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" It is a nest of wasps, or swarm of vermin which have overcrept the land. I mean the Monopolies and Pollers of the people : these, like the Frogs of Egypt, have gotten possession of our dwellings, and we have scarce a room free from them. They sup in our... "
The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art - Page 94
1846
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A Short History of the English People

John Richard Green - Great Britain - 1874 - 1076 pages
...gained by the Crown. " They | sup in our cup," Colepepper said afterwards in the Long Parliament, \ " they dip in our dish, they sit by our fire ; we find them in the dyefat, the wash bowls, and the powdering tub. They share with the cutler in his box. They have marked...
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A Sketch of the History of Taxes in England from the Earliest ..., Volume 1

Stephen Dowell - Taxation - 1876 - 418 pages
...consumption. Speaking of the monopolists, subsequently, in the Long Parliament, Colepepper says : —' They sup in our cup, they dip in our dish, they sit by our fire; we find them in the dye vat, the washbowls and the powdering tub; they share with the cutler in his box; they have marked...
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A Sketch of the History of Taxes in England from the Earliest ..., Volume 1

Stephen Dowell - Taxation - 1876 - 444 pages
...fire ; we find them in the dye vat, the washbowls and the powdering tub ; they share with the cutler in his box; they have marked and sealed us from head to foot.' And be it remembered that in some cases, as in the famous instance of soap, the conditions on which...
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History of the English People, Volume 3

John Richard Green - Great Britain - 1879 - 538 pages
...profit gained by the Crown. " They sup in our cup," Colepepper said afterwards in the Long Parliament, " they dip in our dish, they sit by our fire ; we find them in the dye-fat, the wash bowls, and the powdering tub. They share with the cutler in his box. They have marked...
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History of the English People, Volume 3

John Richard Green - Great Britain - 1879 - 526 pages
...fire; we find them in the dye-fat, the wash bowls, and the powdering tub. They share with the cutler in his box. They have marked and sealed us from head to foot." In spite of the financial expedients we have described the Treasury would have remained unfilled had...
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The Fall of the Monarchy of Charles I. 1637-1649, Volume 2

Samuel Rawson Gardiner - Great Britain - 1882 - 584 pages
...men,' said Culpepper, ' like the frogs of Egypt, have gotten possession of our dwellings, and we have scarce a room free from them. They sup in our cup,...marked and sealed us from head to foot. . . . They have a vizard to hide the brand made by that good law in the last Parliament of King James ; they shelter...
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Francis Bacon: (Lord Verulam.): A Critical Review of His Life and Character

Benjamin G. Lovejoy - 1883 - 304 pages
...place. It was paralleled by Colepepper, speaking of monopolists, in the Long Parliament, when he said, "They sup in our cup ; they dip in our dish ; they sit by our fire ; we find them in the dye-fat, the wash-bowls, and the powdering-tub." Hence, it must have electrified Bacon's contemporaries,...
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The Life of Oliver Cromwell: With Sketches of His Times, Battle Fields, and ...

Edwin Paxton Hood - 1883 - 272 pages
...Egypt, have gotten possession of our dwellings, and we have scarcely a room free from them. They sip in our cup, they dip in our dish, they sit by our fire ; we find them in the dye vat, washing bowl, and powdering box; they share with the butler in the pantry, they have marked...
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Oliver Cromwell: His Life, Times, Battlefields, and Contemporaries

Edwin Paxton Hood - 1883 - 298 pages
...Egypt, have gotten possession of our dwellings, and we have scarcely a room free from them. They sip in our cup, they dip in our dish, they sit by our fire ; we find them in the dye vat, washing bowl, and powdering box ; they share with the butler in the pantry, they have marked...
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First (-Third) historical reader. [With] Home-lesson book to the ..., Book 3

Blackwood William and sons - 1883 - 264 pages
...furious. " They sup in our cup," said a member of Parliament, speaking of the monopolists, " they sip in our dish, they sit by our fire; we find them in the dye vat, the wash-bowls, and the salting-tub; they share with the cutler in his box; they have marked...
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