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" It is a shameful and unblessed thing to take the scum of people and wicked, condemned men, to be the people with whom you plant ; and not only so, but it spoileth the plantation ; for they will ever live like rogues » and not fall to work, but be lazy... "
The Essays Or Counsels, Moral, Economical and Political: With Elegant ... - Page 131
by Francis Bacon - 1818 - 290 pages
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The History of the United States of North America, from the ..., Volume 1

James Grahame - United States - 1836 - 488 pages
...condemned men, to be the people with whom we plant : and not only so, but it spoileth the plantation ; for they will ever live like rogues, and not fall...but be lazy, and do mischief, and spend victuals." BOOK gether, and addressed them in a short but judicious and impressive harangue. He rebuked the folly,...
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The Works of Lord Bacon: With an Introductory Essay, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...condemned men, to be the people with whom you plant ; and not only so, but it spoileth the plantation; for they will ever live like rogues, and not fall...and be quickly weary, and then certify over to their cowntry to the discredit of the plantation. The people wherewith you plant ought to be gardeners, ploughmen,...
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Six Months in South Australia: With Some Account of Port Philip and Portland ...

Thomas Horton James - New South Wales - 1838 - 322 pages
...with whom you plant ; and not only so, but it spoileth the plantation ; for they will ever be idle like rogues, and not fall to work, but be lazy, and do mischief, spend victuals, and be quickly weary." But the female convicts are even worse than the male, inasmuch...
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The Dublin Review, Volume 6

Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1839 - 642 pages
...men, with whom to plant ; and not only so, but it spoileth the plantation; for they will ever be idle, like rogues, and not fall to work ; but be lazy> and do mischief, spend victuals, and be quickly weary.'" — James, p. 44. One of the consequences of the character...
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The natural history of society in the barbarous and civilized state

William Cooke Taylor - 1840 - 800 pages
...condemned men to be the people with whom you plant ; and not only so, but it spoileth the plantation ; for they will ever live like rogues and not fall to...their country to the discredit of the plantation."* To colonists of such description, Lord Bacon has indeed bequeathed in vain the exhortation which follows:...
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Notes Upon Canada and the United States: From 1832 to 1840 : Much in a Small ...

Henry Cook Todd - Canada - 1840 - 300 pages
...to take the scum of the people, and wicked and condemned men, to be the people with whom we settle, for they will ever live like rogues, and not fall to work, but be lazy and do mischief." Combining the above-mentioned facts, with those of a similar nature going before, and others coming...
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Substance of a Speech on Transportation, Delivered in the House of Lords on ...

Richard Whately - Penal colonies - 1840 - 128 pages
...condemned men to be the " people with whom you plant; and not only so, but " it spoileth the plantation; for they will ever live " like rogues and not fall to work, but be lazy and decided opinion which he had formed, in favour of a penitentiary system, and against the scheme of...
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The Natural History of Society in the Barbarous and Civilized ..., Volume 2

William Cooke Taylor - Civilization - 1841 - 348 pages
...condemned men to be the people with whom you plant ; and not only so, but it spoileth the plantation ; for they will ever live like rogues and not fall to...their country to the discredit of the plantation."* To colonists of such description, Lord Bacon has indeed bequeathed in vain the exhortation which follows...
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The Southern and Western Literary Messenger and Review, Volume 13

1847 - 814 pages
...people, wicked, condemned men, with whom you plant and not only so, but it spoileth the plantation, for they will ever live like rogues and not fall to work, but be lazy and do mischief, spend victuals and be quickly weary." Immediately upon Smith's departure, the Indians renewed their...
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Introduction to the History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia

Charles Campbell - History - 1847 - 220 pages
...people, wicked, condemned men, with whom you plant and not only so, but it spoileth the plantation, for they will ever live like rogues and not fall to work, but be lazy and do mischief, spend victuals and be quickly weary." Immediately upon Smith's departure, the Indians renewed their...
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