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" constant wretchedness of, caused by England, 44

" possesses abundant means of prosperity, cxix, 2

" oppressed by the Navigation Law, 122

" loyal to English Crown, 125

" a great commercial gain to England, 149

" a mine of wealth to England, cxvii, 149

" Bishop Berkeley's opinion on, cxix

" ought to depend on her own resources, cxvii

" its people fond of equal justice: their food, 145, and note

" good wool-spinners, 71

" had no professed historian since 1699, 23

" overtaxed in consequence of paying its share of the National Debt, 33

" supposed wealth caused real poverty, 48

" her debt for the war of 1761 was accountable, but its increase during 16 years of peace unaccountable, 46

Ireland, distress of, arose, not from natural causes but from bad laws, 53

Irish, the indolence of, from loss of liberty, 127

Irish shipping useful to Edward I. in his French wars, 111

Irish, population of, more than doubled in 80 years, 148

" population of, in 1779, 148

" able to pay taxes, 151

" residing in houses of one hearth, 151, note

" Non-distribution of property caused by bad English laws, 150

" home trade most important for, 145

" trade of, various restrictions on, 154, 157

" troops, 100,000, served in English army and navy in French and Spanish war, 161

James II. ruined the trade and revenue of Ireland, 13

Jocelyn, Lord, his return of Pension List, lxix, note

Johnston, Dr., his Hon. degree from T.C.D., and letter to Leland, lxxxvi

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