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 iii
... the sorest wrongs . At length , how- ever , the real state of things becomes apparent to a patient investigator , and the materials for forming an impartial judgment are accurately accumulated , so as to be fittingly.
... the sorest wrongs . At length , how- ever , the real state of things becomes apparent to a patient investigator , and the materials for forming an impartial judgment are accurately accumulated , so as to be fittingly.
Strana 3
... thing to persecute the poor into forced expatriation is quite another thing — and this latter course is now so rife in the High- lands as to call for thorough exposure and reprobation . As I have no interests or feelings mixed with my ...
... thing to persecute the poor into forced expatriation is quite another thing — and this latter course is now so rife in the High- lands as to call for thorough exposure and reprobation . As I have no interests or feelings mixed with my ...
Strana 5
... things lay with your Lordship , who , by reducing rents and enlarging crofts , might have secured the continuance ( after a period of difficulty ) , of a thriving and thankful tenantry . But other counsel prevailed , and Sollas was fore ...
... things lay with your Lordship , who , by reducing rents and enlarging crofts , might have secured the continuance ( after a period of difficulty ) , of a thriving and thankful tenantry . But other counsel prevailed , and Sollas was fore ...
Strana 6
... thing having been done to forward their wishes , they now , at the eleventh hour ( July 12. ) , after considerable expense has been gone into for the purpose of carrying out their wishes , draw back , and say they will not move ...
... thing having been done to forward their wishes , they now , at the eleventh hour ( July 12. ) , after considerable expense has been gone into for the purpose of carrying out their wishes , draw back , and say they will not move ...
Strana 10
... things but in emigration ; for if our ejected tenants be not removed to another region , extra quatuor maria , they will ( failing to obtain a legal settlement in some other parish ) fall back upon our property for support deriv- able ...
... things but in emigration ; for if our ejected tenants be not removed to another region , extra quatuor maria , they will ( failing to obtain a legal settlement in some other parish ) fall back upon our property for support deriv- able ...
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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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agricultural alleged benefit bounty Caird capital Captain Carlyle Christian confidence corn laws course crofters cultivation D'Israeli distressed districts Duke of Sutherland Duke's Dundonell Dunrobin Edinburgh enforced fact families farmers favour funds Glenelg Golspie gospel Government high farming high rents Highland Relief Board honour House impartial improvement industry interests Inverness Advertiser Ireland Irish justice labour land landlord and tenant leases letter liberal Lillingston Loch Lochalsh London Lord Advocate Lord Clarendon Lord Macdonald Lordship Mackintosh means ment mind never North Uist obedient servant oppression parties pauperism peasantry Peel's penal persons plain poor population possessions Post-office potato present principles promote proper protection protectionist railway readers roads Ross-shire scheme Scotland Scottish sheep Sheriff Sir George Grey Sir Robert Peel soil Sollas South Uist straths subsistence succour tenantry things THOMAS MULOCK tion true trust truth Ullapool utterly whole
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Strana 168 - ... he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
Strana 199 - And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
Strana i - So I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Strana 224 - The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
Strana 121 - Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth...
Strana 223 - When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice : but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
Strana 208 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung, Of Bacchus ever fair, and ever young. The jolly god in triumph comes ; Sound the trumpets, beat the drums ; Flushed with a purple grace He shows his honest face : Now give the hautboys breath ; he comes, he comes.
Strana 193 - ... gods could ever have commanded them by love ? A collar round the neck, and a cartwhip flourished over the back ; these, in a just and steady human hand, were what the gods would have appointed them ; and now when, by long misconduct and neglect, they had sworn themselves into the Devil's regiments of the line, and got the seal of Chaos impressed on their visage, it was very doubtful whether even these would be of avail for the unfortunate commander of Twelve-hundred men ! By
Strana 191 - ... of the worst. I looked with considerable admiration on this gentleman ; and with considerable astonishment, the reverse of admiration, on the work he had here been set upon. " This excellent Captain was too old a Commander to complain of anything ; indeed, he struggled visibly the other...
Strana 191 - The Captain of the place, a gentleman of ancient Military or Royal-Navy habits, was one of the most perfect governors ; professionally and by nature zealous for cleanliness, punctuality, good order of every kind ; a humane heart and yet a strong one ; soft of speech and manner, yet with an inflexible rigour of command, so far as his limits went : ' iron hand in a velvet glove,