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" ... of provision to perhaps forty such villains in one day, are sure to be insulted by them), but they rob many poor people who live in houses distant from any neighbourhood. "
Guy Mannering: Or, The Astrologer - Page 56
by Walter Scott - 1815
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The Political Works of Andrew Fletcher, Esq

Andrew Fletcher - England - 1732 - 492 pages
...with the fifter. No magiftrat* could ever difcover, or be informed which way one in a hundred of thefe wretches died, or that ever they were baptized. Many murders have been difcovered among them ; and they are not only a moft unfpeakable oppreflion to poor tenants, (who if...
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The Political Works of Andrew Fletcher

Andrew Fletcher - England - 1737 - 466 pages
...with the fifter. No magiftrate could ever difcover, or be informed which way one in a hundred of thefe wretches died, or that ever they were baptized. Many murders have been difcovered among them ; and they are not only a moft unfpeakable oppreffion to poor tenants, (who if...
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Annual Register, Volume 49

Edmund Burke - History - 1809 - 1484 pages
...with the sister : no magistrate could ever discover which way one in a hundred of these wretches dies, or that ever they were baptized. Many murders have been discovered among them, and they are not only an unspeakable oppression to poor tenants, (who if they give not bread, or some kind of provision,...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ...

History - 1809 - 1080 pages
...that ever they were baptized. Many murders have been ih>covered among them, and they are not only an unspeakable oppression to poor tenants, (who if 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...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 8

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1813 - 544 pages
...magistrate could ever discover, or be informed, which way one in a hundred of these wretches died, nor that ever they were baptized. Many murders have been...only a most unspeakable oppression to poor tenants (if they give not bread, or some kind of provision to, perhaps, forty such villains on one day, are...
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The Analectic Magazine, to which is Added, an Appendix of Official ..., Volume 2

1813 - 552 pages
...magistrate could ever discover, or be informed, which way one in a hundred of these wretches died, nor that ever they were baptized. Many murders have been...only a most unspeakable oppression to poor tenants, (if they give not bread, or some kind of provision to, perhaps, forty such villains on one day, are...
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The Analectic Magazine, Volume 2

1813 - 566 pages
...magistrate could ever discover, or be informed, which way one in a hundred of these wretches died, nor that they were baptized. Many murders have been discovered...only a most unspeakable oppression to poor tenants, (if they give not bread, or some kind of provision to, perhaps, forty such villains on one day, are...
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Analectic Magazine, and Naval Chronicle, Volume 2

1813 - 550 pages
...magistrate could ever discover, or be informed, which way one in a hundred of these wretches died, uor that ever they were baptized. Many murders have been discovered among them, and they are not ouly a most unspeakable oppression to poor tenants, (if they give not bread, or some kind of provision...
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Guy Mannering; or, The astrologer. By the author of 'Waverley'.

sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 246 pages
...and nature ;*'''*! No magistrate could ever discover,.or be informed, which way one in a hundred of these wretches died, or that ever they were baptized,...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...
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A sermon, preached before Richard, marquess Wellesley... and the members of ...

Charles Richard Elrington - 1822 - 246 pages
...subjection either to the laws " of the land, or even those of God and nature. Many " murders have bin discovered among them, and they are " not only a most unspeakable oppression to the poor ten" ants, (who, if they give not bread or some kind of provi" sion to perhaps forty such...
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