A tour in Ireland: with general observations on the present state of that kingdom: made in the years 1776, 1777, and 1778. And brought down to the end of 1779H. Goldney, 1780 - 539 pàgines |
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Pàgina 61
... fhall mention , is a cave at Skeheenrinky , on the road between Cahir and that place : the opening to it is a cleft of rock in a lime ftone hill , fo narrow as to be difficult to get into it . I defcended by a ladder of about twenty ...
... fhall mention , is a cave at Skeheenrinky , on the road between Cahir and that place : the opening to it is a cleft of rock in a lime ftone hill , fo narrow as to be difficult to get into it . I defcended by a ladder of about twenty ...
Pàgina 78
... information on the spot , drawn into one point of view , over any gueffes what- ever . I fhall therefore proceed at once to lay it before the reader . Places Places . County of Dublin RE Rent per Acre . 78 RENT A L. SECTION ...
... information on the spot , drawn into one point of view , over any gueffes what- ever . I fhall therefore proceed at once to lay it before the reader . Places Places . County of Dublin RE Rent per Acre . 78 RENT A L. SECTION ...
Pàgina 90
... fhall be fully convinced , that the benefit of Ireland is fo intimately connected with the good of England , that we fhall be as forward to give to that hitherto unhappy country , as the can be to receive , from the firm conviction ...
... fhall be fully convinced , that the benefit of Ireland is fo intimately connected with the good of England , that we fhall be as forward to give to that hitherto unhappy country , as the can be to receive , from the firm conviction ...
Pàgina 105
... fhall do this with the greater readiness , as I fpeak not only as a paffing traveller , but from a year's refidence . among feveral hundred tenants , whofe circumftances and fituation I had particular opportunities of ob- ferving . LET ...
... fhall do this with the greater readiness , as I fpeak not only as a paffing traveller , but from a year's refidence . among feveral hundred tenants , whofe circumftances and fituation I had particular opportunities of ob- ferving . LET ...
Pàgina 106
... , difficulties fmoothed , and notice taken , in the moft flattering manner , of thofe whofe conduct me- rited it . I fhall in another part of these rited 106 TENANT RY . infift on the regular and punctual payment of his rent...
... , difficulties fmoothed , and notice taken , in the moft flattering manner , of thofe whofe conduct me- rited it . I fhall in another part of these rited 106 TENANT RY . infift on the regular and punctual payment of his rent...
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A Tour in Ireland: With General Observations on the Present State ..., Volum 1 Arthur Young Visualització completa - 1780 |
A Tour in Ireland: With General Observations on the Present Statement of the ... Arthur Young Visualització completa - 1780 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 130 - Ireland never thought of a radical cure from overlooking the real cause of the disease, which in fact lay in themselves, and not in the wretches they doomed to the gallows. Let them change their own conduct entirely, and the poor will not long riot.
Pàgina 128 - It must strike the most careless traveller to see whole strings of cars whipt into a ditch by a gentleman's footman, to make way for his carriage ; if they are overturned or broken in pieces, no matter, it is taken in patience ; were they to complain they would perhaps be horsewhipped.
Pàgina 128 - ... proves the oppression under which such people must live. Nay, I have heard anecdotes of the lives of people being made free with, without any apprehension of the justice of a jury.
Pàgina 128 - I am talking nonsense, they know their situation too well to think of it; they can have no defence but by means of protection from one gentleman against another, who probably protects his vassal as he would the sheep he intends to eat.
Pàgina 286 - England, should of late apply itself to the woollen manufacture, to the great prejudice of the trade of this kingdom...
Pàgina 127 - ... if he offered to lift his hand in his own defence. Knocking down is spoken of in the country in a manner that makes an Englishman stare.
Pàgina 141 - It is no superficial view I have taken of this matter in Ireland ; and being at Dublin at the time a very trifling part of these laws was agitated in Parliament, I attended the debates, with my mind open to conviction, and an auditor for the mere purposes of information.
Pàgina 127 - 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.
Pàgina 118 - If any one doubts the comparative plenty, which attends the board of a poor native of England and Ireland, let him attend to their meals: the sparingness with which our labourer eats his bread and cheese is well known; mark the Irishman's...
Pàgina 37 - As soon as she is horsed, the hurling begins, in which the young fellow appointed for her husband has the eyes of all the company fixed on him. If he comes off conqueror, he is certainly married to the girl; but if another is victorious, he as certainly loses her, for she is the prize of the victor.