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By the late eighteenth century Britain's statute books were plump with capital...
Author:
Bill Bryson
Book:
In a Sunburned Country
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By the late eighteenth century Britain's statute books were plump with capital offences; you could be hanged for any of 200 acts, including, notably, 'impersonating an Egyptian'.
( Bill Bryson )
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