...was very similar. ' The Irish,' said Dr. Johnson, ' are in a most unnatural state, for we there see the minority prevailing over the majority. There is...of Ireland have exercised against the Catholics.' 1 The penal laws against the Roman Catholics, both in England and Ireland, were the immediate consequence...

...Cardinal's words. "There is no instance," says Lecky in his History of England in the Eighteenth Century, " even in the Ten Persecutions, of such severity as...Protestants of Ireland have exercised against the Catholics" (vol. i. ch. ii.) And, despite their long-continued misgovernment, social persecution, and general...

...Ireland sell?" JOHNSON (bursting forth with a generous indignation) : "The Irish are in a most unnatural as rebels, was monstrous injustice. King William was not their lawful sovereign : he had not been acknowledged...

...bursting forth," as his biographer tells us, " with a generous indignation," "are in a most unnatural state, for we see there the minority prevailing over...of Ireland have exercised against the Catholics." The Revolution, which had brought liberty of worship to England, had only brought harsher and more...

...sell ? " JOHNSON. (Bursting forth with a generous indignation,) " The Irish are in a most unnatural state ; for we see there the minority prevailing over...Protestants of Ireland have exercised against the Catholicks. Did we tell them we have conquered them, it would be above board : to • Prayers and Meditations,...

...Ireland sell ? ' JOHNSON (bursting forth with a generous indignation): 'The Irish are in a most unnatural state ; for we see there the minority prevailing over...to punish them by confiscation and other penalties, as rebels, was monstrous injustice. King William was not their lawful sovereign : he had not been acknowleged...

...persecutions unparalleled " The Irish," said Dr. Johnson, " are in a most unnatural state, for we there see the minority prevailing over the majority. There is...of Ireland have exercised against the Catholics." Boswell's Life of Johnson, ch. xxix. XXIII GALILEO Every great scientific truth goes through three...

...there the minority prevailing over the majority. There is no instance, even in the ten persecution, of such severity as that which the Protestants of...them we have conquered them, it would be above board : tc punish them, by confiscation and other penalties, as rebels, was monstroua injustice. King William...

...history of persecution." "The Irish," said Dr. Johnson,1 "are in a most unnatural state, for we there see the minority prevailing over the majority. There is...of Ireland have exercised against the Catholics." The Catholics were anxious to accept any amelioration in their condition, while their Presbyterian...

...sell ? ' JOHNSON, (bursting forth with a generous indignation,) ' The Irish are in a most unnatural thus addresses Sir John Bevil : ' Catholicks. Did we tell them we have conquered them, it would be above board : to punish them by confiscation...