 | History - 1803 - 892 pages
...yield to the allurements of avarice. They will get drunk, like the men of other countries, when strong liquor comes in their way ; and cannot avoid cheating,...when they can do it without danger of detection. The skins of the reindeer are more or less valuable, according to the season in which they are killed.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1803 - 1298 pages
...yield to the allurements of avarice. They will get drunk, like the men of other countries, when strong liquor comes in their way ; and cannot avoid cheating,...when they can do it without danger of detection. The skins of the reindeer are more or less valuable, according to die season in which they are killed.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1803 - 892 pages
...yield to the allurements of avarice. They will get drunk, like the men of other countries, when strong liquor comes in their way ; and cannot avoid cheating,...other dealers, when they can do it without danger d detection. The skins of the reindeer are more or less valuable, srcording to the season in which... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - American literature - 1804 - 740 pages
...yield to the allurements of avarice. They will get drunk, tike the men of other countries, when strong liquor comes in their •way ; and cannot avoid cheating,...when they can do it without danger of detection. The skins of the rein-deer, are more or less valuable, according to the season in which they are killed.... | |
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... admits, that the Laplanders are not entirely exempt from those vices which ever prevail more or less amongst mankind in a state of society. They cannot resist the temptation of ebriety, and yield to the allurements of avarice. They will get drunk,... 