 | Arthur Young - 1780 - 436 pagina’s
...behold in England. The landlord of an Irifh eftate, inhabited by roman catholicks, is a fort of <lefpot who yields obedience in whatever concerns the poor, to no law but that of his will. To difcover what the liberty of a people i?, we muft live among them, and not look for it in the ftatutes... | |
 | 1780 - 592 pagina’s
...behold in England. The landlord of an Iriih eftate, inhabited by Roman Catholics, is a fortofdefpot who yields obedience in whatever concerns the poor, to no law but ihat of his will. To difcover what the liberty of a people is, we mull live among them, and not look... | |
 | John Curry - 1786 - 432 pagina’s
...eftate," fays the learned and impartial Mr. Young, " inhabited by Roman catholics, is a fort of defpot, who yields obedience in whatever concerns the poor to no law but that of his will. To difcover what the liberty of a people is, we muft live among them, and not look for it in the ftatutes... | |
 | John Curry - 1786 - 436 pagina’s
...eftate," fays the learned and impartial Mr. Young, " inhabited by Roman catholics, is a fort of defpot, who yields obedience in whatever concerns the poor to no law but that of his will. To difcover what the liberty of a people is, we muft live among them, and not look for it in the ftatutes... | |
 | Dennis Taaffe - 1811 - 584 pagina’s
...his tour through Munster, honestly declares, that there he saw the ne plus ultra of human misery. " The landlord of an Irish estate, inhabited by Roman...catholics, is a sort of despot, who yields obedience in what concerns the poor to no law but that of his will. To discover what the liberty of a people is,... | |
 | 1840 - 606 pagina’s
...them to situations more mortifying than is ever beheld in England. The landlord of an Irish estate is a sort of despot, who yields obedience, in whatever concerns the poor, to no law but his own will. The labouring poor are treated with harshness. The execution of the laws lies very much... | |
 | 1812 - 576 pagina’s
...food : the subordination of the lower classes, degenerating into oppression, is not to be overlooked. The landlord of an Irish estate, inhabited by Roman...concerns the poor, to no law but that of his will. A landlord in Ireland can scarcely invent an order, which a servant, labourer or cotter, dares to refuse... | |
 | 1828 - 604 pagina’s
...Having prefixed this title of « oppression" to the 29th page of the second part of his book, he says, " The landlord of an Irish estate inhabited by Roman...obedience in whatever concerns the poor to no law, but his own will. To discover what the liberty of a people is, we must live amongst them, and not look... | |
 | 1825 - 364 pagina’s
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 | 1825 - 362 pagina’s
...landlords* in general, * The following picture, from an acute observer, wilt justify my assertion : — ' The landlord of an Irish estate, inhabited by Roman...in whatever concerns the poor to no law but that of bis will. To discover what the liberty of a people is, we must live among them, and nut look for il... | |
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The landlord of an Irish estate inhabited by Roman Catholics is a sort of despot, who yields obedience, in whatever concerns the poor, to no law but that of his will. 
