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... centuries is quite a long time . In the earlier years war may be accepted as , so to speak , all in the day's work , with gains and losses on both sides . At the end of the thirteenth century Edward I of England made a ruthless and ...
... centuries is quite a long time . In the earlier years war may be accepted as , so to speak , all in the day's work , with gains and losses on both sides . At the end of the thirteenth century Edward I of England made a ruthless and ...
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... Century . It is impossible to find reliable figures , but it has been claimed that hundreds of thousands of men and women and children were driven from their homes , hundreds of hamlets were destroyed , and thousands of acres were ...
... Century . It is impossible to find reliable figures , but it has been claimed that hundreds of thousands of men and women and children were driven from their homes , hundreds of hamlets were destroyed , and thousands of acres were ...
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... Century . We forget too easily that in the Irish potato famine of 1845-49 nearly a million British subjects died of starvation in a country that was not short of food ; and about the same number were forced to emigrate under conditions ...
... Century . We forget too easily that in the Irish potato famine of 1845-49 nearly a million British subjects died of starvation in a country that was not short of food ; and about the same number were forced to emigrate under conditions ...
Contents
TO OUR ENGLISH BROTHER | 19 |
Demand for a plebiscite | 26 |
HISTORY AND LEGEND | 33 |
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