History of Europe: From the Fall of Napoleon, in 1815, to the Accession of Louis Napoleon, in 1852, Volume 4W. Blackwood and sons, 1855 - Europe |
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... tion in the country . What aggravated to a most distressing degree the Immense general misery , and rendered almost nugatory all at- dant popula- tempts for its relief , was the prodigious and daily- increasing population which ...
... tion in the country . What aggravated to a most distressing degree the Immense general misery , and rendered almost nugatory all at- dant popula- tempts for its relief , was the prodigious and daily- increasing population which ...
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... tion , the fabric of general social happiness . Gay , volatile , and inconsiderate , the Irish enjoy the present without a thought of the future , and are incapable of the foresight or self - control which are essential to success in ...
... tion , the fabric of general social happiness . Gay , volatile , and inconsiderate , the Irish enjoy the present without a thought of the future , and are incapable of the foresight or self - control which are essential to success in ...
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... tion , which came to play so important a part in the annals of that unhappy country . 15 . and uncer- administra- For a people so situated , the first necessity , and greatest of all blessings , would have been a strict and even rigo ...
... tion , which came to play so important a part in the annals of that unhappy country . 15 . and uncer- administra- For a people so situated , the first necessity , and greatest of all blessings , would have been a strict and even rigo ...
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... tion of juries and witnesses . As a natural mode of defeating the punishment of crime in a country so convulsed , and cursed rather than blessed by the institutions suited to a different race or state of society , the intimidation of ...
... tion of juries and witnesses . As a natural mode of defeating the punishment of crime in a country so convulsed , and cursed rather than blessed by the institutions suited to a different race or state of society , the intimidation of ...
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... tion of justice , which strangely contrasted with the com- paratively regular and steady march of crime , and its small amount in the neighbouring island . And still more dreadful , the impunity for crime and the encouragement to its ...
... tion of justice , which strangely contrasted with the com- paratively regular and steady march of crime , and its small amount in the neighbouring island . And still more dreadful , the impunity for crime and the encouragement to its ...
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