English Misrule and Irish Misdeeds: Four Letters from Ireland Addressed to an English Member of Parliament |
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Page 50
... Poor we are , and he would be a bold man who denied it . Land- lords , farmers , and labourers ; these three classes are all poor , and so poor , that if you would support the country by compelling any one of them to main- tain the ...
... Poor we are , and he would be a bold man who denied it . Land- lords , farmers , and labourers ; these three classes are all poor , and so poor , that if you would support the country by compelling any one of them to main- tain the ...
Page 158
... poor through that labour which produces property if you would make it support any large number in a mode prejudicial to labour , you may indeed feed the poor for one year on the fruit hang- ing from the bough , but you have cut down the ...
... poor through that labour which produces property if you would make it support any large number in a mode prejudicial to labour , you may indeed feed the poor for one year on the fruit hang- ing from the bough , but you have cut down the ...
Page 171
... Poor Law , if you would give it a chance of permanence . At best it must encounter great obstacles , from the difficulty of finding in the country the machinery necessary to work it . That machinery ought to be tough and seasoned , and ...
... Poor Law , if you would give it a chance of permanence . At best it must encounter great obstacles , from the difficulty of finding in the country the machinery necessary to work it . That machinery ought to be tough and seasoned , and ...
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