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WO V011ial:15, OCl:et•i il. 45. in boards,
-LkHISTORY of IRELAND, from the earliest
Accounts to the aCcompliSiinient Of the Union with
Great britaiii in 180 r . •
. • t3v the Rev. 'AMES CORDON,
React of Killegoy, an the Diocese of Ferns, and of Canna-
way, in the Di4cese of cod,
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it. the smite clear discernment, the same sound.judgmenr,-tlie
same strong good sense, the same manly sentiments, and the
same . fearless integrity and ditution is truth."—Munthly
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4" The sarne essential qualities aof an Historian which he
displayed in his ',History- of the Irish Rebellion,' are to be
-tonna in the Work before us ;. and this is no ordinary praise.,
We think this Work may ise a useful and respeaable•Cont-
.pendiumot Irish History."--Critical Review, Nov.-ISA.
f. We have been gratified with Mr. Uordon'S,performance ;
thestury Bows with ease and spirit, and the general style of
• the Composition-may- be termed manly and•l'irred. The at-
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