Views of Ireland, Moral, Political, and Religious, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

John O’driscol

9780483603318: Views of Ireland, Moral, Political, and Religious, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

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Vantages of that measure. Dublin continues to be the seat of faction, though it is no longer the dwelling-place of those great interests which re lieve faction of its meanness, and cover all its de formities. The capital of Ireland did not become, as Edinburgh, a school of medicine, or a school of any thing; its rich and splendid college did not make it literary; this great establishment was dumb; and so jealous was it that no earthly sound should be heard in its halls, that silence was im posed upon the exercises of its youth, lest some infant genius Should disturb the profound repose of timid and conscious dulness. The Historical Society, which had existed so long, and in times of so much political agitation, has been sup pressed since the Union.

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