 | 1814 - 644 pages
...next to impossible to eradicate it : the law of primogeniture but slowly obtains among all nation* in a progress to civilization ; but the Irish seem...on, until division is no longer possible; thus, in tbe course of two »r three generations, the most thriving family must necessarily go to ruin. An instance... | |
 | 1815 - 740 pages
...says the writer, "so just and reasonable in theory, so ruincos 248 Review of New Publications. ous and absurd in practice, is interwoven in such a manner...course of two or three generations, the most thriving fariiily musf'necessarily go to ruin. An instance which feiriately within the writer's observation,... | |
 | 1815 - 704 pages
...civilization ; hut the Irish seem peculiarly obstinate in reject ing any approach to it. Inspiteof every argument, they continue to divide their farms...An instance which fell lately within the writer's observation, in the adjacent parish, will illustrate this : a respectable farmer, who held about 30... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1837 - 656 pages
...their farms among their children, and these divide on till division is no longer practicable ; and, in the course of two or three generations, the most thriving family must necessarily go to ruin." — (Survey of Lamlonderry.) The extent to which this ruinous practice is carried is such as sometimes... | |
 | John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1839 - 782 pages
...their farms among their children, and these divide on, till division is no longer practicable ; and, in the course of two or three generations, the most thriving family must necessarily go to ruin." — (Survey of Londonderry.) The extent to which this ruinous practice is carried is such as sometimes... | |
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This opinion, so just and reasonable in theory, so ruinous and absurd in practice, is interwoven in such a manner in the very constitution of their minds, that it seems next to impossible to eradicate it : the law of primogeniture but slowly obtains among... 