| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| Robert Burns - 1800 - 424 pages
...then prevail" ed) yet in all times there have been about one " hundred thousand of those vagabonds, who have " lived without any regard or subjection...laws of the land, or even those of God and " nature; fathers incestuously accompanying with " their own daughters, the son with the mother, " and the brother... | |
| 1827 - 790 pages
...laws of the lano^ or to even those of God 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 baptised. ' He advises the Government to set them to work ; but he strongly represents the difficulty... | |
| Robert Burns - 1806 - 422 pages
...famine then prevailed) yet in all times there have been about one hundred thousand of those vagabonds, who have lived without any regard or subjection either to the laws of the land, or even even those of God and Nature; fathers incestuously accompanying with their own daughters, the son with... | |
| Robert Burns - 1806 - 422 pages
...famine then prevailed) yet in all times there have been about one hundred thousand of those vagabonds, who have lived without any regard or subjection either to the laws of the land, or eren those of God and Nature ; fathers incestuously accompanying with their own daughters, the son... | |
| Christiane Derobert-Ratel - Aix-en-Provence (France) - 1809 - 590 pages
...famine then prevailed,) yet in all times there have been about one hundred thousand of these vagabonds, who have lived without any regard or subjection either...laws of the land or even those of God and Nature; fathers incestuously accompanying with their own daughters, the son with the mother, and the brother... | |
| Sir John Carr - Scotland - 1809 - 328 pages
...famine then prevailed), yet in all times there have been about one hundred thousand of these vagabonds, who have lived without any regard or subjection either...the laws of the land or even those of God and Nature ; fathers incestuously accompanying with their own daughters, the son with the mother,? and the brother... | |
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