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" This extortion of coigny and livery did produce two notorious effects. First, it made the land waste ; next it made the people idle. For when the husbandman had laboured all the year, the soldier in one night did consume the fruits of all his labour,... "
Patriotic sketches of Ireland, written in Connaught - Page 117
by lady Sydney Morgan - 1807
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Patriotic sketches of Ireland, written in Connaught, Volume 2

lady Sydney Morgan - 1807 - 182 pages
...an extortion under which the Irish smarted for centuries, " and which" (says Davis) " produced two notorious effects, for it made the lands waste, and...warfare and civil dissension could inflict, who (as aa English minister expresses it) " were beaten as in a mortar by pestilence and famine/' many bad...
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Patriotic Sketches of Ireland, Written in Connaught, Volumes 1-2

Lady Morgan (Sydney) - 1809 - 232 pages
...livery, an extortion under which the Irish smarted for centuries, "and which," says Davis, " produced two notorious effects, for it made the lands waste, and...the most galling hardships that warfare and civil dissention could inflict, who, as an English minister expresses it, " were beaten as in a mortar by...
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Clontarf, a Poem

William Hamilton Drummond - 1822 - 112 pages
...of Coyne and Livery produced two notorious effects:—first, it made the land waste ; next, it made the people idle : for when the husbandman had laboured all the year, the soldier in one night consumed the fruits of all his labour, longiym perit labor irritus antii. Had he reason...
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The History of Ireland: From the Earliest Account of Time, to the Invasion ...

T. Comerford - 1826 - 626 pages
...of coin and livery did produce two notorious effects: First, it made the land waste, next, it made the people idle. For, when the husbandman had laboured all the year, the soldier in one night, did consume the fruits of atl his labour, Iongique perit labor irritus anni. Had he reason...
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The History of the Policy of the Church of Rome in Ireland: From the ...

William Phelan - 1827 - 378 pages
...Coigne and Livery, did produce two notorious effects. First, it made the land waste ; next, it made the people idle. For when the husbandman had laboured all the year, the soldier in one night did consume the fruits of his labour ; had he reason then to manure the land for the next...
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The remains of William Phelan [ed. by M. Phelan]. With a biogr ..., Volume 2

William Phelan - 1832 - 378 pages
...Coigne and Livery, did produce two notorious effects. First, it made the land waste; next, it made the people idle. For when the husbandman had laboured all the year, the soldier in one night did consume the fruits of his labour} had he reason then to manure the land for the next...
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The Dublin University Magazine, Volume 4

1834 - 734 pages
...never gave them any other pay." Its notorious effects—" First, it made the land waste; next, it made the people idle, for when the husbandman had laboured all the year, the soldier, in one night, did consume the fruits of all his labour." ..." And hereupon, of necessity, came depopulation,...
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The History of Drogheda: With Its Environs, and an Introductory ..., Volume 2

John D'Alton - 1844 - 502 pages
...heathen kingdom. ... It did produce two notorious effects: first, it made the laud waste; next, it made the people idle, for when the husbandman had laboured all the year, the soldier, in one night, did consume the fruit of all his labour ; . . so as this extreme extortion and oppression...
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The Home and Foreign Review, Volume 2

1863 - 740 pages
...and livery produced two notorious effects: first, it made the land waste; next, it made the peopie idle : for when the husbandman had laboured all the year> the soldier in one night consumed the fruits of all his labour, ' Longique perit labor irritus anni.' Had he reason,...
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Ireland: Industrial, Political, and Social

John Nicholas Murphy - 1870 - 548 pages
...extortion of coin and livery produced two notorious effects : first, it made the land waste ; next, it made the people idle : for when the husbandman had laboured all the year, the soldier in one night consumed the fruits of all his labour, ' longique peril labor irritus anni.' Had he reason,...
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