 | Donald Fraser - 1814 - 164 pàgines
...Irish, the generous spirit of hospitality, for which from the earliest periods they were characterised, was peculiarly enforced. " The most holy, men of heaven,"...wants." We have thus seen that the Irish were a people endowpd yith great powers of body and mind^ lovers of. 30 * the arts and' sciences, and enthusiastic... | |
 | 1819 - 544 pàgines
...life. ' Irish usages have always opened a ready way to the beggar. The most holy men, says one of their laws, were remarkable for hospitality; and the gospel...sojourner, to entertain him, and to relieve his wants. Even in ordinary times, the poor claim charity as a matter less of favour than of right; and approach... | |
 | John Gamble - 1819 - 748 pàgines
...Irish usages have always opened a ready way to the beggar. The most holy men, says one of their'laws, were remarkable for hospitality; and the Gospel commands...sojourner, to entertain him, and to relieve his wants. Even in ordinary times, the poor claim charity as a matter less of favor than of right ; and approach... | |
 | 1819 - 780 pàgines
...life. " Irish usages have always opened a ready way to the beggar. The most holy men, says one of their laws, were remarkable for hospitality ; and the Gospel commands us to receive thesojourner, to entertain him, and to relieve his wants. Even in ordinary times, the poor daiui charity... | |
 | James Norris Brewer - 1825 - 744 pàgines
...benevolent spirit of Christianity," observes Dr. Leland, " served to enforce and countenance such manners. ' The most holy men of heaven', say the Irish laws,...hospitality ;'and the Gospel commands us to receive Hie sojonrner, to entertain him, and to relieve his wants.' "—Hist. of Ireland, Prelim. Dis. p. xxxiv.... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1839 - 626 pàgines
...an inmate. The benevolent spirit of Christianity served to enforce and countenance such manners. ' The most holy men of heaven,' say the Irish laws,...sojourner, to entertain him, and to relieve his wants." ' An incident occurred, about four years ago, that strikingly exemplified the remark above quoted.... | |
 | John Nicholas Murphy - 1870 - 548 pàgines
...kingdom. ' Even the lowest of the people claimed reception and refreshment by an almost perfect right. " The most holy men of heaven," say the Irish laws,...sojourner, to entertain him, and to relieve his wants." ' l These laws, called the Brehon laws, as they were administered by the Brehons, or judges,2 not only... | |
 | Robert H. Bremner - 260 pàgines
...and freedom as an inmate." I .eland attributed the custom to the benevolent spirit of Christianity. " 'The most holy men of heaven,' say the Irish laws,...sojourner, to entertain him, and to relieve his wants.' "6 In practice this meant that members of poor families who had only one bed in their houses sometimes... | |
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Even in ordinary times, the poor claim charity as a matter less of favour than of right; and approach the rich man's door, almost with the freedom of an inmate; but they now, in frightful numbers, besieged every house, and forced their way into kitchens,... 