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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, and... "
The Expediency Maintained of Continuing the System by which the Trade and ... - Page 192
by Robert Grant - 1813 - 404 pages
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The Works of Lord Bacon: With an Introductory Essay, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...profit is not to be neglected, as far as may stand with the good of the plantation, but no farther. It is a shameful and unblessed thing, to take the...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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British Colonization and Coloured Tribes

Saxe Bannister - 1838 - 344 pages
...displanted to the end to plant in others ; for else it is rather an extirpation than a plantation. It is a shameful and unblessed thing to take the scum...condemned men, to be the people with whom you plant. If you plant where savages are, do not only entertain them with trifles and gingles, but use them justly...
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Six Months in South Australia: With Some Account of Port Philip and Portland ...

Thomas Horton James - 1838 - 322 pages
...that mighty philosopher, in discussing the subject of colonies, two hundred years ago, who said, " It is a shameful and unblessed thing to take the scum of the people, and wicked and condemned men with whom you plant ; and not only so, but it spoileth the...
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A Lecture on South Australia: Including Letters from J.B. Hack, Esq., and ...

Henry Watson - 1838 - 44 pages
...community on the face of the earth. How true was the remark of one of the wisest of men, Lord Bacon, " It is a shameful and unblessed thing, to take the scum of the people mid wicked condemned men to be the people • The«, it must be remembered, veré the prices...
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The Dublin Review, Volume 6

Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1839 - 642 pages
...weighty philosopher, in discussing the subject of colonies, two hundred years ago, who said, — ' It is a shameful and unblessed thing, to take the scum of the people, and wicked, and condemned men, with whom to plant ; and not only so, but it spoileth the...
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Substance of a Speech on Transportation, Delivered in the House of Lords on ...

Richard Whately - 1840 - 128 pages
...DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS, ON THE 19TH OF MAY, 1840, RICHARD WHATELY, DD ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN. 'It is a shameful and unblessed thing to take the...wicked condemned men, to be the people with whom you plant."—LORD BACON. LONDON: B. FELLOWES, LUDGATE STREET. 1840. LONDON: R. CLAY, PRINTER, BREAD STREET...
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Notes Upon Canada and the United States: From 1832 to 1840 : Much in a Small ...

Henry Cook Todd - 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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The Southern and Western Literary Messenger and Review, Volume 13

1847 - 814 pages
...and with such materials the wonder is that the settlement was effected at all. Lord Bacon says : — "It is a shameful and unblessed thing to take the scum of people, wicked, condemned men, with whom you plant and not only so, but it spoileth the plantation, for they...
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Introduction to the History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia

Charles Campbell - 1847 - 224 pages
...with such materials the wonder is that the settlement was effected at all. Lord Bacon says : — " It is a shameful and unblessed thing to take the scum of people, wicked, condemned men, with whom you plant and not only so, but it spoileth the plantation, for they...
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The Southern literary messenger, Volume 13

1847 - 784 pages
...and with such materials the wonder is that the settlement was effected at all. Lord Bacon says :— "It is a shameful and unblessed thing to take the scum of people, wicked, condemned men, with whom you plant and not only so, but it spoileth the plantation, for they...
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