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In the succeeding reign [that of George I.] he delivered Ireland from plunder and _oppression_; and shewed that wit, confederated with _truth_, had such force as authority was unable to resist.--It was from the time when he first began to patronize the Irish, that they may date their riches, and prosperity. He taught them first to know their own interest, their weight and their strength, and gave them spirit to assert that _equality_ with their fellow-subjects to which they have been ever since making vigorous advances, and to claim those _rights_ which they have at last established.