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... O'Connell's well - known statement that he was ' sufficiently utilitarian not to regret ' the ' gradual abandonment ' of the Irish language - still in his time spoken by perhaps 40 per cent of the population - did not significantly ...
... O'Connell's well - known statement that he was ' sufficiently utilitarian not to regret ' the ' gradual abandonment ' of the Irish language - still in his time spoken by perhaps 40 per cent of the population - did not significantly ...
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... O'Connell's banner . Clearly O'Connell's status as Gaelic and millennial chieftain proved especially attractive to the poorest members of rural society , many of whom believed - however unrealistically that their hero was about to lead ...
... O'Connell's banner . Clearly O'Connell's status as Gaelic and millennial chieftain proved especially attractive to the poorest members of rural society , many of whom believed - however unrealistically that their hero was about to lead ...
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... O'Connell's achievements in any but the most brilliant of lights . His combination of religious devotion and liberal principles gave both his personality and his politics a public European dimension that was , for its time , unusual ...
... O'Connell's achievements in any but the most brilliant of lights . His combination of religious devotion and liberal principles gave both his personality and his politics a public European dimension that was , for its time , unusual ...
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The Whigs the People and Reform | 25 |
Changing the Law in Germany in the Ancien Régime | 45 |
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