| Great Britain. Parliament - 1785 - 796 pages
...efcaping from fire, fword, and exjle, they fell into the jaws cf famine. The alms of the fettlement, in this dreadful exigency, were certainly liberal;...charity that private charity could do : but it was m. people in beggary; it was a nation which ftretched out its hands for food. For month, together thefe... | |
| 1785 - 522 pages
...this dregful exigency, were certainly libera! ; mi all was done by charity, that pmi-'t charity couid do; but it was a people in beggary ; it was a nation whirb ftretched out its hands for food. Fef months together thefe creatures of fufferancc, whole \cry... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1792 - 676 pages
...efcaping from fire, fword, and exile, they fell into the jaws of famine. The alms of the fettlement, in this dreadful exigency, were certainly liberal...: but it was a people in beggary ; it was a nation which ftretched out its hands for food. For months together thefe creatures of fufferance, whofe very... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1798 - 330 pages
...efcaping from fire, fword, and exile, they fell into the jaws of famine. The alms of the fettlement, in this dreadful exigency, were certainly liberal ; and all was done by charity that private chanty could do : but it was a people in beggary ; it was a nation which ftrctche.d out its hands for... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1803 - 464 pages
...they fell into the jaws of famine. The alms of the fettlement, in this dreadful exigency, .ge»cy, were certainly liberal; and all was done by charity...: but it was a people in beggary; it was a nation which ftretched out its hands for food. For months together thefe creatures of fufferance, whofe very... | |
| Nathaniel Chapman - 1807 - 458 pages
...to the walled cities. But escaping from fire, sword, and exile, they fell into the jaws of famine. The alms of the settlement, in this dreadful exigency,...: but it was a people in beggary ; it was a nation which stretched out its hands for food. For months together these creatures of sufferance, whose very... | |
| Nathaniel Chapman - 1807 - 464 pages
...to the walled cities. But escaping from fire, sword, and exile, they fell into the jaws of famine. The alms of the settlement, in this dreadful exigency,...: but it was a people in beggary ; it was a nation which stretched out its hands for food. For months together these creatures of sufferance, whose very... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1812 - 316 pages
...lo the walled cities. Bat escaping from fire, sword, and exile, they fell into the jaws of famine. The alms of the settlement, in this dreadful exigency,...and all was done by charity, that private charity conld do : but it was a people in beggary; it was a nation which stretched out its hands for food.... | |
| 1813 - 458 pages
...to the walled cities. But escaping from fire, sword, and exile, they fell into the jaws of famine. The alms of the settlement, in this dreadful exigency,...: but it was a people in beggary ; it was a nation which stretched out its hands for food. For months together these creatures of sufferance, whose very... | |
| Rodolphus Dickinson - 1815 - 214 pages
...to the walled cities. But escaping from 5re, sword] and exile, th-jy foil into the jaws of famine. The alms of the settlement, in this dreadful exigency,...; but it was a people in beggary ; it was a nation which stretched out its hands for food. For months together, these creatures of sufferance, whose very... | |
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