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... Arthur Griffith's political writings had had a considerable influence on Collins . He was a stocky , stubborn bourgeois , Connolly's antithesis - frigid with shyness , opinionated , indomitable , incorruptible and lonely . " Griffith ...
... Arthur Griffith's political writings had had a considerable influence on Collins . He was a stocky , stubborn bourgeois , Connolly's antithesis - frigid with shyness , opinionated , indomitable , incorruptible and lonely . " Griffith ...
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... Griffith's austere policy into effect ; it was just as well he was then locked safely away in an English prison or ... Arthur Griffith's policy was that which most quickly promised a clash with England . He did not take it seriously ; he ...
... Griffith's austere policy into effect ; it was just as well he was then locked safely away in an English prison or ... Arthur Griffith's policy was that which most quickly promised a clash with England . He did not take it seriously ; he ...
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... Griffith and the moderates . Now with his loyalty to his oath , to the state which he had created , and to the ... Arthur Griffith , on the very day when his policy triumphed over those of all his enemies , might bid a long good - bye to ...
... Griffith and the moderates . Now with his loyalty to his oath , to the state which he had created , and to the ... Arthur Griffith , on the very day when his policy triumphed over those of all his enemies , might bid a long good - bye to ...
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