Chambers's miscellany of instructive & entertaining tracts, Bind 14 |
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Side 4
... means of returning to England , that he might negotiate his own exchange for some French naval officer , a prisoner ... mean a compliment to the French . How they then treated English prisoners of war I knew by experience in 1756 , when ...
... means of returning to England , that he might negotiate his own exchange for some French naval officer , a prisoner ... mean a compliment to the French . How they then treated English prisoners of war I knew by experience in 1756 , when ...
Side 5
... means of putting an end , for all time coming , to the system which permitted such sufferings ! Most men would have occupied the time of their imprisonment with sighs and lamentations ; and once at liberty , they would have returned ...
... means of putting an end , for all time coming , to the system which permitted such sufferings ! Most men would have occupied the time of their imprisonment with sighs and lamentations ; and once at liberty , they would have returned ...
Side 8
... means to naturalise among the villagers of Cardington . It was his custom to visit the houses of his tenants now and then , conversing with them on the state of their affairs . During such visits , he was particular in requesting them ...
... means to naturalise among the villagers of Cardington . It was his custom to visit the houses of his tenants now and then , conversing with them on the state of their affairs . During such visits , he was particular in requesting them ...
Side 10
... means negligent of its received forms ; and though he might be denominated a man of scruples and singularities , no one would dispute his claim to the title of a gentleman ! APPOINTED HIGH - SHERIFF OF BEDFORD - COMMENCES AND COMPLETES ...
... means negligent of its received forms ; and though he might be denominated a man of scruples and singularities , no one would dispute his claim to the title of a gentleman ! APPOINTED HIGH - SHERIFF OF BEDFORD - COMMENCES AND COMPLETES ...
Side 22
... means they get a little , it is not changed for months together , so that it is offensive , and almost worn to dust . Some lie upon rags , others upon the bare floors . When I have complained of this to the keepers , the justification ...
... means they get a little , it is not changed for months together , so that it is offensive , and almost worn to dust . Some lie upon rags , others upon the bare floors . When I have complained of this to the keepers , the justification ...
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Side 32 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Side 31 - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts : — but to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt...
Side 5 - I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
Side 12 - ... came more immediately under my notice when I was sheriff of the county of Bedford; and the circumstance which excited me to activity in their behalf was, the seeing, some — who by the verdict of juries were declared not guilty; some — on whom the grand jury did not find such an appearance of guilt as subjected them to trial; and some — whose prosecutors did not appear against them; — after having been confined for months, dragged back to gaol, and locked up again till they should pay...
Side 9 - mong fays and talismans, And spirits ; and delightedly believes Divinities, being himself divine. The intelligible forms of ancient poets, The fair humanities of old religion, The power, the beauty, and the majesty, That had their haunts in dale, or piny mountain, Or forest by slow stream, or pebbly spring. Or chasms and wat'ry depths ; all these have vanished They live no longer in the faith of reason...
Side 32 - His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery , a circumnavigation of charity.
Side 16 - Let me rather eat dry bread at a king's table than feast at the board of an elector ;" and it seemed as if some avenging demon hovered in the air, to take her literally at her word, for she and her family lived to eat dry bread — ay, and to beg it before they ate it ; but she would be a queen.
Side 5 - Commissioner of Sick and Wounded Seamen the sundry particulars, which gained their attention and thanks. Remonstrance was made to the French court ; our sailors had redress ; and those who were in the three prisons mentioned above were brought home in l£e first cartel-ships.
Side 9 - They live no longer in the faith of reason ! But still the heart doth need a language ; still Doth the old instinct bring back the old names, And to yon starry world they now are gone, Spirits or gods, that used to share this earth With man as with their friend ; and to the lover Yonder they move ; from yonder visible sky Shoot influence down ; and even at this day 'Tis Jupiter who brings whate'er is great, And Venus who brings every thing that's fair.
Side 23 - The most pernicious infection, next the plague, is the smell of the jail, when prisoners have been long, and close, and nastily kept; whereof we have had in our time experience twice or thrice ; when both the judges that sat upon the jail, and numbers of those that attended the business or were present, sickened upon it, and died.