Stray Leaves from a Convict ShipDaniel Ritchie |
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... on the experience derived from observation of the character and conduct of the prisoners in the " Pestonjee Bomanjee . " The impression of a person unacquainted with the facts is , that a body of men composed of criminals 4 INTRODUCTION .
... on the experience derived from observation of the character and conduct of the prisoners in the " Pestonjee Bomanjee . " The impression of a person unacquainted with the facts is , that a body of men composed of criminals 4 INTRODUCTION .
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... person who has had the opportunity of observing the character of those men who have passed through government prisons . Besides , if we examine individuals , we cannot fail to find proportionally a large number who appear deeply im ...
... person who has had the opportunity of observing the character of those men who have passed through government prisons . Besides , if we examine individuals , we cannot fail to find proportionally a large number who appear deeply im ...
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... person as of the clothes , was performed on the upper deck , at regulated times . In addition to these measures and a variety of subordinate ones , great benefit was derived from the liberal scale on which the necessaries of life were ...
... person as of the clothes , was performed on the upper deck , at regulated times . In addition to these measures and a variety of subordinate ones , great benefit was derived from the liberal scale on which the necessaries of life were ...
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... person innately vicious - a pest to his fellow - men , who could by no method or by no inducement be rendered useful or virtuous . On this account he underwent his imprisonment , or was disposed of by a sentence of transportation ...
... person innately vicious - a pest to his fellow - men , who could by no method or by no inducement be rendered useful or virtuous . On this account he underwent his imprisonment , or was disposed of by a sentence of transportation ...
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... persons sentenced to transportation annually in England and Wales , communi- bus annis , about 3000. Now , in one year , I ascertained that 500 prisoners of this class , taken as they stood in the register - book , had stolen property ...
... persons sentenced to transportation annually in England and Wales , communi- bus annis , about 3000. Now , in one year , I ascertained that 500 prisoners of this class , taken as they stood in the register - book , had stolen property ...
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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
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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.