Dick, Stewart, Allingham, Helen Paterson, 1848-1926 · London, E. Arnold · leaf 114
the free labourers,tempted by the idea of becoming their own masters,were thus induced to pay a reasonable rent to thelandlord, instead of his having to employ them athigh wages to farm the land for him with doubtfulresults. So rapid was their prosperity that in manycases land held by the farmer on… … THE EVOLUTION OF THE COTTAGE 53 farming, went hand in hand on the best managed estates. The Church especially, which owned a great part of the land of the country, leased largely to yeomen, and though scrupulously exacting its dues, was a lenient and kindly landlord. Both methods pressed hardly on…
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