 | Martin Doyle - 1831 - 192 pages
...wealth, comparatively with their present situation. — v. Evidence of James R. Barry, Esq. p. 199. 140 " It would be impossible for language to convey an idea...of all, a vast number of them have perished of want : had the evil gone much further," continues Dr. Doyle, " the misery would of necessity - have increased.... | |
 | 1831 - 626 pages
...but they have carried with them and propagated that misery. They have increased the stock of labor, they have rendered the habitations of those who received...all, a vast number of them have perished of want." Is it to be wondered at, that persons in this situation literally " took to the hill-side, and became... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1845 - 790 pages
...them more crowded, they have given occasion to the dissemination of disease, they have been obl.ged to resort to theft and all manner of vice and iniquity...help hoping and believing that the foregoing powerful slatement is one which describes an extreme case ; still, there can be no doubt, that in making a change,... | |
 | Thomas Matthew Ray - 1846 - 272 pages
...give up their small holdings, in order to promote the consolidation of farms, the Report says — " THEIR CONDITION is NECESSARILY MOST DEPLORABLE. It...OF THEM HAVE PERISHED OF WANT." " Your Committee," adds the Report (page 9)> " conceive that it is the IMPERATIVE DUTY of individuals, of the GOVERNMENT,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell Foster - 1846 - 994 pages
...obliged to resort to theft, and all manner of vice and iniquity, to procure subsistence ; but, what is the most painful of all, a vast number of them have perished from want.'' Need we travel into theological strife, or into political crotchets about repeal ; need... | |
 | David Brown - 1853 - 286 pages
...tenantry have been reduced, or of the disease and misery, and every vice, which they have propagated;— but what is, perhaps, the most painful of all, a vast number of them have perished from want !" Pardon me, Doctor, if I consider that your own testimony brings out something still more... | |
 | David Brown - 1853 - 276 pages
...have been reduced, or of the disease and misery, and every vice, which they have propagated;—• but what is, perhaps, the most painful of all, a vast number of them have perished from want !" Pardon me, Doctor, if I consider that your own testimony brings out something still more... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1872 - 160 pages
...resort "to theft and all manner of vice and iniquity to " procure subsistence ; but what is, perhaps, most "painful of all, A vAST NUMBER OF THEM " HAvE PERISHED OF WANT !" This appears to have excited no wonder at all : there was no one who talked of any measure to prevent... | |
 | Daniel O'Connell, Mary Francis Cusack - 1875 - 632 pages
...have increased the stock of labour ; they have rendered the inhabitants of those places which have received them more crowded ; they have given occasion...all, a vast number of them have perished of want." Such was the effect of the ejectment of tenantry in Ireland. He would not quote individual instances... | |
 | Joseph Fisher (F.R.H.S.) - 1877 - 176 pages
...propagated in the towns wherein they have settled, so that not only they who have been ejected have been miserable, but they have carried with them and propagated...number of them have perished of want. Your committee conceive that it is the imperative duty of individuals, of the Government, and of the Legislature,... | |
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... propagated in the towns wherein they have settled ; so that not only they who have been ejected have been rendered miserable, but they have carried with them and propagated that misery. They have increased the stock of labour, they have rendered the... 
