An Account of Ireland, Statistical and Political, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812 - Ireland |
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... says : " The people that go from hence , make great complaints of the oppressions they suffer here , not from the government , but from their fellow - subjects of one kind or another , as well as of the dearness of provision , and say ...
... says : " The people that go from hence , make great complaints of the oppressions they suffer here , not from the government , but from their fellow - subjects of one kind or another , as well as of the dearness of provision , and say ...
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... says , it is the opinion that no less than £ 100,000 . worth of Scotch muslins , and other Scotch cotton goods , would be sold annually in the Irish market , were it not for these excessively high duties ; and he suggests , whether it ...
... says , it is the opinion that no less than £ 100,000 . worth of Scotch muslins , and other Scotch cotton goods , would be sold annually in the Irish market , were it not for these excessively high duties ; and he suggests , whether it ...
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... says , there was a law at Thebes , which disqualified men from holding offices of magistracy till fen years after they had left off business as merchants or traders . Εν Θήβαις δε νόμος ην των δεκα ετων un áπɛoxnpévor uns åyopãs μù ...
... says , there was a law at Thebes , which disqualified men from holding offices of magistracy till fen years after they had left off business as merchants or traders . Εν Θήβαις δε νόμος ην των δεκα ετων un áπɛoxnpévor uns åyopãs μù ...
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Wakefield, Edward. CHAPTER XV . FISHERIES . DR . FRANKLIN says , " he that puts a seed into the earth is recompensed , per haps , by receiving forty for it ; and he who draws a fish out of the water , draws up a piece of silver ...
Wakefield, Edward. CHAPTER XV . FISHERIES . DR . FRANKLIN says , " he that puts a seed into the earth is recompensed , per haps , by receiving forty for it ; and he who draws a fish out of the water , draws up a piece of silver ...
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... says , that the fisheries are the most important source of sustenance to the inhabitants of the coast of Norway , who , in a great measure , live upon them , and derive from them all those necessaries which are obtained by trade . These ...
... says , that the fisheries are the most important source of sustenance to the inhabitants of the coast of Norway , who , in a great measure , live upon them , and derive from them all those necessaries which are obtained by trade . These ...
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5th January according acre afterwards amount annum appears Armagh Average Ballintoy Bank of Ireland bankers Barley barrel Belfast bishop Britain caught church circulating medium clergy Clonmell Coal coast coin consequence considerable considered Cork Corn crown debt Derry diocese ditto Dublin duty Earl England English established exported favour fish fishermen fishery Flax Foundling Hospital gallon Galway gold granted guineas Hist Horse House of Commons Ibid importance inhabitants Irish issued Kilkenny Killala king kingdom labour land Limerick Lord manner measure Meath moidore notes Oats observed opinion paid parish parliament perch persons Plough political possess Potatoes pound present produce protestant quantity quart rated reign rent respect Returned Returned revenue Roman catholic salmon Salt says Sea-Coal shew shillings silver Slater sold stone TABLE of PRICES tithe trade Waterford weight Wexford καὶ
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Page 396 - For Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are ; nay they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.
Page 509 - ... the Pope or any other authority or person whatsoever, or without any hope of any such dispensation from any person or authority whatsoever, or without thinking that I am or can be acquitted before God or man or absolved of this declaration or any part thereof, although the Pope or any other person or persons or power whatsoever should dispense with or annul the same, or declare that it was null and void from the beginning.
Page 509 - And I do solemnly in the presence of God profess, testify and declare that I do make this declaration and every part thereof in the plain and ordinary sense of the words read unto me, as they are commonly understood by English Protestants, without any evasion, equivocation or mental reservation whatsoever...
Page 508 - Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their Subjects, or by any Person whatsoever : And I do declare, That I do not believe that the Pope of Rome, or any other Foreign Prince, Prelate, Person, State or Potentate, hath or ought to have any Temporal or Civil Jurisdiction, Power, Superiority or Pre-eminence, directly or indirectly, within this Realm.
Page 508 - Him or Them : And I do faithfully promise to maintain, support, and defend, to the utmost of my Power, the Succession of the Crown, which Succession, by an Act, intituled An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject...
Page 263 - The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government as nearly as possible in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.
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Page 508 - An Act for the further limitation of the crown, and better securing the rights and liberties of the subject, is and stands limited to the Princess Sophia, Electress of Hanover, and the heirs of her body being Protestants ; hereby utterly renouncing and abjuring any obedience or allegiance unto any other person claiming or pretending a right to the crown of this realm...
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Page 501 - OF all the monstrous passions and opinions which have crept into the world, there is none so wonderful as that those, who profess the common name of Christians, should pursue each other with rancour and hatred for differences in their way of following the example of their Saviour. It seems so natural that all who pursue the steps of any leader should form themselves after his...