Littell's Living Age, Volume 172Living Age Company Incorporated, 1886 |
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Page 135
... land , because land was plentiful , has commonly gone back to valuable pasture , inferior soils , which were formerly unreclaimed , being now taken into tillage . Hence the land still lies visibly in " run - rig , " the great rigs , lands ...
... land , because land was plentiful , has commonly gone back to valuable pasture , inferior soils , which were formerly unreclaimed , being now taken into tillage . Hence the land still lies visibly in " run - rig , " the great rigs , lands ...
Page 332
... Land Act recognized no difference whatever between good land- lords and bad , between landlords who had always done their duty and landlords who had never done it at all . I insisted , at the time when the Land Act was passing , upon ...
... Land Act recognized no difference whatever between good land- lords and bad , between landlords who had always done their duty and landlords who had never done it at all . I insisted , at the time when the Land Act was passing , upon ...
Page 361
sometimes let land to the mir , receiving every third or fourth shock of corn as rent ; the cost of ploughing , seed , and harvesting being borne by the peasants . The land considered enough in 1861 to support the peasants is now quite ...
sometimes let land to the mir , receiving every third or fourth shock of corn as rent ; the cost of ploughing , seed , and harvesting being borne by the peasants . The land considered enough in 1861 to support the peasants is now quite ...
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