Observations on the Present State of the Highlands of Scotland: With a View of the Causes and Probable Consequences of EmigrationLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1805 - 223 ページ |
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... render them intelligible to those who are not well acquainted with the local circumstances of Scotland . I have therefore cast the whole anew into its present form ; and , notwith- standing the bulk to which it has grown , I cannot ...
... render them intelligible to those who are not well acquainted with the local circumstances of Scotland . I have therefore cast the whole anew into its present form ; and , notwith- standing the bulk to which it has grown , I cannot ...
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... - ing , that to subsist a numerous train of de- pendants was not the only way in which their estates could be rendered of value ; that the 21 Change in the policy of the Highland proprietors subsequent to the Rebellion.
... - ing , that to subsist a numerous train of de- pendants was not the only way in which their estates could be rendered of value ; that the 21 Change in the policy of the Highland proprietors subsequent to the Rebellion.
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... rendered of value ; that the rents they received were far below those given for lands of equal quality in other parts of the kingdom . For a few years after the power of the chieftains was broken , the influence of old habits seems to ...
... rendered of value ; that the rents they received were far below those given for lands of equal quality in other parts of the kingdom . For a few years after the power of the chieftains was broken , the influence of old habits seems to ...
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... rendered subservient to the accommodation of their flocks ; and those who have tried more have been obliged to ... renders a reserve of winter pastures still more indispen- sable . From the prevalence therefore of the same circumstances ...
... rendered subservient to the accommodation of their flocks ; and those who have tried more have been obliged to ... renders a reserve of winter pastures still more indispen- sable . From the prevalence therefore of the same circumstances ...
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... not to be done with- out an effort , and , to a poor man , a very considerable effort : and if the result is , that , after all , he must enter upon a mode See Appendix [ E. ] - * of life to which all his habits render him averse > 54.
... not to be done with- out an effort , and , to a poor man , a very considerable effort : and if the result is , that , after all , he must enter upon a mode See Appendix [ E. ] - * of life to which all his habits render him averse > 54.
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xix ページ - All their household stuff, which is very little worth, though it might well abide the sale: yet being suddenly thrust out, they be constrained to sell it for a thing of nought. And when they have wandered...
xiv ページ - Inclosures at that time began to be more frequent, whereby arable land, which could not be manured without people and families, was turned into pasture, which was easily rid by a few herdsmen ; and tenances for years, lives, and at will, whereupon much of the yeomanry lived, were turned into demesnes.
xviii ページ - I, your sheep that were wont to be so meek and tame and so small eaters, now, as I hear say, be become so great devourers and so wild, that they eat up and . „ swallow down the very men themselves. They consume, destroy, and devour whole fields, houses, and cities.
xiv ページ - That all houses of husbandry, that were used with twenty acres of ground and upwards, should be maintained and kept up for ever; together with a competent proportion of land to be used and occupied with them...
xviii ページ - ... fraud, or by violent oppression they be put besides it, or by wrongs and injuries they be so wearied, that they be compelled to sell all...
xviii ページ - They consume, destroy, and devour whole fields, houses, and cities. For look in what parts of the realm doth grow the finest, and therefore dearest wool, there noblemen and gentlemen : yea, and certain Abbots, holy men...
v ページ - Wherever we roved, we were pleased to see the reverence with which his subjects regarded him. He did not endeavour to dazzle them by any magnificence of dress : his only distinction was a feather in his bonnet ; but as soon as he appeared, they forsook their work and clustered about him : he took them by the hand, and they seemed mutually delighted.
xviii ページ - ... all into pastures : they throw down houses : they pluck down towns, and leave nothing standing, but only the church to be made a sheephouse.
xix ページ - ... woeful mothers with their young babes, and their whole household small in substance and much in number as husbandry requireth many hands. Away they trudge, I say, out of their known and accustomed houses, finding no place to rest in.
xiv ページ - The king likewise knew full well, and in no wise forgot, that there ensued withal upon this a decay and diminution of subsidies and taxes ; for the more gentlemen, ever the lower books of subsidies.