The village labourer, 1760-1832 / A study in the government of England before the Reform Bill

by J. L. Hammond; Barbara Bradby Hammond

[395] Inquiry into the State of the Public Mind among the Lower Classes, p. 27.

[396] The parsons under Squire Allworthy’s roof, the parson to whom Pamela appealed in vain, and, most striking of all, Mr. Collins in Pride and Prejudice.

[397] Life, vol. iv. p. 277.

[398] Parliamentary Register, April 18, 1800.

[399] Report of the Poor Law Commission, 1834, p. 243.

[400] Ibid., p. 84.

[401] Ibid., pp. 56–7.

[402] Report of the Poor Law Commission, 1834, p. 244.

[403] Report of the Poor Law Commission, 1834, pp. 78–9.

[404] Ibid., p. 80.