A Sketch of Old England, Volumen1Charles Wiley, 1822 - 555 páginas |
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Página 49
... prison , Ridley looked up to have seen him , and to have taken his last fare- well . But he was not then at the window , being engaged in a dispute with a Spanish friar . But he looked after them , and devoutly falling on his knees ...
... prison , Ridley looked up to have seen him , and to have taken his last fare- well . But he was not then at the window , being engaged in a dispute with a Spanish friar . But he looked after them , and devoutly falling on his knees ...
Página 83
... prison , which is conduct- ed and governed pretty much according to the sys- tem proposed by Mr. Howard , and combines with it a house of correction ; the other was , to inspect the House of Industry , which is considered one of the ...
... prison , which is conduct- ed and governed pretty much according to the sys- tem proposed by Mr. Howard , and combines with it a house of correction ; the other was , to inspect the House of Industry , which is considered one of the ...
Página 85
... prison discipline in our country has not proved effectual , it is because the inhabitants of those prisons want nothing but liberty , and are in he almost certain hope of enjoying that , if they live . Two great evils result from this ...
... prison discipline in our country has not proved effectual , it is because the inhabitants of those prisons want nothing but liberty , and are in he almost certain hope of enjoying that , if they live . Two great evils result from this ...
Página 86
... prisons and penitentiaries were never intended for schools of morality , any further than as exemplary punishment ... prison were hopeless of the experi- ment ; and , for my own part , I am neither afraid nor ashamed to say , that I ...
... prisons and penitentiaries were never intended for schools of morality , any further than as exemplary punishment ... prison were hopeless of the experi- ment ; and , for my own part , I am neither afraid nor ashamed to say , that I ...
Página 91
... prison , I was carried to what I sup- posed to be a palace , beautifully situated on a lofty bank , and overlooking one of the finest pros- pects imaginable . Concluding there was some mistake , I begged to be conducted to the Poor ...
... prison , I was carried to what I sup- posed to be a palace , beautifully situated on a lofty bank , and overlooking one of the finest pros- pects imaginable . Concluding there was some mistake , I begged to be conducted to the Poor ...
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Página 28 - The Earl of Buchan, unwilling that so good a man, and sweet a poet, should be without a memorial, has denoted the place of his interment, for the satisfaction of his admirers, in the year of our Lord 1792.
Página 26 - The labourer bears : what his hard heart denies, His charitable vanity supplies. Another age shall see the golden ear Imbrown the slope, and nod on the parterre, Deep harvests bury all his pride has plann'd, And laughing Ceres reassume the land.
Página 29 - IN yonder grave a Druid lies, Where slowly winds the stealing wave ! The year's best sweets shall duteous rise, To deck its poet's sylvan grave ! In yon deep bed of whispering reeds His airy harp ' shall now be laid ; That he whose heart in sorrow bleeds May love through life the soothing shade. Then maids and youths shall linger here ; And, while its sounds at distance swell, Shall...
Página 183 - If it be for thy glory, I beseech thee give me some sign from heaven; if not, I shall suppress it.
Página 47 - at the Mount of St Mary's, in the stony stage where I now stand, I have brought you some fine biscuits, baked in the oven of charity, carefully conserved for the chickens of the church, the sparrows of the spirit, and the sweet swallows of salvation.
Página 32 - Charlotte, shall from her sympathetic breast send forth the heaving sigh. Do thou teach me not only to foresee, but to enjoy, nay, even to feed on future praise. Comfort me by a solemn assurance, that, when the little parlour, in which I sit at this instant, shall be reduced to a worse furnished box, I shall be read, with honour, by those who never knew nor saw me, and whom I shall neither know nor see.
Página 52 - English literature, already quoted, " he lived by his wits, in helping young gentlemen out at dead lifts in making poems, songs, and epistles on and to their mistresses ; as also in translating, and other petite employments.
Página 183 - O thou Eternal God, Author of the light which now shines upon me, and giver of all inward illuminations, I do beseech Thee of Thy infinite goodness to pardon a greater request than a sinner ought to make. I am not satisfied enough whether I shall publish this book De Veritate.
Página 94 - ... eyes the greatest of all inducements to industry, frugality, and sobriety, by giving them a dependence on somewhat else than a careful accumulation during youth and health, for support in age or sickness. In short, you offered a premium for the encouragement of idleness, and you should not now wonder, that it has had its effect in the increase of poverty.