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" The alms of the settlement, in this dreadful exigency, were certainly .liberal ; and all was done by charity that private charity could do ; but it was a people in beggary ; it was a nation which stretched out its hands for food. "
The History of the Norman Conquest of England: The reign of William the ... - Page 312
by Edward Augustus Freeman - 1876
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The Parliamentary Register: Or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of ...

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...
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The Political Magazine and Parliamentary, Naval, Military, and ..., Volume 10

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...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Collected in Three Volumes ...

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...
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The Beauties of the Late Right Hon. Edmund Burke: Selected from the Writings ...

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...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4

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...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 3

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...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 3

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...
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Elegant extracts: a copious selection of passages from the most ..., Volume 3

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....
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The Stranger: A Literary Paper ..., Volume 1

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...
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The Columbian Reader: Comprising a New and Various Selection of Elegant ...

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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