 ... they seem beside to labour under a greater degree of ignorance in husbandry than the others; perhaps it is that their industry had less scope, and was less exercised at home. I have heard many relate, how the land was parcelled out in that kingdom;...  The Story of the Irish Nation - Page 196by Francis Hackett - 1922 - 402 pagesFull view - About this book
 | J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur, William Peterfield Trent, Ludwig Lewisohn - Nantucket (Mass.) - 1904 - 534 pages
...infinitum, and the occupiers often pay five guineas an acre. The poor are worse lodged there than any where else in Europe; their potatoes, which are easily raised,...their wages are too low and their whisky too cheap. There is no tracing observations of this kind, without making at the same time very great allowances,... | |
 | Robert Shafer - American literature - 1926 - 1410 pages
...toils of the field, which they understand better. They have therefore nothing to struggle apainsr. r way, tied to the mast like Ulysses.1 If the engine...music they are like. Let us settle ourselves, and There is no tracing observations of this kind, without making at the same time very great allowances,... | |
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