 ... that those who resort to it, are in the habit of demanding from their tenants a larger rent than they are capable of paying. Nothing, I must confess, is more distressing to me, than to witness these half-yearly annunciations of this mis-called liberality...  Address to the Landowners of England, on the Corn Laws - Seite 24von Earl Charles William Wentworth Fitzwilliam Fitzwilliam - 1832 - 46 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1832 - 680 Seiten
...have been practically free. Prices would, indeed, have lowered, but no such extravagant" hopes would have been excited, no such erroneous calculations...larger rent than they are capable of paying. Nothing, 1 must confess, is more distressing to me than to witness these half-yearly annunciations of this mis-called... | |
 | Alexander Somerville - 1852 - 648 Seiten
...order to induce them to remain on their farms — an expedient that proclaims to your fellow-citizens that those who resort to it are in the habit of demanding...portions of the landed interest. Has it never struck you, fellow-citizens, that this proceeding is no evidence of liberality, but rather of extortion. That the... | |
 | Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey - 1997 - 296 Seiten
...order to induce them to remain on their farms; an expedient that proclaims to your fellow-citizens that those who resort to it are in the habit of demanding...than to witness these half-yearly annunciations of the miscalled liberality of certain portions of the landed interest. Has it ever struck you, fellow... | |
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