The Rat-catcher-besides the circumstance that no man can prepossess us much in his favor, who lives solely by poisoning, like this Destroying Angel of rats, this mouse-Atropos; and also, which is still worse, that such a fellow bids fair to become an Increaser of the vermin kingdom the moment he may cease to be a lessener of it-besides all this, I say, the present Rat-catcher had many baneful features about him.
"The Campaner Thal and Other Writings"
Jean Paul Friedrich Richter
It is therefore of the deepest concernment to us to be set right in this point; and to be well satisfied whether civil government be such a protector from natural evils, and such a nurse and Increaser of blessings, as those of warm imaginations promise.
"The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. I. (of 12)"
Edmund Burke
The farmer nurtured amid the odors of the "balmy plant" honors the "useless weed" as a promoter of happiness and an Increaser of gains.
"Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce"
E. R. Billings