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The police force of Ireland present a far different aspect : their uniform is dark green , altogether of military fashion , with regimental cap , broad black belt , short musket , cartouche - box , and bayonet .
The police force of Ireland present a far different aspect : their uniform is dark green , altogether of military fashion , with regimental cap , broad black belt , short musket , cartouche - box , and bayonet .
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The background , in this part of Ireland , is almost invariably a fine mountain peak , or chain of gigantic hills rearing their dark summits against the sky . Add to this the frequent glimpse obtained ...
The background , in this part of Ireland , is almost invariably a fine mountain peak , or chain of gigantic hills rearing their dark summits against the sky . Add to this the frequent glimpse obtained ...
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Political economists enter upon a mazy track , dark , full of obstacles , indented with pits , overgrown with entanglements : and then , having carefully extinguished or buried their torches COUNTY WEXFORD . 31.
Political economists enter upon a mazy track , dark , full of obstacles , indented with pits , overgrown with entanglements : and then , having carefully extinguished or buried their torches COUNTY WEXFORD . 31.
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array themselves in opposition to the latter ; because it was letting in light where their interests made the prevalence of utter darkness indispensable : but experience had shewn that in the breast of an Irish peasant one feeling could ...
array themselves in opposition to the latter ; because it was letting in light where their interests made the prevalence of utter darkness indispensable : but experience had shewn that in the breast of an Irish peasant one feeling could ...
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Neither was this a mere theory ; the experiment had been on trial for some years , and the effects were beginning to manifest themselves in a way calculated to make the kingdom of darkness tremble for the foundations of its throne .
Neither was this a mere theory ; the experiment had been on trial for some years , and the effects were beginning to manifest themselves in a way calculated to make the kingdom of darkness tremble for the foundations of its throne .
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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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