about thirty years the ...
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