English Misrule and Irish Misdeeds: Four Letters from Ireland Addressed to an English Member of Parliament |
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Page 15
... famine , and of a very expensive test of destitution which acted as a premium to paupers instead of as a test of pauperism , must , I fear , have damped the ardour of several Relief Committees , infecting some members with a spirit of ...
... famine , and of a very expensive test of destitution which acted as a premium to paupers instead of as a test of pauperism , must , I fear , have damped the ardour of several Relief Committees , infecting some members with a spirit of ...
Page 120
... famine is an expensive thing . Let us now recur to the other alternative , and con- sider how you are likely to fare if you content your- self with washing your hands , and declaring that the matter is none of yours . Such a proceeding ...
... famine is an expensive thing . Let us now recur to the other alternative , and con- sider how you are likely to fare if you content your- self with washing your hands , and declaring that the matter is none of yours . Such a proceeding ...
Page 126
... famine . Under the ex- isting law the more an Irish proprietor improves his estate , the larger becomes that proportion of the rate which is defrayed by his estate ; you have im- proved your estate , and you would not allow us to ...
... famine . Under the ex- isting law the more an Irish proprietor improves his estate , the larger becomes that proportion of the rate which is defrayed by his estate ; you have im- proved your estate , and you would not allow us to ...
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