The Quarterly Review, Volume 105William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1859 |
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... person , and Lord Cornwallis was appointed Lord - Lieutenant and Commander - in - Chief . He gives way as usual to regret at his increasing honours : - " The life of a Lord - Lieutenant of Ireland comes up to my idea of perfect misery ...
... person , and Lord Cornwallis was appointed Lord - Lieutenant and Commander - in - Chief . He gives way as usual to regret at his increasing honours : - " The life of a Lord - Lieutenant of Ireland comes up to my idea of perfect misery ...
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... persons , to whom the state of the peerage and the representation gave a preponderance in both Houses , undertook to execute the wishes of the English ministry for the time being , and were complimented with the whole of the local power ...
... persons , to whom the state of the peerage and the representation gave a preponderance in both Houses , undertook to execute the wishes of the English ministry for the time being , and were complimented with the whole of the local power ...
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... persons of the country all tend to encourage this system of blood , and the conversation even at my table , where you will suppose I do all I can to prevent it , always turns on hanging , shooting , burning , & c . , & c . , and if a ...
... persons of the country all tend to encourage this system of blood , and the conversation even at my table , where you will suppose I do all I can to prevent it , always turns on hanging , shooting , burning , & c . , & c . , and if a ...
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... persons who delighted in that amusement , to the flogging for the purpose of extorting confession , and to the free - quarters , which comprehended universal rape and robbery throughout the whole country . ' If this be a crime I freely ...
... persons who delighted in that amusement , to the flogging for the purpose of extorting confession , and to the free - quarters , which comprehended universal rape and robbery throughout the whole country . ' If this be a crime I freely ...
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... persons tried at the Assizes , the Lord Lieutenant had decided personally upon 400 cases : that , out of 131 condemned to death , 81 had been executed : and that 418 persons had been transported or banished in pursuance of the sentences ...
... persons tried at the Assizes , the Lord Lieutenant had decided personally upon 400 cases : that , out of 131 condemned to death , 81 had been executed : and that 418 persons had been transported or banished in pursuance of the sentences ...
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