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... elections , or the agents of those landlords , men who , though they rank as gentlemen , probably have no more regard for the morality of an oath than those poor people themselves . Do you mean the influence of their example ? —Their ex ...
... elections , or the agents of those landlords , men who , though they rank as gentlemen , probably have no more regard for the morality of an oath than those poor people themselves . Do you mean the influence of their example ? —Their ex ...
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... elections ; or if they were disposed to do so , that they would not have a body upon which they could act as at present , and that it would induce those gen- tlemen who wish to have political power through freeholders , 128 A. R. BLAKE ...
... elections ; or if they were disposed to do so , that they would not have a body upon which they could act as at present , and that it would induce those gen- tlemen who wish to have political power through freeholders , 128 A. R. BLAKE ...
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... elections according to the wish of their Protestant landlord ? -Formerly , I believe it used ; latterly , religious feelings , I am told , frequently carry the tenant away from the landlord , particularly through the activity of the ...
... elections according to the wish of their Protestant landlord ? -Formerly , I believe it used ; latterly , religious feelings , I am told , frequently carry the tenant away from the landlord , particularly through the activity of the ...
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... election , the Leitrim election , and the Sligo election , and other places . Have you , in your knowledge , ever met with any objection being taken to the purchase of land , on account of the title being derived from forfeiture ...
... election , the Leitrim election , and the Sligo election , and other places . Have you , in your knowledge , ever met with any objection being taken to the purchase of land , on account of the title being derived from forfeiture ...
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... elections ? —My opinion is , that they have none . How do you think they are controlled ? —I believe they are controlled either by an absolute landlord , or by the sort of in- terference through religious feelings which I have already ...
... elections ? —My opinion is , that they have none . How do you think they are controlled ? —I believe they are controlled either by an absolute landlord , or by the sort of in- terference through religious feelings which I have already ...
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Page 247 - LORD, by whom we escape death. 21 GOD shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his wickedness. 22 The LORD hath said, I will bring my people again, as I did from Basan, mine own will I bring again, as I did sometime from the deep of the sea.
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