Gipsies
group · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
Gypsies · a tribe of gipsies
in the texts
Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated
Referenced in a figurative analogy for their reputed skill at disguising a horse's true appearance, compared to how protecting-duty laws disguise the burden they impose on consumers.
The Gipsies, it is said, possess the art of so disfiguring a horse, that it is very difficult to recognize him.
Law in a Free State
A hypothetical 'tribe of gipsies' used to test the limits of claims to use public land, referenced in the 'land for all' discussion.
The most strenuous advocate of the “land for all” would hardly allow a tribe of gipsies to pitch their tents for a week in Oxford Circus.