 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - Great Britain - 1888 - 734 pages
...as ours, both in fruitfulness of soil and temperature of climate. The miserable dress, and diet, and dwelling of the people ; the general desolation in...of farmers who pay great rents living in filth and nastinesa upon buttermilk and potatoes, without a shoe or stocking to their feel, or a house so convenient... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - Authors, Irish - 1894 - 400 pages
...as ours, both in fruitfulness of soil, and temperature of climate. The miserable dens, and diet, and dwelling of the people : the general desolation in...farmers, who pay great rents, living in filth and uastiness upon butter-milk and potatoes, without a shoe or stocking to their feet, or a house as convenient... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1901 - 532 pages
...misery, a picture drawn by the terrible hand of Swift. He describes "the miserable dress and diet and dwelling of the people, the general desolation in most parts of the kingdom." He says : — "Some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about the aged, diseased, or... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1904 - 472 pages
...misery, a picture drawn by the terrible hand of Swift. He describes ' the miserable dress and diet and dwelling of the people, the general desolation in most parts of the kingdom.' He says : — Some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about the aged, diseased, or... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1905 - 474 pages
...ours, both in fruitfulness of soil, and temperature of climate. •"The miserable dress, and diet, and dwelling of the people. The general desolation in...ones in their stead. The families of farmers who pay greaP rents, living in filth and nastiness upon butter-milk and! potatoes, without a shoe or stocking... | |
 | Frank James Mathew - Ireland - 1905 - 560 pages
...they were eloquent of Irish ill-luck and Irish resignation. Swift wrote of "the general devastation in most parts of the Kingdom, the old seats of the nobility and gentry all in ruins," and the contemporary or later explorers agreed with him. There can be no doubt that even the inhabited... | |
 | Godfrey Locker Lampson - Ireland - 1907 - 716 pages
...as ours, both in fruitfulness of soil and temperature of climate. The miserable dress, and diet, and dwelling of the people ; the general desolation in...nastiness upon butter-milk and potatoes, without a shoe or a stocking to their feet, or a house so convenient as an English hog-stye to receive them. These, indeed,... | |
 | Godfrey Locker Lampson - Ireland - 1907 - 716 pages
...as ours, both in fruitfulness of soil and temperature of climate. The miserable dress, and diet, and dwelling of the people ; the general desolation in...nastiness upon butter-milk and potatoes, without a shoe.or a stocking to their feet, or a house so convenient as an English hog-stye to receive them.... | |
 | George O'Brien - Business & Economics - 1918 - 490 pages
...in a country so favoured by nature as ours. The miserable dress and diet and dwelling of the people, the families of farmers who pay great rents living...filth and nastiness upon buttermilk and potatoes, not a shoe or stocking to their feet, or a house so convenient as an English hog-sty to receive them."'... | |
 | 1881 - 1092 pages
...misery, a picture drawn by the terrible hand of Swift. He describes ' the miserable dress and diet and dwelling of the people, the general desolation in most parts of the kingdom.' He gays : — Some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about the aged, diseased, or... | |
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The miserable dress, and diet, and dwelling of the people ; the general desolation in most parts of the kingdom ; the old seats of the nobility and gentry all in ruins, and no new ones in their stead... 
