Stray Leaves from a Convict ShipDaniel Ritchie |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 43
Page
... Passed in Java , and its Results , On Promiscuous Association , 249 256 270 To the Readers of the Pestonjee Bomanjee Journal , 276 POETRY . A Prisoner's Reflections , An Attempt , My Bible , Song , A Convict's Farewell , Stanzas on a ...
... Passed in Java , and its Results , On Promiscuous Association , 249 256 270 To the Readers of the Pestonjee Bomanjee Journal , 276 POETRY . A Prisoner's Reflections , An Attempt , My Bible , Song , A Convict's Farewell , Stanzas on a ...
Page 4
... passed in " separate confinement " is abridged if the health of the body or mind has been observed to suffer , or it is extended beyond the average time if the conduct of the prisoner affords ground for believing that the moral cffect ...
... passed in " separate confinement " is abridged if the health of the body or mind has been observed to suffer , or it is extended beyond the average time if the conduct of the prisoner affords ground for believing that the moral cffect ...
Page 5
... passed through government prisons . Besides , if we examine individuals , we cannot fail to find proportionally a large number who appear deeply im- pressed with the truths of religion , and others who , although not so fervently ...
... passed through government prisons . Besides , if we examine individuals , we cannot fail to find proportionally a large number who appear deeply im- pressed with the truths of religion , and others who , although not so fervently ...
Page 18
... passed in a year , we may consider them tantamount to a notification to the public that a last instalment of a sum exceeding half a million sterling is about to be called for . . . . . Having investi- gated to a considerable extent the ...
... passed in a year , we may consider them tantamount to a notification to the public that a last instalment of a sum exceeding half a million sterling is about to be called for . . . . . Having investi- gated to a considerable extent the ...
Page 21
... passed through periods of penal and reformatory discipline at Pentonville and Portland , will prove beyond doubt that , to say the least of it , the majority of those now serving are likely , on their release , to be respectable in ...
... passed through periods of penal and reformatory discipline at Pentonville and Portland , will prove beyond doubt that , to say the least of it , the majority of those now serving are likely , on their release , to be respectable in ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Act-act appears beauty behold bestowed Bonnington Fall bury its dead character colony condition conduct consequences consider Continued convict crime criminal dead past bury death deck displayed duty endeavour eternal evil excited existence fate favourable feeling friends given To fly guilt hand happiness heart Hobart Town holy hope howe'er pleasant human importance imprisonment individual industry intellect Lanark land Launceston Learn to labour Let the dead living present look ment mental mercy mind misery moral Mount Wellington nature Norfolk Island o'erhead object observed obtained ourselves passed penal labour Pestonjee Bomanjee placed position prisoners probably punishment pursuing reckless criminals regard render repentance river Derwent sentence separate confinement ship shore society sorrow soul Surgeon Superintendent Tasmania thee thou ticket of leave tion transportation Trust no future unhappy Van Dieman's Land vessel vice Vide Note virtuous voyage waves WEEKLY RECORD wind writer
Popular passages
Page 244 - How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
Page 111 - Trust no future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act, — act in the living present! Heart within, and GOD o'erhead!
Page 247 - And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Page 155 - Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait.
Page 43 - It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Page 236 - In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife! Trust no future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Page 249 - Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, and touch not the unclean thing...
Page 100 - As I live, saith the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked ; but that the wicked turn from his way and live.
Page 158 - Oh ! bloodiest picture in the book of Time Sarmatia fell unwept, without a crime ; Found not a generous friend, a pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe...
Page 125 - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.