Excerpt from The Irish Nation, Vol. 3: Its History and Its Biography Reign of Anne - Peace in Ireland - Factions in England - Policy of the Penal George I. - George II. - Cause of the increase of Roman Catholics. From the reign of King William may be' dated the dim and cloudy beginning of a period of comparative calm - a calm, however, devoid of the sunshine of prosperity. The reign of Anne was much like the torpid collapse after a long and fearful struggle; the combative animosity of the Celt for a lethargic interval subsided into unnatural repose; and the nation lay still, till young blood and a new race, for getful, or ignorant, of the horrors of perpetual slaughter, should arise, or when the restless temper of the aggressor, with the sense of an cient wrong, might recover breath, and violence and rapine should be marshalled anew to the work of devastation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.