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" Many murders have been discovered among them; and they are not only a most unspeakable oppression to poor tenants (who if they give not bread, or some kind of provision to perhaps forty such villains in one day, are sure to be insulted by them) but they... "
Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer - Page 55
by Walter Scott - 1820 - 358 pages
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The Political Works of Andrew Fletcher ...

Andrew Fletcher - England - 1732 - 474 pages
...one day, are fare to be infulted by them) but they rob many poor people who live in houfes diftant from any neighbourhood. In years of plenty many thousands...of them meet together in the mountains, where they feait and riot for many days; and ac country weddings, markets, burials, and other the like publick...
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Annual Register, Volume 57

Edmund Burke - History - 1816 - 838 pages
...peasantry in the disturbed parts of that unhappy country. — "In years of plenty," says Fletcher, " many thousands of them meet together in the mountains, where they feast and riot for many days, aud at country weddings, markets, burials, and other public occasions, they are to be seen, both...
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The Reports of the Society for bettering the condition and ..., Volume 5

Society for bettering the conditions and increasing the comforts of the poor - 1805 - 630 pages
...accuses them as frequently guilty of robbery, and sometimes of murder : " In years of plenty," says he, " many thousands of them meet together in the mountains, where they feast and riot for many days ; and at country weddings, markets, burials, and other public occasions, they are to be seen,...
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The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a ..., Volume 1

Robert Burns - 1800 - 424 pages
...accuses them as frequently guilty of robbery, and sometimes of murder, " In years of plenty," says he, " many thousands of them meet together in the " mountains, where they feast and riot for many " days, and at country weddings, markets, 'burials, " and other public occasions, they are to be seen,...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ...

History - 1809 - 1080 pages
...they give not bread, or some kind of provision, to pefhaps forty of such villains in one day, areiure to be insulted by them); but they rob many poor people...meet together in the mountains, where they feast and riut tur many days: and at country weddings, markets, and other like public occasions, ilnry are to...
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Institutions et vie municipale à Aix-en-Provence sous la Révolution: 1789-an ...

Christiane Derobert-Ratel - Aix-en-Provence (France) - 1809 - 590 pages
...in a hundred went out of the world. They are frequently guilty of robbery, and sometimes of murder. In years of plenty many thousands of them meet together...the mountains, where they feast and riot for many days; and at country weddings, markets, burials, and on other public occasions, they are to be seen,...
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Annual Register, Volume 49

Edmund Burke - History - 1809 - 1484 pages
...tenants, (who if they give not bread, or some kind of provision, to perhaps forty of such villains in one day, are sure to be insulted by them); but they rob many poor people who live in house* distant from any neighbourhood. In years of plenty, many thousands of them meet together in...
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Of the Education of the Poor: Being the First Part of a Digest of the ...

Society for Bettering the Condition and Increasing the Comforts of the Poor (Great Britain) - Charities - 1809 - 414 pages
...them as frequently guilty of robbery, and sometimes of murder : " In years of "plenty," says he, " many thousands of them " meet together in the mountains ; where they " feast and riot for many days : and at country " weddings, markets, burials, and other public " occasions, they are to be seen,...
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Caledonian Sketches, Or, A Tour Through Scotland in 1807: To which is ...

Sir John Carr - Scotland - 1809 - 328 pages
...in a hundred went out of the world. They are frequently guilty of robbery, and sometimes of murder. In years of plenty many thousands of them meet together in the mountains, there they feast and riot for many days; and at country weddings, markets, burials, and on other public...
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Cobbett's Parliamentary Debates, During the ... Session of the ..., Volume 8

Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1812 - 648 pages
...poor tenants 1 (who if they give not bread or some kind of provision to perhaps forty such villains in one day, are sure to be insulted by them), but...the mountains, where they feast and riot for many days, and at • are levied according to the valued rent of the lands, the one half being paid by the...
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