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... Rents in Ireland before 1870 not generally extortionate But such rents did exist , and most tenancies were preca- rious . 178 180 The Act of 1881 182 Absolute ownership of land under the Incumbered Es- tates Act 182 • Circumstances ...
... Rents in Ireland before 1870 not generally extortionate But such rents did exist , and most tenancies were preca- rious . 178 180 The Act of 1881 182 Absolute ownership of land under the Incumbered Es- tates Act 182 • Circumstances ...
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... rent masses of nicu are most A poet , he ery greatest French cf French His rate , and duence sal work enthusi- Revolu- before or try and s by his passions of - crisis he ning , and siom and strength nor government by a childlike * t ...
... rent masses of nicu are most A poet , he ery greatest French cf French His rate , and duence sal work enthusi- Revolu- before or try and s by his passions of - crisis he ning , and siom and strength nor government by a childlike * t ...
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... rents , and confiscate property . Nor can it be denied that the legislation of the Imperial Parliament has gone a long way to justify their prevision . I do not include in this charge the Land Act of 1870 , which appears to me to have ...
... rents , and confiscate property . Nor can it be denied that the legislation of the Imperial Parliament has gone a long way to justify their prevision . I do not include in this charge the Land Act of 1870 , which appears to me to have ...
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... rents were in general propor- tionately lower than in England , although on most old estates a long tenure at low rents amply compensated the tenant for his outlay , there were , undoubtedly , cases where the advent of a new proprietor ...
... rents were in general propor- tionately lower than in England , although on most old estates a long tenure at low rents amply compensated the tenant for his outlay , there were , undoubtedly , cases where the advent of a new proprietor ...
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... rent . The question of tenants ' improvements especially was of vital importance , and it is one of the most real of Irish grievances that Parliament , in spite of the clearest warnings , so long neglected to attend to it . Some years ...
... rent . The question of tenants ' improvements especially was of vital importance , and it is one of the most real of Irish grievances that Parliament , in spite of the clearest warnings , so long neglected to attend to it . Some years ...
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Page 339 - The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.
Page 19 - O, when degree is shak'd, Which is the ladder to all high designs, The enterprise is sick ! How could communities, Degrees in schools, and brotherhoods in cities, Peaceful commerce from dividable shores, The primogenity and due of birth, Prerogative of age, crowns, sceptres, laurels, But by degree, stand in authentic place? Take but degree away, untune that string, And hark! what discord follows...
Page 84 - Neither party has anything definite to say on these issues; neither party has any principles, any distinctive tenets. Both have traditions. Both claim to have tendencies. Both have certainly war cries, organizations, interests enlisted in their support. But those interests are in the main the interests of getting or keeping the patronage of the government. Tenets and policies, points of political doctrine and points of political practice, have all but vanished.
Page 19 - The heavens themselves, the planets, and this centre, Observe degree, priority, and place, Insisture, course, proportion, season, form, Office, and custom, in all line of order...
Page 19 - And the rude son should strike his father dead: Force should be right; or rather, right and wrong, Between whose endless jar justice resides, Should lose their names, and so should justice too. Then...
Page 406 - Taxation is no part of the governing or legislative power. The taxes are a voluntary gift and grant of the Commons alone. In legislation the three estates of the realm are alike concerned ; but the concurrence of the peers and the Crown to a tax is only necessary to clothe it with the form of a law. The gift and grant is of the Commons alone.
Page 146 - I served with General Washington in the legislature of Virginia before the Revolution, and during it with Dr. Franklin in Congress. I never heard either of them speak ten minutes at a time, nor to any but the main point which was to decide the question. They laid their shoulders to the great points, knowing that the little ones would follow of themselves.
Page 401 - Commons, the rate or tax ought not to be altered ' ; and in 1C78 they went still further, and resolved ' that all aids and supplies, and aids to His Majesty in Parliament, are the sole gift of the Commons, and all Bills for the granting of any such aids and supplies ought to begin with the Commons, and that it is the undoubted and sole right of the Commons to direct, limit, and appoint in such Bills the ends, purposes, considerations, conditions, limitations, and qualifications of such grants, which...
Page 19 - Take but degree away, untune that string, And, hark ! what discord follows ; each thing meets In mere oppugnancy : the bounded waters Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores, And make a sop of all this solid globe : Strength should be lord of imbecility, And the rude son should strike his father dead : Force should be right ; or rather, right and wrong, Between whose endless jar justice resides, Should lose their names, and so should justice too.
Page 540 - Observances; but that all shall alike enjoy the equal and impartial protection of the Law; and We do strictly charge and enjoin all those who may be in authority under Us, that they abstain from all interference with the Religious Belief or Worship of any of Our Subjects, on pain of Our highest Displeasure.