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... ment which paffed in the year 1780 , the commerce of Ire- land was freed from thofe ruinous reftrictions with which it had been long thackled , through the fhort- fighted policy and narrow prejudices of the British nation . In the year ...
... ment which paffed in the year 1780 , the commerce of Ire- land was freed from thofe ruinous reftrictions with which it had been long thackled , through the fhort- fighted policy and narrow prejudices of the British nation . In the year ...
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... ment of which their weight and au- thority was totally at an end . On this occafion they turned their eyes upon Ireland , and com- miflioners were accordingly fent by them to Dublin , to confult and treat with government there , rela ...
... ment of which their weight and au- thority was totally at an end . On this occafion they turned their eyes upon Ireland , and com- miflioners were accordingly fent by them to Dublin , to confult and treat with government there , rela ...
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... ment , had moft benumbed the fa- culties , and depreffed or perverted the genius of the people , they feem now to roufe , and to be fhaking off the lethargy in which they had fo long lain . Of thefe , none have de- clined more , whether ...
... ment , had moft benumbed the fa- culties , and depreffed or perverted the genius of the people , they feem now to roufe , and to be fhaking off the lethargy in which they had fo long lain . Of thefe , none have de- clined more , whether ...
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... ment of arts , feiences , and manufac- tures ; for improvements in the cul- tivation of the earth , and in every part of rural economy ; for opening the minds , and mending the morals of the people . For this purpose nu- merous public ...
... ment of arts , feiences , and manufac- tures ; for improvements in the cul- tivation of the earth , and in every part of rural economy ; for opening the minds , and mending the morals of the people . For this purpose nu- merous public ...
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... ment , at prefent prevalent in the court of Madrid , is not , however , confined to rural or domeftic mat- ters ; it feems to reach to every thing , and to every part of their extenfive dominions . The king , re- flecting upon the ...
... ment , at prefent prevalent in the court of Madrid , is not , however , confined to rural or domeftic mat- ters ; it feems to reach to every thing , and to every part of their extenfive dominions . The king , re- flecting upon the ...
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