 Go to an alehouse kitchen of an old enclosed country, and there you will see the origin of poverty and poor rates. For whom are they to be sober? For whom are they to save? (Such are their questions.) For the parish? " If I am diligent, shall I have leave...  British History in the Nineteenth Century (1782-1901) - Page 150by George Macaulay Trevelyan - 1922 - 445 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Arthur Young - Poor - 1801 - 176 pages
...(Such are their questions) For the parish ? If I am diligent, shall I have leave to build a cottage ? If I am sober, shall I have land for a cow ? If I...have half an acre of potatoes ? You offer no motives; you have nothing but a parish officer and a workhouse! —Bring me another pot— It is true that wastes... | |
 | English literature - 1874 - 618 pages
...better Maintenance and Support of the Poor.' Bury St. Edmunds, 1801. P. 42. I - ii i I (1 a cottage ? If I am sober, shall I have land for a cow ? If I am frugal, shall I have half an acre for potatoes ? You offer no motives ; you have nothing but a parish officer and a workhouse. Bring... | |
 | Thomas Edward Scrutton - Commons - 1887 - 208 pages
...(such are their questions). For the parish ? If I am diligent shall I have leave to build a cottage ? If I am sober shall I have land for a cow ? If I am...have half an acre of potatoes ? You offer no motives ; you have nothing but a parish officer and a workhouse. Bring me another pot ! " This was the result... | |
 | Russell Montague Garnier - Agricultural laborers - 1895 - 490 pages
...For whom are we to save ? For the parish ? If I am diligent, shall I have leave to build a cottage ? If I am sober, shall I have land for a cow ? If I am frugal, shall I have half an acre for potatoes ? You offer no motives, you have nothing but a parish officer and a workhouse. Bring me... | |
 | George Cadbury (jr.), Tom Bryan - Agriculture - 1908 - 214 pages
...sober ? For whom are they to save ? (Such are their questions). ' For the parish ? If I am diligent shall I have land for a cow ? If I am frugal, shall...have half an acre of potatoes ? You offer no motives ; you have nothing but a parish officer and a workhouse. Bring me another pot.' " Three Acres and a... | |
 | Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - Agriculture - 1912 - 530 pages
...(such are their questions). For the parish ? If I am diligent, shall I have leave to build a cottage ? If I am sober, shall I have land for a cow ? If I...have half an acre of potatoes ? You offer no motives ; you have nothing but a parish officer and a workhouse. Bring me another pot." l The same point is... | |
 | Olive Jocelyn Dunlop - Agricultural laborers - 1913 - 288 pages
...(Such are their questions.) For the parish ? If I am diligent, shall I have leave to build a cottage ? If I am sober, shall I have land for a cow ? If I...have half an acre of potatoes ? You offer no motives ; you have nothing but a parish officer and a workhouse. Bring me another pot." l 1 " Annals of Agriculture,"... | |
 | John Lawrence Hammond, Barbara Bradby Hammond - Agricultural laborers - 1913 - 446 pages
...whom are they to save ? For the parish ? If I am diligent, shall I have leave to build a cottage ? If I am sober, shall I have land for a cow ? If I am frugal, shall I have hah* an acre of potatoes ? You offer no motives ; you have nothing but a parish officer and a workhouse... | |
 | Alfred Edward Bland, Philip Anthony Brown, Richard Henry Tawney - Business & Economics - 1914 - 776 pages
...(Such are their questions.) For the parish ? If I am diligent, shall I have leave to build a cottage ? If I am sober, shall I have land for a cow ? If I...have half an acre of potatoes ? You offer no motives ; you have nothing but a parish officer and a workhouse ! Bring me another pot. Objection VIII. Wastes... | |
 | Arthur Young - Agriculture - 1915 - 398 pages
...you will see the origin of poverty and poor rates. For whom are they to be sober ? for whom save ? . If I am sober shall I have land for a cow ? If I am frugal shall I have half an acre for potatoes ? You offer me no motives but the parish officer and the workhouse. — Landlord, bring... | |
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