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" It is a shameful and unblessed thing to take the scum of people, and wicked condemned men, to be the people with whom you plant ; and not only so, but it spoileth the plantation ; for they will ever live like rogues, and not fall to work, but be lazy,... "
The Works of Lord Bacon: With an Introductory Essay - Page 288
by Francis Bacon - 1838
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The essays, or Counsels, civil & moral, with a table of the colours of good ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680 - 410 pages
...far ' a' as may fiand with the good of the Plantation, but no further. It is a fhamcful and unblefTed thing, to take the Scum of People, and wicked condemned...to be the People with whom you Plant : And not only fo, but it fpoileth the Plantation , for they will ever live like Rogues, and not fall to work, but...
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1812 - 348 pages
...drawing of profit in the first years. It is true, speedy profit is not to be neglected, as far as it may stand with the good of the plantation, but no...and wicked condemned men, to be the people with whom I you plant; and not only so, but it spoileth the plantation; for they will ever live like rogues,...
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Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York, Volume 1

Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York (New York, N.Y.) - Science - 1815 - 616 pages
...declared to be the punishment for many felonies. " It is a shameful and unblessed thing," said Bacon, " to take the scum of people, and wicked, condemned...and not only so, but it spoileth the plantation." This measure was, no doubt, the result of design, the dictate of policy. It inculcated upon the public...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Moral, Economical and Political: With Elegant ...

Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...profit is not to be neglected, as far as may stand with the good of the Plantation, but no further. It is a shameful and unblessed thing, to take the...people with whom you plant : and not only so, but itspoileth the Plantation i for they will ever live like rogues, and not fall to work, but be lazy,...
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The works of Francis Bacon, Volume 2

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...without a good settled speech, sheweth shallowness and weakness. As we see in beasts, that those that are weakest in the course, are yet nimblest in the turn...fall to work, but be lazy, and do mischief, and spend vie-: tuals, and be quickly weary, and then certify over to their country to the discredit of the plantation......
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Essays moral, economical and political

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 214 pages
...drawing of profit in the first years. It is true, speedy profit is not to be neglected, as far as it may stand with the good of the plantation, but no...and not fall to work, but be lazy, and do mischief, aud spend victuals, and be quickly weary, and then certify over to their country to the discredit of...
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Moral, Economical, and Political Essays

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1833 - 228 pages
...drawing of profit in the first years. It is true, speedy profit is not to be neglected, as far as it may stand with the good of the plantation, but no...mischief, and spend victuals, and be quickly weary, ar.3 then certify over to their country to the discredit of the plantation. The people wherewith you...
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The History of the United States of North America, Till the ..., Volume 1

James Grahame - United States - 1833 - 576 pages
...unblessed thing to take the scum of the people, and wicked condemned men, to be the people with whom we plant : and not only so, but it spoileth the plantation...but be lazy, and do mischief, and spend victuals." 1-3 BOOK stock of every thing requisite for defence or cultivaL tione. leio. This nobleman, who now...
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Colonization: Particularly in Southern Australia: with Some Remarks on Small ...

Charles James Napier - Aboriginal Australians - 1835 - 312 pages
...sent among them, which Lord Bacon so justly terms " an unblessed thing" to do. " It is" says he, " a shameful and unblessed thing to take the scum of...condemned men to be the people with whom you plant" —" who" he adds, " will ever live like rogues, and " be lazy, and do mischief, and spend victuals"—...
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The History of the United States of North America, from the ..., Volume 1

James Grahame - United States - 1836 - 488 pages
...unblessed thing to take the scum ot the people, and wicked condemned men, to be the people with whom we plant : and not only so, but it spoileth the plantation...but be lazy, and do mischief, and spend victuals." BOOK gether, and addressed them in a short but judicious and impressive harangue. He rebuked the folly,...
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