Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day PeoplePollard & Moss, 1889 - 870 pages |
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Page 192
... prisoners are admitted into this gloomy mansion , and surveyed the few objects he could discern , with an indescribable feeling of curiosity ? The thick door , plated with iron and mounted with spikes , just low enough to enable you to ...
... prisoners are admitted into this gloomy mansion , and surveyed the few objects he could discern , with an indescribable feeling of curiosity ? The thick door , plated with iron and mounted with spikes , just low enough to enable you to ...
Page 194
... prisoner attentively for a few moments ; and the fact is before you , in all its painful reality . Mark how restlessly he has been engaged for the last ten minutes , in forming all sorts of fantastic figures with the herbs which are ...
... prisoner attentively for a few moments ; and the fact is before you , in all its painful reality . Mark how restlessly he has been engaged for the last ten minutes , in forming all sorts of fantastic figures with the herbs which are ...
Page 195
... prisoner watches the counte- nances of the jury , as a dying man , clinging to life to the very last , vainly looks in the face of his physician for a slight ray of hope . They turn round to consult ; you can almost hear the man's heart ...
... prisoner watches the counte- nances of the jury , as a dying man , clinging to life to the very last , vainly looks in the face of his physician for a slight ray of hope . They turn round to consult ; you can almost hear the man's heart ...
Page 196
... prisoner has been under his care twice before . This the urchin resolutely denies in some such terms as- " S'elp me , gen'lm'n , I never vos in trouble afore - indeed , my Lord , I never vos . It's all a howen to my having a twin ...
... prisoner has been under his care twice before . This the urchin resolutely denies in some such terms as- " S'elp me , gen'lm'n , I never vos in trouble afore - indeed , my Lord , I never vos . It's all a howen to my having a twin ...
Page 197
... number of inches in no particular room : are unable even to report of how many apartments the gaol is composed . We saw the prison , and saw the prisoners ; and what we did see , and what we thought , we A VISIT TO NEWGATE . 197.
... number of inches in no particular room : are unable even to report of how many apartments the gaol is composed . We saw the prison , and saw the prisoners ; and what we did see , and what we thought , we A VISIT TO NEWGATE . 197.
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