Land: Its Attractions and RichesCharles Finch Dowsett |
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... rents , or even the existing rates or taxes on property were apportioned , part on the building and part on the ground rent , it would be an act of confiscation if it were made retrospective . If any alteration in the law were made as ...
... rents , or even the existing rates or taxes on property were apportioned , part on the building and part on the ground rent , it would be an act of confiscation if it were made retrospective . If any alteration in the law were made as ...
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... tithe rent charge , in lieu of tithes in kind , the value of tithes was to be taken as or at their value on the ... charge . The extra- ordinary tithe rent charge , including that on hops and fruit , not being a new tithe nor an ...
... tithe rent charge , in lieu of tithes in kind , the value of tithes was to be taken as or at their value on the ... charge . The extra- ordinary tithe rent charge , including that on hops and fruit , not being a new tithe nor an ...
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... tithe rent charge the landlord might pay it for him , and if the tenant paid the tithe rent charge he might legally deduct it from the landlord's rent , unless the subject of the payment of the tithe rent charge had been a special ...
... tithe rent charge the landlord might pay it for him , and if the tenant paid the tithe rent charge he might legally deduct it from the landlord's rent , unless the subject of the payment of the tithe rent charge had been a special ...
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... rent charge with which the landowner is chargeable under this Act , and which the occupier of the land previous to the Act had contracted to pay , the land- owner will be entitled to demand the amount of the tithe rent charge from the ...
... rent charge with which the landowner is chargeable under this Act , and which the occupier of the land previous to the Act had contracted to pay , the land- owner will be entitled to demand the amount of the tithe rent charge from the ...
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... tithe rent charge is to be recovered by an officer of the Court by process of distraint , and in case there is not property to distrain of value sufficient to meet the claim , the tithe owner ... tithe rent charge to the collector 732 LAND :
... tithe rent charge is to be recovered by an officer of the Court by process of distraint , and in case there is not property to distrain of value sufficient to meet the claim , the tithe owner ... tithe rent charge to the collector 732 LAND :
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Page 85 - Hoards e'en beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock from all the world around. Yet count our gains. This wealth is but a name That leaves our useful products still the same. Not so the loss. The man of wealth and pride Takes up a space that many poor supplied; Space for his lake, his park's extended bounds, Space for his horses, equipage, and hounds...
Page 84 - Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.
Page 139 - THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave. And spread the roof above them, — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.
Page 80 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons...
Page 95 - Or the nard in the fire ? Or have tasted the bag of the bee ? O so white, O so soft, O so sweet is she!
Page 866 - Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
Page 98 - And only through the faded leaf The chestnut pattering to the ground : Calm and deep peace on this high wold, And on these dews that drench the furze, And all the silvery gossamers That twinkle into green and gold...
Page 98 - Sing, O ye heavens; for the Lord hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
Page 94 - Pleased with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms more than silence.
Page 91 - That cares not for its home. — All shod with steel We hissed along the polished ice, in games Confederate, imitative of the Chase And woodland pleasures, — the resounding horn, The Pack loud-bellowing, and the hunted hare.