 | James Thomson Callender - 1795 - 132 páginas
...part of this eflay, the writtf informs us, fiat " there are, at this day, in Scotland, (befides *' a great many poor families, very meanly provided for...others, who, by living upon bad food, " fall into various difeafea,) two hundred thoufand people begging " from door to door." In a preceding diicourfe,... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1812 - 648 páginas
...of course its operation could not have been felt in so short a period. Mr. Fletcher says — " That there are at " this day in Scotland (besides a great " many poor families very meanly pro" vided for by the church-boxes, and " others who, by living upon bad food, " fall into various... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1813 - 544 páginas
...day. Fletcher, of Saltoun, gives a dreadful picture : 'There are, sit this day,' lie says,(l6o,8), 'in Scotland, besides a great many poor families, very meanly provided for by the church-boxes, (with others, who by living upon bad food fall into various diseases,) two hundred thousand... | |
 | 1813 - 550 páginas
...day. Fletcher, of Saltoun, gives a dreadful picture : " There are, at thin day," he says, (1098,) " in Scotland, besides a great many poor families, very meanly provided for by the churchboxes, (with others, who by living upon bad food fall into various diseases,) two hundred thousand... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1815 - 356 páginas
...a picture of these banditti about a century ago, which my readers will peruse with astonishment. " There are at this day in Scotland (besides a great...•with others, who, by living upon bad food, fall into various diseases) two hundred thousand people begging from door tp door. These are not only no way... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1815 - 322 páginas
...astonishment* " There, are at this day in Scotland- (besides^a £reat many poor families very-meanly provided for by the church boxes, with others, who, by living upon bad food, fall into various diseases) two hundred thousand- people begging from door- to door. Theeeare not only no way... | |
 | 1817 - 708 páginas
...a picture of these banditti about a century ago, which my readers will peruse with astonishment. ' There are, at this day, in Scotland (besides a great...with others who, by living upon bad food, fall into various diseases) two hundred thousand people begging from door to door. These are not only no way... | |
 | 1817 - 694 páginas
...a picture of these banditti about a century ago, which my readers will peruse with astonishment. ' There are, at this day, in Scotland (besides a great...with others, who, by living upon bad food, fall into various diseases) ¡wo hundred thousand people begging from door to door. These are not only no way... | |
 | William Johnson Fox - 1819 - 344 páginas
...first is from Fletcher's Second Discourse on the Affairs of Scotland, and refers to the year 1698. " There are at this day in Scotland (besides a great...many poor families very meanly provided for by the church-boxes, with others, who, by living upon bad food, fall into various diseases) two hundred thousand... | |
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There are at this day in Scotland (besides a great many poor families very meanly provided for by the church boxes, with others, who, by living on bad food, fall into various diseases) two hundred thousand people begging from door to door. 
