 These are not only no way advantageous, but a very grievous burden to so poor a country. And though the number of them be perhaps double to what it was formerly, by reason of this present great distress, yet in all times there have been about one hundred...  Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer - Page 100by Walter Scott - 1815 - 358 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1812 - 648 pages
..." begging from door to door. These are " not only no way advantageous, but a " verv great burtlien to so poor a country. " And though the number of them be per" haps double to what it was formerly, by " reason of this present great distress, yet in all times... | |
 | 1813 - 550 pages
...various diseases,) two hundred thousand people begging from door to door. And though the number of these be perhaps double to what it was formerly, by reason...vagabonds, who have lived without any regard or subjection cither to the laws of the land, or even those of God and nature; fathers incestuous! y accompanying... | |
 | 1813 - 566 pages
...various diseases,) two hundred thousand people begging from door to door. And though the number of these be perhaps double to what it was formerly, by reason...this present great distress, yet in all times there hare been about one hundred thousand of those vagabonds, who have lived without any regard or subjection... | |
 | John Shute Duncan - Charities - 1815 - 242 pages
....declared as follows : " There are at this day in Scot" land 200,000 people begging from door to door. " And though the number of them be, perhaps, " double to what it was formerly, by reafon of this ** prefent great diftrefs, (a famine then prevailed,) " yet in all times there have... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1816 - 342 pages
...follows : " There are at this day in Scotland, two hundred thousand people begging from door to door. And though the .-number of them be perhaps double to what it wae formerly, by reason of this present great distress (a. famine then prevailed), yet in all times... | |
 | English literature - 1817 - 694 pages
...very grievous burden to so poor а country. And though the number of them be perhaps double to wluit it was formerly, by reason of this present great distress,...times there have been about one hundred thousand of these vagabonds, who have lived without any regard or subjection either to the laws of the land, or... | |
 | 1817 - 708 pages
...diseases) two hundred thousand people begging from door to door. These are not only no way advantageous, but a very grievous burden to so poor a country. And though the number of .them he perhaps double to what it was formerly, by reason of this present great distress, yet in all times... | |
 | William Johnson Fox - Christianity - 1819 - 344 pages
...diseases) two hundred thousand people begging from door to door. These are not only no way advantageous, but a very grievous burden to so poor a country. And...one hundred thousand of those vagabonds, who have Jived without any regard or subjection either to the laws of the land, or even those of God and nature... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 246 pages
...These, are not only no way advantageous, but a> very, grievous burden to so y»oor> a country. Alid though the number of them be perhaps double to what it was formerly, by reason o£ this present great distress, yet in all times there have been about one hundred thousand of those... | |
 | Charles Richard Elrington - 1822 - 246 pages
...200,000 people begging from door to door. " These are not only no way advantageous, but a very griev" ous burden to so poor a country : and though the number...distress, yet in all times there " have been about 100,000 of those vagabonds who have " lived without any regard or subjection either to the laws " of... | |
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