 | 1881 - 830 pages
...old seats of the nobility and gentry all in ruins, and no new ones in their stead ; the families of farmers who pay great rents, living in filth and nastiness...so convenient as an English hogsty to receive them. The whole paper is an answer to those who (like some of our own time) were always assuring the Government... | |
 | 1881 - 832 pages
...old seats of the nobility and gentry all in ruins, and no new ones in their stead ; the families of farmers who pay great rents, living in filth and nastiness...so convenient as an English hogsty to receive them. The whole paper is an answer to those who (like some of our own time) were always assuring the Government... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1881 - 1422 pages
...ones in their .stejid ; the families of farmers who pay great rents, living in filth and Hastiness upon buttermilk and potatoes, without a shoe or stocking...so convenient as an English hogsty to receive them. The whole paper is an answer to those who (like some of our own time) •were always assuring the Government... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1882 - 622 pages
...old seats of the nobility and gentry all in ruins, and no new ones in their stead : the families of farmers, who pay great rents, living in filth and...without a shoe or stocking to their feet, or a house as convenient as an English hogsty, to receive them. These may indeed be comfortable sights to an English... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1882 - 622 pages
...old seats of the nobility and gentry all in ruins, and no new ones in their stead : the families of farmers, who pay great rents, living in filth and...without a shoe or stocking to their feet, or a house as convenient as an English hogaty, to receive them. These may indeed be comfortable flights to an... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Sir Walter Scott - 1883 - 522 pages
...old seats of the nobility and gentry all in ruins, and no new ones in their stead; the families of farmers, who pay great rents, living in filth and...convenient as an English hog-sty to receive them. These indeed may be comfortable sights to an English spectator, who comes for a short time, only to learn... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1883 - 516 pages
...old seats of the nobility and gentry all in ruins, and no new ones in their stead ; the families of farmers, who pay great rents, living in filth and...convenient as an English hog-sty to receive them. These indeed may be comfortable sights to an English spectator, who comes for a short time, only to learn... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1883 - 662 pages
...families of farmers who pay great rents living in tilth and nastiness upon buttermilk and polatoes, without a shoe or stocking; to their feet, or a house...convenient as an English hogsty to receive them — these may, indeed, be comfortable sights to an English spectator who comes for a short time to learn the... | |
 | James Hay - 1891 - 390 pages
...old seats of the nobility and gentry all in ruins, and no new ones in their stead ; the families of farmers, who pay great rents, living in filth and...without a shoe or stocking to their feet, or a house as convenient as an English hog-stye to receive them. These may, indeed, be comfortable sights to an... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1892 - 518 pages
...old seats of the nobility and gentry all in ruins and no new ones in their stead ; the families of farmers who pay great rents living in filth and nastiness...convenient as an English hogsty to receive them — these may, indeed, be comfortable sights to an English spectator who comes for a short time to learn the... | |
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The miserable dress, and diet, and dwelling of the people; the general desolation in most parts of the kingdom; the old seats of the nobility and gentry all in ruins, and no new ones in their stead; the families of farmers, who pay great rents, living... 
