At Paris, and in most other towns, the bread they buy is a daily dole,--which they cannot obtain without a daily ticket delivered to them by their masters.
Edmund Burke: “At Paris, and in most other towns, the bread they buy is a daily dole,--which they cannot obtain without a daily ticket…”
Editor's note · Context
Burke describes the dire conditions in Paris where citizens rely on a daily ticket system for basic sustenance.
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