They have been made, first by a tyrannous exaction from the people who were suffered to remain in possession of their own land as farmers,--then by selling the rest to farmers at rents and under hopes which could never be realized, and then getting money for the relaxation of their debts.
Burke describes the exploitative methods used to generate wealth from the land and its farmers.
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