Essays, moral and political, Volume 2J. Murray, 1832 |
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Page 164
... Irish parents , and perhaps the futility of attempting to conciliate religious dif- ferences by courting with concessions those whom it is hoped to soothe , was never more completely evinced than by the evidence which has been given ...
... Irish parents , and perhaps the futility of attempting to conciliate religious dif- ferences by courting with concessions those whom it is hoped to soothe , was never more completely evinced than by the evidence which has been given ...
Page 166
... Irish parents , and whether the intolerance of the priests , or the interest and common sense of the parents , shall pre- * The Roman Catholics in London have an Association for Sunday Schools , and the reader may be edified by the ...
... Irish parents , and whether the intolerance of the priests , or the interest and common sense of the parents , shall pre- * The Roman Catholics in London have an Association for Sunday Schools , and the reader may be edified by the ...
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... there would not be a redundant population in any part of Great Britain , ' not even with all the Irish that come over ! ' Second Report , pp . 10-13 , 3 J of that over - production which had glutted all their 218 ON EMIGRATION .
... there would not be a redundant population in any part of Great Britain , ' not even with all the Irish that come over ! ' Second Report , pp . 10-13 , 3 J of that over - production which had glutted all their 218 ON EMIGRATION .
Page 245
... Irish labourers , who are brought over by the steam - packets at as cheap a rate per head as Irish pigs ; and who , as soon as they are landed , spread themselves over the country in all directions , ready to undertake any kind of work ...
... Irish labourers , who are brought over by the steam - packets at as cheap a rate per head as Irish pigs ; and who , as soon as they are landed , spread themselves over the country in all directions , ready to undertake any kind of work ...
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... Irish ! ' This manifestation of popular temper , although , happily , no outrage ensued , appears to have checked the influx of Irish labourers ; nor , till of late years , did any other evil arise from the num- ber of those who came ...
... Irish ! ' This manifestation of popular temper , although , happily , no outrage ensued , appears to have checked the influx of Irish labourers ; nor , till of late years , did any other evil arise from the num- ber of those who came ...
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Page 369 - I do solemnly swear, that I never will exercise any privilege to which I am or may become entitled, to disturb or weaken the Protestant religion, or Protestant Government, in the United Kingdom...
Page 102 - The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. 1 3 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
Page 400 - IN elect of the Church of N. from henceforward will be faithful and obedient to St Peter the Apostle,, and to the holy Roman Church, and to our lord, the lord N. Pope N. and to his successors, canonically coming in.
Page 20 - ... with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his strength, and therefore they loved him as truly and as fervently as he loved England.
Page 321 - ... destiny of that land, that no purposes whatsoever which are meant for her good, will prosper or take good effect : which, whether it proceed from the very genius of the soil or influence of the stars, or that Almighty God hath not yet appointed the time of her reformation, or that He reserveth her in this unquiet state still, for some secret scourge, which shall by her come unto England, it is hard to be known, but yet much to be feared.
Page 381 - ... few men have done more harm than those who have been thought to be able to do least ; and there cannot be a greater error, than to believe a man, whom we see qualified with too mean parts to do good, to be therefore incapable of doing hurt. There is a supply of malice, of pride, of industry, and even of folly, in the weakest, when he sets his heart upon it, that makes a strange progress in mischief.
Page 186 - The government may exult over the repression of petty tumults; these are but the receding waves repulsed and broken for a moment on the shore, while the great tide is still rolling on and gaining ground with every breaker.
Page 285 - opinion of the Roman Catholic Prelates of Ireland, that it is inexpedient " to introduce any alteration in the canonical mode hitherto observed " in the nomination of the Irish Roman Catholic Bishops, which mode " long experience has proved to be unexceptionable, wise, and salutary.
Page 13 - In my youth, when my stock of knowledge consisted of such an acquaintance with Greek and Roman history as is acquired in the course of a regular scholastic education, when my heart was full of poetry and romance, and Lucan and Akenside were at my tongue's end...
Page 371 - I do swear that I will defend to the utmost of my power the settlement of property within this realm as established by the laws : And I do hereby disclaim, disavow and solemnly abjure any intention to subvert the present Church Establishment as settled by law within this realm...