Miscellaneous papers: The book of Howth. The conquest of Ireland, by Thomas Bray, etcLongmans, Green, Reader, & Dyer, 1873 - Great Britain |
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Page viii
... Elizabeth , his hair - breadth escapes , and the formidable rebellions and insurrections crushed during her reign , were more worthy of the pen of the chronicler and his- torian than the more peaceful policy of her successor ? viii ...
... Elizabeth , his hair - breadth escapes , and the formidable rebellions and insurrections crushed during her reign , were more worthy of the pen of the chronicler and his- torian than the more peaceful policy of her successor ? viii ...
Page x
... Elizabeth , in common with all the most distinguished of his competitors , there is no doubt whatever . If , in spite of some defects of character and temper , the deep and profound impression , not unmixed with as profound regret ...
... Elizabeth , in common with all the most distinguished of his competitors , there is no doubt whatever . If , in spite of some defects of character and temper , the deep and profound impression , not unmixed with as profound regret ...
Page xii
... Elizabeth herself , is the most redeeming feature in a reign which has been often stigmatized by historians and romancers as the most ignoble and mean to which these kingdoms ever submitted . It is at least an indication that , in spite ...
... Elizabeth herself , is the most redeeming feature in a reign which has been often stigmatized by historians and romancers as the most ignoble and mean to which these kingdoms ever submitted . It is at least an indication that , in spite ...
Page xvii
... Elizabeth ; —a resistance so extraordinarily mis- represented by writers on both sides of the Channel , and held up as an example of Elizabeth's severity on one side , and a struggle for national independence on the other . As tenants ...
... Elizabeth ; —a resistance so extraordinarily mis- represented by writers on both sides of the Channel , and held up as an example of Elizabeth's severity on one side , and a struggle for national independence on the other . As tenants ...
Page xviii
... when the Irish chiefs submitted to Henry VIII . and Elizabeth , and received their estates back again from the English Crown , they received with them an undisputed acknowledgment of rights , which were before xviii INTRODUCTION .
... when the Irish chiefs submitted to Henry VIII . and Elizabeth , and received their estates back again from the English Crown , they received with them an undisputed acknowledgment of rights , which were before xviii INTRODUCTION .
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