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Disturbed Ireland; being the letters written during the winter of 1880-81

Becker, Bernard Henry, b. 1833 · 1881 · Scanned text · Free in the US

85,012 words · about 5 h 57 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Author
Becker, Bernard Henry, b. 1833
Language
English
Published
1881
Length
85,012 words · about 5 h 57 min
Sections
3 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain in the United States

 

Contents (3)
  1. Front matter about 1 min
  2. Preface under 1 min
  3. XVIII. Distuebed Ireland about 5 h 56 min
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Front matter

DISTURBED IRELAND.

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Preface

to reflect as accurately as might be the salient features of a social and economic upheaval, soon I fervently hope, to pass into the domain of history ; and in offering my work to the public must ask indulgence for the errors of omission and commission so diflficult to avoid while travelling and writing rapidly in a country which, even to its own people, is a complex problem.

B. H. B.

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