 | Henry Allon - 1865 - 574 oldal
...of whom lived in distant capitals. Thus they had a starving population, an absentee aristocracy, and an alien Church, and, in addition, the weakest executive in the world. That was the Irish question. Well, then, what would honourable gentlemen say if they were reading of a country in that position... | |
 | 1868 - 468 oldal
...of whom live in distant capitals. Thus you have a starving population, an absentee aristocracy, and an alien Church, and, in addition, the weakest executive in the world. That is the Irish question. Well, then, what would hon. gentlemen say if they were reading of a country... | |
 | William Waterworth - 1869 - 206 oldal
...of whom lived in distant capitals. Thus they had a starving population, an absentee aristocracy, and an alien Church, and, in addition, the weakest executive in the world. That was the Irish question. Well, then, what would * State Papers, clxxiv. § See Gilbert's History of Dublin, i. 44. t Harleian... | |
 | Richard Congreve - 1874 - 634 oldal
...of whom lived in distant capitals. Thus they had a starving population, an absentee aristocracy, and an alien Church, and, in addition, the weakest executive in the world. That was the Irish question. Well, then, what would honourable gentlemen say if they were reading of a country in that position... | |
 | Mary Francis Cusack - 1875 - 742 oldal
...Irish question was. Let them consider Ireland as they would any other country similarly circumstanced. They had a starving population, an absentee aristocracy,...and, in addition, the weakest executive in the world. This was the Irish question. What would gentlemen say on hearing of a country in such a position ?... | |
 | David Hume - 1876 - 944 oldal
...they would any other country similarly situated when reading in their closets. They would then see a starving population, an absentee aristocracy, an alien church, and, in addition, tho weakest executive in the world. That was the Irish question. Would not gentlemen then say at once... | |
 | Francis Hitchman - 1879 - 492 oldal
...spiritual. Now it was the absence of the aristocracy, then the absence of railways. It was the Pope one cay, potatoes the next. Let them consider Ireland as they...It was the duty of the Minister to achieve by his policy that which a revolution would achieve by force. " The moment they had a strong executive, a... | |
 | Thomas Power O'Connor - 1879 - 736 oldal
...of whom lived in distant capitals. Thus they had a starving population, an absentee aristocracy, and an alien Church, and, in addition, the weakest executive in the world." * " That was," proceeded the orator, " the Irish question. Well, then, what would hon. gentlemen say if they were... | |
 | Francis Hitchman - 1881 - 674 oldal
...created solely by agriculture, with none of those sources of wealth which are developed by civilisation, and sustained consequently upon the lowest conceivable...the world. That was the Irish question." It might bo said that it was to be solved only by a revolution. That, however, he did not believe. It was the... | |
 | Cornelius Brown - 1881 - 440 oldal
...account of it. Having briefly illustrated each part, he summed it up in brilliant terseness of truth: ' A starving population, an absentee aristocracy, an...addition, the weakest executive in the world: — that is the Irish question!' To this, and a long series of slighter attacks in the same session, such answers... | |
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A dense population in extreme distress inhabit an island where there is an established Church which is not their Church ; and a territorial aristocracy, the richest of whom live in a distant capital. Thus they have a starving population, an absentee aristocracy,... 
