 | English literature - 1828 - 604 pages
...Having prefixed this title of « oppression" to the 29th page of the second part of his book, he says, " The landlord of an Irish estate inhabited by Roman...obedience in whatever concerns the poor to no law, but his own will. To discover what the liberty of a people is, we must live amongst them, and not look... | |
 | Catholics - 1825 - 362 pages
...landlords* in general, * The following picture, from an acute observer, wilt justify my assertion : — ' The landlord of an Irish estate, inhabited by Roman...in whatever concerns the poor to no law but that of bis will. To discover what the liberty of a people is, we must live among them, and nut look for il... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1828 - 598 pages
...Having prefixed this title of " oppression" to the 29th page of the second part ofhis book, he says, " The landlord of an Irish estate inhabited by Roman...obedience in whatever concerns the poor to no law, but his own will. To discover what the liberty of a people is, we must live amongst them, and not look... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - Ireland - 1831 - 350 pages
...can remember some remnants of the system which he saw, in its full bloom of perfection. He says, " The landlord of an Irish estate, inhabited by Roman...obedience, in whatever concerns the poor, to no law but his will. A long series of oppressions, aided by many very ill-judged laws, have brought landlords... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1831 - 664 pages
...can remember some remnants of the system which he saw, in its full bloom of perfection. He says, " The landlord of an Irish estate, inhabited by Roman...obedience, in whatever concerns the poor, to no law but his will. A long series of oppressions, aided by many very ill-judged laws, have brought landlords... | |
 | Books - 1832 - 650 pages
...full bloom of perfection. He says, " The landlord of an Irish estate, inhabited by Roman Catholics, it a sort of despot, who yields obedience, in whatever concerns the poor, to no law but his will. A long series of oppressions, aided by many very ill-judged laws, have brought landlords... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - Ireland - 1833 - 398 pages
...who can remember some remnants of the system which he saw in its full bloom of perfection. He says, " The landlord of an Irish estate, inhabited by Roman...obedience, in whatever concerns the poor, to no law but his will. A long series of oppressions, aided by many very ill-judged laws, have brought landlords... | |
 | Sir George Cornewall Lewis - Church and state - 1836 - 496 pages
...on the poor people, and subject them to situations more mortifying than we ever behold in England. The landlord of an Irish estate inhabited by Roman...concerns the poor, to no law but that of his will. To discover what the liberty of a people is, we must live among them, and not look for it in the statutes... | |
 | Sir George Cornewall Lewis - Church and state - 1836 - 518 pages
...on the poor people, and subject them to situations more mortifying than we ever behold in England. The landlord of an Irish estate inhabited by Roman...concerns the poor, to no law but that of his will. To discover what the liberty of a people is, we must live among them, and not look for it in the statutes... | |
 | 1839 - 588 pages
...on the poor people, and subject them to situations more mortifying than \ve ever behold in England. The landlord of an Irish estate inhabited by Roman...concerns the poor to no law but that of his will. To discover what the liberty of a people is, we must live among them, and not look for it in the statutes... | |
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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. 
