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 Hand-book of the Law of Scotland - Page 303by James Lorimer - 1862 - 508 pagesFull view - About this book
| Andrew Fletcher - England - 1732 - 474 pages
...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 - History - 1816 - 838 pages
...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 pages
...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, where 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,... | |
| Robert Burns - 1800 - 424 pages
...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,...where they feast and riot for many " days, and at country weddings, markets, 'burials, " and other public occasions, they are to be seen, " both men... | |
| History - 1809 - 1080 pages
...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 - History - 1809 - 1484 pages
...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,...mountains, where 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,... | |
| Christiane Derobert-Ratel - Aix-en-Provence (France) - 1809 - 590 pages
...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...mountains, where 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... | |
| Sir John Carr - Scotland - 1809 - 328 pages
...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 - Great Britain - 1812 - 648 pages
...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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