These are villanous vagrantsthat infest all countries.
These arevagrants or beggars who say they are of noble birth, and that they have suffered by war, fire, or captivity, or have been driven away and lost all they had.
Protection against vagrants was sought in a rigid vagrant act, extending to comers from other colonies, deserters from the King's service and "passengers brought in by sea and landed without consent of the authorities.
It is a proof of the progress of the Colony that vagrants and "mad persons" began to be provided for by law.
The male vagrants at Liverpool are required to grind 30 lbs.
At Manchester the task for malevagrants is 45 lbs.
It appears that in Liverpool and Manchester corn-grinding by hand-mills is chiefly used, as a task for vagrants or able-bodied in-door poor.
But the vagrants are in no hurry; the casual ward serves them as a sort of handy club-room in which to while away the early hours of tiresome morning, and to discuss with each other the most interesting topics of the day.
The vagrants simply stroll away from the work and amuse themselves.
At the same time, I should be very sorry for the reader to misunderstand me, as wishing to convey to him the impression that in every instance the gangs of men to be met with in the streets in winter-time are vagrants and impostors.
Apparently, as in modern times, the vagrants had organized their own system of entertainment, and, supported by the public, were a class for whom it was worth while to cater.
We have also throughout to consider charitable help in relation to classes of dependants, who appear early in the history of the question--widows and orphans, the sick and the aged, vagrants and wayfarers.
Under the same patronage of Zeus and the same laws of hospitality werevagrants and beggars.
Drayton only says: “Out of the Ports allVagrants he doth driue.
Although the two vagrants had been spared, it was doubtful whether mercy would be shown them again.
It could not be seen that the vagrants had anything to gain, for they must soon abandon the canoe and continue their flight on foot.
There were just as strong objections to this supposition, the chief of which was that the vagrants when they went overboard swam with frantic energy toward the shore; in other words, they made for the point where the terror was awaiting them.
It was unpleasant thus to associate the hermit with the pestiferous vagrants with whom the youth had had much trouble already.
One of these habitual vagrants on his periodical appearance was usually accosted with an official joke, “Same address, I suppose?
These vagrants generally go through the town, stopping at all the cross streets and squares, making a horrible tumult with a small drum and fife, compelling their animals to dance and perform tricks, and then collect money in the houses.
On the following day these vagrants left the place.
He raised his hands and turned again to Eunana, "They do not understand me, these vagrants from beyond the sea, descendants of dogs, brothers to Jews and Phoenicians!
Various Greek vagrants laid siege to that hamlet, and so annoyed its few inhabitants that after ten years of trouble they burned their little fortress and moved to other places.
And, indeed, I should have imagined that the only persons to whom your verses could exactly have applied were those honourable vagrants from the Nile whom in vulgar language we term gypsies.
A very large number, probably the majority, ofvagrants seldom come to the vagrant wards," wrote Mr. J.
This is not only the practice of all Continental Labour Houses, but the past prison treatment of vagrants in this country proves the uselessness of short sentences.
The giving of alms of any kind whatever to mendicant vagrants is prohibited on pain of a fine not exceeding 9 marks (9s.
It ought to be remembered," says another Inspector, "that the vagrants admitted to the vagrant wards represent only a very small percentage of the vagrants of the country.
It was found that the vagrants were housed in the workhouse in 41 districts, and in common lodging-houses in 58.
The result was an influx of vagrants into the union, which swamped the accommodation, and rendered administration impossible.
In 35 districts there was reason to believe or suspect that infection had been carried elsewhere by vagrants leaving those districts--in most cases twice or more.
A number of railroads are recognised by vagrants and criminals as the stamping ground of particular gangs that are generally found on the lines with which their names are connected.
The police were therefore instructed to enforce the regulations against vagrants with increased vigour, and in the following manner.
Mark Twain's "The Prince and the Pauper" may not be history, but that it presents a truthful picture of the sufferings of vagrants in the sixteenth century cannot be doubted.
Slack as the police were in other directions, the campaign against vagrants continued to be conducted with vigour.
Our vagrants know, too, the power of these neutrarians, they know they can adopt any shape, and tempt and goad man on to the committal of any crime, however heinous.
Nights in the parks and commons have taught these vagrants more, a thousand times more, than they ever learned in Sunday or County Council Schools.
In the case of vagrants and thieves it has just been seen that the proportion amounted to four per cent.
This percentage, in my opinion, represents the number of vagrants who are able and willing to do a certain amount of work, but cannot get it to do.
A comparison between the number of male and female vagrants arrested in 1888 under the provisions of the Vagrancy Acts shows that there were nearly four times more male vagrants proceeded against before the magistrates than female.
It is perfectly well known that there is no more incorrigible set of offenders than habitual vagrants and drunkards.
The proportion here indicated of the number of vagrants who are willing to work coincides in a remarkable manner with certain statistics recently collected by H.
Then he was seated upon a painted barrow, and twelve men raised it to their shoulders; and the procession, which included all the vagrants and rascals of Paris, set out to parade the city.
At midnight the monstrous army of vagrants set out, and it was not until they were outside the church that they lit their torches.
Glossin particularly recommended a careful search at the Kaim of Dernecleugh, which was occasionally occupied under night by vagrants of different descriptions.
Indeed, the old CANT is a common language to vagrants of all descriptions and origin scattered over the British Isles.
In some cases Gipseys joined the English gangs, in others English vagrants joined the Gipseys.
A nebula, it is thought, is formed by the collision or the near approach of two of the many stars, or suns, that we know are traveling about at high velocities as vagrants here and there through space.
The absence of friends, combined with the prejudice against vagrants which everywhere exists, subjects them to arbitrary and high-handed injustice such as no other body of American citizens has to endure.
A History ofVagrants and Vagrancy and Beggars and Begging.
It is difficult to say if our laws relating to vagrancy andvagrants are more cruel or more absurd.
It matters not that nine in ten of all our tramps and vagrants are such from choice, and irreclaimable degenerates into the bargain; so long as one worthy man is out of employment and unable to obtain it our duty is to provide it by law.
These possibilities of education attracted boys from all parts of the country, and added a new class of vagrants to the tramps of all kinds who infested the roads during the later Middle Ages.
Joss Fritz won over to his side the "gilds" of beggars, strolling musicians, all kinds of vagrants who could be useful.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "vagrants" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
