The Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland: Socially Considered, with Reference to Proprieters and People : Being a Series of Contributions to the Periodical PressJ. Menzies, 1850 - 262 strán (strany) |
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Strana 5
... potato failure threw the people of Sollas , like all other Highland tenants , necessarily in arrear , -and the absolute need of increased corn cultivation , at once demonstrated the inadequacy of existing crops to supply subsistence for ...
... potato failure threw the people of Sollas , like all other Highland tenants , necessarily in arrear , -and the absolute need of increased corn cultivation , at once demonstrated the inadequacy of existing crops to supply subsistence for ...
Strana 39
... potato ; and the tendered payment of rent was refused , until these said " arrears " should be previously discharged ! These menacing applications were almost incredible to me when I called to mind Captain Elliot's dashing declaration ...
... potato ; and the tendered payment of rent was refused , until these said " arrears " should be previously discharged ! These menacing applications were almost incredible to me when I called to mind Captain Elliot's dashing declaration ...
Strana 41
... potato , no family could possibly subsist on the miserable patches of land marked out by the Duke's agents- it may be reasonably asked , how do these poor people contrive to pay rent ? I reply , chiefly by means of the herring fishing ...
... potato , no family could possibly subsist on the miserable patches of land marked out by the Duke's agents- it may be reasonably asked , how do these poor people contrive to pay rent ? I reply , chiefly by means of the herring fishing ...
Strana 62
... potato , but the substitution of a larger corn cultivation , which implies granting crofts of double the present average dimensions . Instead of at once meeting the present difficulty by a liberal dis- tribution of land to industrious ...
... potato , but the substitution of a larger corn cultivation , which implies granting crofts of double the present average dimensions . Instead of at once meeting the present difficulty by a liberal dis- tribution of land to industrious ...
Strana 77
... potato was the proximate cause of this dreadful destitution cannot admit of a doubt ; but in the Highlands , as in Ireland , the proprietors of the soil had long given , for their own sordid purposes , an undue encouragement to the ...
... potato was the proximate cause of this dreadful destitution cannot admit of a doubt ; but in the Highlands , as in Ireland , the proprietors of the soil had long given , for their own sordid purposes , an undue encouragement to the ...
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The Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland: Socially Considered, with ... Thomas Mulock Úplné zobrazenie - 1850 |
The Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland: Socially Considered, with ... Thomas Mulock Úplné zobrazenie - 1850 |
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