 | 1883 - 948 pages
...The landlord of an Irish estate," wrote Arthur Young, " inhabited hv Roman Catholics, is a sort of a despot, who yields obedience in whatever concerns the poor to no law but his own will. A landlord in Ireland can scarcely invent an order which a servant, labourer, or cottier... | |
 | Arthur Young - 1887 - 206 pages
...on the poor people, and subject them to situations more mortifying than we ever behold in England. The landlord of an Irish estate, inhabited by Roman...concerns the poor, to no law but that of his will. To discover what the liberty of the people is, we must live among them, and not look for it in the... | |
 | Arthur Young - 1887 - 212 pages
...polished age there are instances of a severe carriage towards the poor, which is quite unknown in England. A landlord in Ireland can scarcely invent an order which a servant, labourer, or cottar dares to refuse to execute. Nothing satisfies him but an unlimited submission. Disrespect, or... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1888 - 734 pages
...influence, and are every day treated better and better.' Yet, even at this .time, he assures us, ' 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. ... A long series... | |
 | Charles Russell Baron Russell of Killowen - 1889 - 636 pages
...pernicious system. He goes on : — " The landlord of an Irish estate inhabited by Roman Catholics i= a sort of despot, who yields obedience, in whatever...concerns the poor to no law but that of his will." The following, my Lords, is indeed a philosophical observation worth bearing in mind in the progress... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1892 - 518 pages
...its influence, and are every day treated better and better.' Yet, even at this time, he assures us, ' the landlord of an Irish estate inhabited by Roman...concerns the poor, to no law but that of his will. ... A long series of oppressions, aided by many very ill-judged laws, have brought landlords into a habit... | |
 | Arthur Young - 1892 - 444 pages
...mortifying than we ever behold in England. The landlord of an Irish estate, inhabited by Roman Catholicks, is a sort of despot who yields obedience, in whatever...concerns the poor, to no law but that of his will. To discover what the liberty of a people is, we must live among them, and not look for it in the statutes... | |
 | Arthur Young - 1892 - 424 pages
...England. The landlord of an Irish estate, inhabited by Roman Catholicks, is a sort of despot who I yields obedience, in whatever concerns the poor, to no law / but that of his will. To discover what the liberty of a people is, we must live among them, and not look for it in the statutes... | |
 | Thomas Addis Emmet - 1903 - 380 pages
...considered that their want of importance seems a perfect contrast to their situation in England. . . . The landlord of an Irish estate inhabited by Roman...scarcely invent an order which a servant, labourer, or cottar dares to refuse to execute. Nothing satisfies him but unlimited submission. Disrespect or anything... | |
 | Thomas Addis Emmet - 1903 - 380 pages
...considered that their want of importance seems a perfect contrast to their situation in England. . . . The landlord of an Irish estate inhabited by Roman...Catholics is a sort of despot who yields obedience in whaterer concerns the poor to no law but that of his will. ... A landlord in Ireland can scarcely invent... | |
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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 own will. 
