The Modern Part of an Universal History, Vol. 42: From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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HE Irifli, more than the inhabitants 6? Any other' nation, appear to be zealous for, the antiquity of their co'pntry, and pretend to trace their origin from the ages almofi immediat'efj fubfequept to the deluge. Accotding té their tra'diti'ons, the firf't inhabitants of that ifland came from Spain though the more probable ac counts are, that it was originally peopled from Britain. But whetheffrom'one or, the qther,.atid atiwhat'éver period,' itis certain, that the Irifh hifiory, before the feign of Henry II. Qf England, is involved in fable and perplexity and With thatvepoch, therefoi'e, in conformity tohthe moflf j'u'dici'ous of the Irifh Hifiori'ans, we {hall begin the pre fem: work. The {mall principalities, into which Ireland was an tientfy di'vided, ex'ercifed perpetual rapine and 'violence;.

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