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In the English- -- condition of Ireland . At the time of the. I invented the title of Greater Britain for myself , or took it from that of Brit- annia Major , which in the twelfth cen- tury was used for what we now call Great Britain ...
In the English- -- condition of Ireland . At the time of the. I invented the title of Greater Britain for myself , or took it from that of Brit- annia Major , which in the twelfth cen- tury was used for what we now call Great Britain ...
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I know that there are young men from Wheens who think of Bannockburn when they alight first on English soil , and I have heard one warn another against talking of Burns . The idea is that it is foolish to rouse national jealousies .
I know that there are young men from Wheens who think of Bannockburn when they alight first on English soil , and I have heard one warn another against talking of Burns . The idea is that it is foolish to rouse national jealousies .
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Now , for what qualities was it that the English people admired Lord Beacons field , when of their admiration he at length became the object ? Was their enthusi- asm excited by his ability or by his char- acter ; by the tinsel and ...
Now , for what qualities was it that the English people admired Lord Beacons field , when of their admiration he at length became the object ? Was their enthusi- asm excited by his ability or by his char- acter ; by the tinsel and ...
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