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" Fifty thousand men, accustomed to the profession of arms, were at once thrown on the world : and experience seemed to warrant the belief that this change would produce much misery and crime, that the discharged veterans would be seen begging in every... "
The Creed of Presbyterians - Page 69
by Egbert Watson Smith - 1901 - 223 pages
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The History of England: From the Accession of James the Second, Volume 1

Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1849 - 884 pages
...thousand P"1"''?A • ing of Ibe men, accustomed to the profession of arms, were at once army. CHAP, thrown on the world: and experience seemed to warrant...hunger to pillage. But no such result followed. In a fow months there remained not a trace indicating that the most formidable army in the world had just...
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The History of England from the Accession of James II.

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 480 pages
...of the sovereign by some lords of manors. The troops were now to be disbanded. Fifty thousand men, accustomed to the profession of arms, were at once...veterans would be seen begging in every street, or would be driven by hunger to pillage. But no such result followed. In a few months there remained not...
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The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, Volume 1

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 470 pages
...of the sovereign by some lords of manors. The troops were now to be disbanded. Fifty thousand men, accustomed to the profession of arms, were at once...veterans would be seen begging in every street, or would be driven by hunger to pillage. But no such result followed. In a few months there remained not...
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Protestant Nonconformity: A Sketch of Its General History, with an Account ...

John Angell James - 1849 - 302 pages
...be disbanded. Fifty thousand men accustomed to the profession of arms were at once to be thrown npon the world ; and experience seemed to warrant the belief...veterans would be seen begging in every street, or would be driven by hunger to pillage. But no such result followed. In a few months there remained not...
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The History of England from the Accession of James II.

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 560 pages
...misery and crime, \j.?*\ that the discharged veterans would be" seen begging in every n. i'"" street, or would be driven by hunger to pillage. But no such £*?'}*' result followed. In a few months there remained not a trace tvV" indicating that the most formidable army in the world had just...
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The History of England, from the Accession of James II.

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1850 - 552 pages
...opportunity which had been suffered to escape. The troops were now to be disbanded. Fifty thousand men, accustomed to the profession of arms, were at once...to pillage. But no such result followed. In a few months there remained not a trace indicating that the most formidable army in the world had just been...
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The North British Review, Volume 12

1850 - 580 pages
...Cromwell's army at the time of the Restoration. " The troops were now to be disbanded. Fifty thousand men, accustomed to the profession of arms, were at once...veterans would be seen begging in every street, or would be driven by hunger to pillage. But no such result followed. In a few months there remained not...
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The History of England from the Accession of James II.

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1850 - 714 pages
...of arms, were Disbanding at once thrown on the world: and experience seemed to ofthcarmy. warrant ^ belief that this change would produce much misery...to pillage. But no such result followed. In a few months there remained not a trace indicating that the most formidable army in the world had just been...
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The North British review

1850 - 652 pages
...troops were now to be disbanded. Fifty thousand men, accustomed to the profession of arms, were at ouce thrown on the world; and experience seemed to warrant...produce much misery and crime — that the discharged vcterans would be secn begging in every strect, or would be driven by hunger to pillage. But no such...
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The History of England from the Accession of James II.

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 546 pages
...of the sovereign by some lords of manors. The troops were now to be disbanded. Fifty thousand men, accustomed to the profession of arms, were at once...to pillage. But no such result followed. In a few months there remained not a trace indicating that the most formidable army in the world had just been...
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