 | 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...by the " church boxes, with others, who, by living upon bad food, " fall into various difeafea,) two hundred thoufand people begging " from door to door."... | |
 | 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 - 540 páginas
...many poof 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. And, though the number of these be perhaps double to what it was formerly, by reason of this present... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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 - 552 páginas
...families, very meanly provided for by the church-boxes, (with others, who by living upon bad food falf into 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 of this present... | |
 | 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...by the church boxes, •with others, who, by living upon bad food, fall into various diseases) two hundred thousand people begging from door tp door. These... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1815 - 322 páginas
...£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 advantageous, bin a very grievous burden-to so poor a country. And though... | |
 | 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...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. These... | |
 | 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...for by the church boxes, with others, who, by living upon bad food, fall into various diseases) ¡wo hundred thousand people begging from door to door.... | |
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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. 
