 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...  A Treatise on the Law of Scotland Relative to the Poorпо Alexander Dunlop - 1825 - 152 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Andrew Fletcher - 1732 - 474 страници
...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... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1816 - 838 страници
...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 men... | |
 | Society for bettering the conditions and increasing the comforts of the poor - 1805 - 630 страници
...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,...they feast and riot for many days ; and at country weddings, markets, burials, and other public occasions, they are to be seen, both men and women, perpetually... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 424 страници
...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,...they feast and riot for many " days, and at country weddings, markets, 'burials, " and other public occasions, they are to be seen, " both men and women,... | |
 | 1809 - 1080 страници
...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... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1809 - 1484 страници
...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,...they feast and riot for many days: and at country weddings, markets, and other like public occasions, they are to b'o seen, both men and women, perpetually... | |
 | Christiane Derobert-Ratel - 1809 - 590 страници
...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...they feast and riot for many days; and at country weddings, markets, burials, and on other public occasions, they are to be seen, both men and women,... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1809 - 328 страници
...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... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1812 - 648 страници
...are not otily an unspeakable oppression to poor tenants 1 (who if they give not bread or some kind of provision to perhaps forty such villains in one...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 heritors,... | |
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