English Misrule and Irish Misdeeds: Four Letters from Ireland Addressed to an English Member of Parliament |
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Page 11
... live upon public charity , why should they not know themselves by the name of paupers ? As the general basis of your operations , support on rations those whom you must needs support : make the district thus relieved pay at once , and ...
... live upon public charity , why should they not know themselves by the name of paupers ? As the general basis of your operations , support on rations those whom you must needs support : make the district thus relieved pay at once , and ...
Page 21
... live in those districts in which , supposing the potato not to return , no sufficient rate could be raised though no rent were demanded ? I replied that I did not feel convinced that they were to live , unless something else beside the ...
... live in those districts in which , supposing the potato not to return , no sufficient rate could be raised though no rent were demanded ? I replied that I did not feel convinced that they were to live , unless something else beside the ...
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... live . A third consideration is this . The interest of the debts and charges on Irish property is computed at no less than £ 4,000,000 annually , which represents , we will say , a capital of nearly £ 100,000,000 . A large part of this ...
... live . A third consideration is this . The interest of the debts and charges on Irish property is computed at no less than £ 4,000,000 annually , which represents , we will say , a capital of nearly £ 100,000,000 . A large part of this ...
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