The Philanthropist, Or, Repository for Hints and Suggestions Calculated to Promote the Comfort and Happiness of Man, Volume 7Longman and Company, 1819 - Charities |
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... cells 10 feet by 7 , contain- ing the bed of the prisoner , and a little closet ; some of the beds were decorated with a crucifix . - The cells open into a passage about six feet broad , extending without interruption through the whole ...
... cells 10 feet by 7 , contain- ing the bed of the prisoner , and a little closet ; some of the beds were decorated with a crucifix . - The cells open into a passage about six feet broad , extending without interruption through the whole ...
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... cells are the same as the men's . They are only locked up in them during the night , that is from half past eight , when they go to bed , till five o'clock in the morning . They have two hours ree laxation in the course of the day ...
... cells are the same as the men's . They are only locked up in them during the night , that is from half past eight , when they go to bed , till five o'clock in the morning . They have two hours ree laxation in the course of the day ...
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... cells for the solitary confinement of the refractory , but the utmost period of confinement in them does not exceed four or five days . " When I contrasted this enlightened system , which has so long flourished and produced such ...
... cells for the solitary confinement of the refractory , but the utmost period of confinement in them does not exceed four or five days . " When I contrasted this enlightened system , which has so long flourished and produced such ...
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... cells , for inspecting the work - shops , or any apartment within the building , except by going round to each . This requires a prodigious labour . To provide the number of persons capable of performing it , requires a great expense ...
... cells , for inspecting the work - shops , or any apartment within the building , except by going round to each . This requires a prodigious labour . To provide the number of persons capable of performing it , requires a great expense ...
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... cells look into this square ; they have strong iron bars in front ; the ground tier come within four feet of the ground ; the cells are ten feet by sixteen , and about eight or nine high ; look very black and dismal ; and it seems as if ...
... cells look into this square ; they have strong iron bars in front ; the ground tier come within four feet of the ground ; the cells are ten feet by sixteen , and about eight or nine high ; look very black and dismal ; and it seems as if ...
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Page 202 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 246 - And again, Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but Poor Dick says, It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.
Page 202 - I think I may say, that of all the men we meet with, nine parts of ten are what they are, good or evil, useful or not, by their education.
Page 68 - Advantageous occupation must be found for the poor and unemployed working classes, to whose labour mechanism must be rendered subservient, instead of being applied, as at present, to supersede it.
Page 219 - This committee immediately presented itself; it consisted of the wife of a clergyman, and eleven members of the Society of Friends.
Page 261 - Metropolis, and to report their Observations thereupon ; together with the MINUTES of the EVIDENCE taken before them, from time to time, to the House...
Page 213 - ... as a mat for bedding, and many of them were very nearly naked. She saw them openly drinking spirits, and her ears were offended by the most terrible imprecations. Every thing was filthy to excess, and the smell was quite disgusting. Every one, even the Governor, was reluctant to go amongst them. He persuaded her to leave her watch in the office, telling her that his presence would .not prevent its being torn from her. She saw enough to convince her that every thing bad was going on. In short...
Page 244 - In short, the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality ; that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.
Page 193 - ... to the stare of every passenger: the moment he enters prison, irons are hammered on to him ; then he is cast into the midst of a compound of all that is disgusting and depraved. At night he is locked up in a narrow cell, with perhaps half a dozen of the worst thieves in London, or as many vagrants, whose rags are alive, and in actual motion with vermin : he may find himself in bed, and in bodily contact, between a robber and a murderer ; or between a mail with a foul disease on one side, and...