The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1936 - 398 pages |
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Page 248
... English settlers , great numbers of whom fled across the Channel . The royalist ascendency was short lived , however , for King William , arriving in June 1690 , quickly re - established the supremacy of English protestantism . That ...
... English settlers , great numbers of whom fled across the Channel . The royalist ascendency was short lived , however , for King William , arriving in June 1690 , quickly re - established the supremacy of English protestantism . That ...
Page 249
... English and Irish and the reduction of the native population to a state of hopelessness were its greatest evils . Thus , the so - called Protestant Ascendancy , which extended from the time of the Revolution of 1688 down to the end of ...
... English and Irish and the reduction of the native population to a state of hopelessness were its greatest evils . Thus , the so - called Protestant Ascendancy , which extended from the time of the Revolution of 1688 down to the end of ...
Page 250
... English interests , a menace to be removed as quickly as possible by prohibitive legislation . The Navigation Acts , first promulgated in 1663 and strengthened in succeeding years , prohibited direct ex- port and import between Ireland ...
... English interests , a menace to be removed as quickly as possible by prohibitive legislation . The Navigation Acts , first promulgated in 1663 and strengthened in succeeding years , prohibited direct ex- port and import between Ireland ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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