Letters from Ireland, MDCCCXXXVII |
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But charity calls for a different line of conduct where the past affords an important lesson for present use , and offers a safeguard against the future recurrence of those terrible incidents . The question forcing itself upon the mind ...
But charity calls for a different line of conduct where the past affords an important lesson for present use , and offers a safeguard against the future recurrence of those terrible incidents . The question forcing itself upon the mind ...
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... the workhouse affords an asylum to him and to his helpless dependents . The possession of land is an object of secondary importance to the English labourer : settled employment being easily obtained in his own neighbourhood .
... the workhouse affords an asylum to him and to his helpless dependents . The possession of land is an object of secondary importance to the English labourer : settled employment being easily obtained in his own neighbourhood .
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Thus , by an act of infatuation for which the history even of Ireland affords no parallel , the only feasible plan for ameliorating the physical , and correcting the moral evils of this people , has been worse than abandoned ; it has ...
Thus , by an act of infatuation for which the history even of Ireland affords no parallel , the only feasible plan for ameliorating the physical , and correcting the moral evils of this people , has been worse than abandoned ; it has ...
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The support that he might naturally have looked for in such an undertaking , was not given ; and with the exception of eight pounds a year afforded for the mistress's salary by the London Ladies Hibernian School Society , and a small ...
The support that he might naturally have looked for in such an undertaking , was not given ; and with the exception of eight pounds a year afforded for the mistress's salary by the London Ladies Hibernian School Society , and a small ...
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To the right of this long ridge , which , facing the town , afforded a cover for the rebel battery , the hill rises to a conical form , the rocks and moss giving place to a ranker species of vegetation than elsewhere .
To the right of this long ridge , which , facing the town , afforded a cover for the rebel battery , the hill rises to a conical form , the rocks and moss giving place to a ranker species of vegetation than elsewhere .
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| Title | Letters from Ireland, MDCCCXXXVII |
| Author | Charlotte Elizabeth |
| Publisher | R.B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1838 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 19 Dec 2012 |
| Length | 436 pages |
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