...code— a code which Burke truly described as " well digested and well disposed in all its parts ; a machine of wise and elaborate contrivance, and as...ever proceeded from the perverted ingenuity of man." It was framed by a small minority of the nation for the oppression of the majority, who remained faithful...

...Protestant and Papist.' " Burke described the code as " Well digested and well described in all its parts, a machine of wise and elaborate contrivance, and as...the debasement in them of human nature itself, as any that ever proceeded from the perverted ingenuity of man." Yet Arthur Young asserts that the proportion...

...famous code —a code which Burke truly described as ' well digested and well disposed in all its parts; a machine of wise and elaborate contrivance, and as...ever proceeded from the perverted ingenuity of man.'" * The effects of these laws Mr. Lecky has described thus : "The economical and moral effects of the...

...code which Burke truly described as' well digested and well disposed in all its parts; a machine'of wise and elaborate contrivance, and as well fitted...ever proceeded from the perverted ingenuity of man."" * The effects of these laws Mr. Lecky has described thus : " The economical and moral effects of the...

...abhor the old code. Tou abhorred it, as I did, for its vicious perfection. For I must do it justice : it was a complete system, full of coherence and consistency...machine of wise and elaborate contrivance ; and as fell fitted for the oppression, impoverishment, and degradation of a people, and the debasement, in...

...subjected, and which Edmund Burke described as " well digested and well disposed in all its parts; a machine of wise and elaborate contrivance, and as...proceeded from the perverted ingenuity of man." In this connection we will quote the testimony of Mr. Lecky : " By this code the Roman Catholics were...

...complete system, full of cohesion and consistency, well digested and well fitted in all its parts—it was a machine of wise and elaborate contrivance, and...the oppression, impoverishment, and degradation of the people, and the debasement in them of human nature itself, as ever proceeded from the perverted...

...Such were the principal articles of this famous code—a code which Burke truly described as :— " A complete system, full of coherence and consistency ; well " digested and well disposed in all its parts ; a machine of wise " and elaborate contrivance, and as well fitted for the...

...from every benefit of the constitution. ‘It was a machine,' says Burke, speaking of the penal laws, ‘of wise and elaborate contrivance, and as well...ever proceeded from the perverted ingenuity of man.' Although but seven years of age when the glories of Grattan and the Volunteers of ‘82 thrilled through...

...from every benefit of the constitution. ' It was a machine,' says Burke, speaking of the penal laws, 'of wise and elaborate contrivance, and as well fitted...ever proceeded from the perverted ingenuity of man.' Although but seven years of age when the glories of Grattan and the Volunteers of '82 thrilled through...