| James Thomson Callender - 1795 - 132 Seiten
...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...who, by living upon bad food, " fall into various difeafea,) two hundred thoufand people begging " from door to door." In a preceding diicourfe, the... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1812 - 648 Seiten
...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... | |
| 1813 - 550 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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... | |
| Walter Scott - 1815 - 356 Seiten
...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...living upon bad food, fall into various diseases) two hundred thousand people begging from door tp door. These are not only no way advantageous, but... | |
| Walter Scott - 1815 - 322 Seiten
...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,...living upon bad food, fall into various diseases) two hundred thousand- people begging from door- to door. Theeeare not only no way advantageous, bin... | |
| 1817 - 708 Seiten
...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...living upon bad food, fall into various diseases) two hundred thousand people begging from door to door. These are not only no way advantageous, but... | |
| 1817 - 694 Seiten
...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...living upon bad food, fall into various diseases) ¡wo hundred thousand people begging from door to door. These are not only no way advantageous, but... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1818 - 648 Seiten
...prevail. The poor of Scotland are frequently mentioned ; hear what is said by Fletcher and Saltón : " There are at this day in Scotland, besides a great...diseases, 200,000 people begging from door to door." What a proportion of the population of Scotland a century ago ! Four or five years ago, Edinburgh was... | |
| William Johnson Fox - 1819 - 344 Seiten
...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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