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Society for the Suppression of Vice, 1825, pp, 7 sqq

4. Arthur Young, Lincolnshire, 1799. p. 438 : I know nothing better calculated to flll a country with barbarians ready for any mischief, than extensive commons, and divine service only once a month ,,. To the scandai of the kingdom, of the législature, of the executive of the laws, therefore to the scandai of the magistracy, we see carriers' waggons, and stage-coaches crowding the roads on Sunday, add to this, the fields full of workmen; and vvhere soon would divine worship be found? Do Prench principles make so slow a progress, that you should lend them such helping hands?

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