单词 | cottier |
例句 | Great Britain operated Ireland under a “cottage” or “cottier” system. Your Next Vacation: Quarantine on Grosse le 2013-02-04T15:45:00.257Z A villein who rendered menial service for his cottage; a cottier. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Only some of the cottiers are said to hold in villainage. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z Our poet Spenser, writing nearly three centuries ago upon the miseries of Ireland, describes the cottiers as inhabiting "swine-sties rather than houses." Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z Poor Maurice, whose heart could never stand the slightest wrong done the humblest cottier on his land, how will he bear up now? The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z She had no thought, then, of any dereliction, when in placing the fallen pages together within the envelope, her eye caught the words "Kitty O'Hara," and lower down, "child of a poor cottier." Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z "These are all cottiers,—pauper tenants," said Lady Dorothea, scanning the paper superciliously through her eyeglass. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z All the dirt and slovenliness of a cottier habitant—for the house was occupied by what is misnamed "a caretaker"—were seen on every hand. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) The competition in Ireland was for the possession of land, at an extravagant rent, out of the labour upon which the cottier could only obtain the very lowest amount of necessaries for his subsistence. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z One is always like an Irish cottier, a tenant at will, likely to be turned out at a moment's notice, and dispossessed without pity or compassion. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance For the man was in his own country, and among his own kenned faces, his holders and cottiers—so that the slaughter of them was as easy as killing chickens reared by hand. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway "They 're cottiers all; they require no delays of law, and I insist upon it peremptorily." The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z "He can only take all I have!" was the cottier's philosophy; and the maxim suggested a corollary, that the "all" should be as little as might be. St. Patrick's Eve On the opposite bank sit in dreary solitude a starving cottier and his family. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. He takes the cream and leaves the skimmed milk for the cottier, and having done all there is to do of the kind he chooses, he is off to some other money-making industry. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement Because a cottier deeply in arrears to his landlord is not industrious, there are people who think that the Irish are naturally idle. The Subjection of Women While the political motive for multiplying small freeholds had ceased, the motives for multiplying small tenancies were as strong as ever, and were felt by landlords no less than by cottiers. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) In England these tenants were chiefly of three kinds—the villeins, the cottiers, the serfs. Mediaeval Socialism This is the system which now exists, yet the great landholders I have consulted describe it as the result which will be brought about by giving the fee-simple of holdings to cottier tenants. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. His father was a cottier—there were many here in those times. Poets and Dreamers Studies and translations from the Irish As Michaelmas came round he drew his rents, and then the dandy agent, the solid farmers, and the poor cottiers sat down at one table for the rent dinner. The Romance of the Coast M'Ivor, at this period, acted in the capacity of a plain Land Surveyor among the farmers and cottiers of the barony, and had much reputation for his exactness and accuracy. The Black Prophet: A Tale Of Irish Famine Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Then next in order came the cottiers, whose holding probably ran to not more than five acres. Mediaeval Socialism It was far otherwise with the Irish farmers and cottiers, who not only "held the harvest," or rather its monetary result, but held the land and were "not going to give it up." Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. At the altar, serf and master, count or cottier, knelt side by side. The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century The miserable Catholic cottier was, of course, in a similar case, though relatively his hardship was less, since his condition, being the lowest possible in all circumstances, could scarcely be worse. The Framework of Home Rule The wife of the cottier with smiles assented to all that was said as to the neatness and comfort of the place. The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times All the rest are Catholics, 14 of these being cottier tenants. Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888) In equally poor case with the cottiers is the woman who keeps the village shop at Derryinver. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. They will keep only a few miserable cottiers. Political Pamphlets In the country, although the middle classes were on the whole becoming more prosperous, the condition of the labourers and cottiers was wretched in the extreme. Is Ulster Right? The farmer puts in the crop for the manure, the cottier paying the farmer's rent—5s. to 10s. a rood, or whatever it may be. The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times Unlike the peasant proprietor," says Lecky, "and also unlike the mediaeval serf, the cottier had no permanent interest in the soil, and no security for his future position. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 06 The Drapier's Letters Years ago it was a matter of complaint by the cottiers of Clashatlea that to obtain turf they were obliged to make a great detour involving the climbing of a severe hill. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. But by co-operation among the cottiers and an intelligent Headquarter staff much could be done which at present appears impossible. In Darkest England and the Way Out Below the villeins in the social scale came the cottiers possessing smaller holdings, sometimes only a garden, and no oxen. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Under the old system, the cottiers in the small towns and villages, as well as on the roads in the country, were enabled to keep pigs. The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times Even the cutters of turf and drawers of whiskey are orators; even the cottiers and gossoons speak in trope and figure. Tales and Novels — Volume 04 In Norman times their condition was greatly improved; they mingled with the cottiers and household servants, and gradually were merged with them. English Villages Others opinioned it was the daughter, who, though she played Lady Bountiful among the poor cottiers, and affected interest in the people, was in reality the proudest of them all. Lord Kilgobbin This change led to the gradual disappearance of tenants in villeinage—the villeins and cottiers—and the rise on the one hand of the small independent farmer, on the other of the hired labourer. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 The evicted cottiers and small farmers are forced to go to towns and villages, shut up in unwholesome rooms. The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times Up to this time such was not the habit of Irish cottiers. Castle Richmond Besides the geburs and socmen there were the cottiers, who had small allotments of about five acres, kept no oxen, and were required to work for the thane some days in each week. English Villages These details appear calculated only to shock the feelings of the reader, already sufficiently acquainted with the lot of the Irish cottier and laborer, from the beginning of the last century. Irish Race in the Past and the Present He met but few persons, and those only cottiers. The Man The fourth lot is held by small cottiers, at rents which average only 2l., and this lot fetched 23 years' purchase. The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times He is delighted to see you, and bids you sit down on his battered bench without dreaming of any such apology as an English cottier offers to a Lady Bountiful when she calls. North America — Volume 1 These villein tenants were in two classes, the geburs, or villeins proper, who held the yardlands, and the cottiers, who had smaller holdings. English Villages The fewness of negroes gave the West India proprietor an interest in the preservation of his slave; a superabundance of helots superseded all interest in the comfort or preservation of an Irish cottier. Irish Race in the Past and the Present Below them were the cottarii, or cottiers, who were bound to do domestic work and supply the lord’s table. English Villages The position of the villeins and cottiers has changed considerably since the days of William the Norman. English Villages |
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