The voice of our exiles or Stray leaves from a convict ship, ed. by D. RitchieDaniel Ritchie |
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... remain in a particular district , within which he may hire himself out for wages . This is usually in a country district , and he must not quit it without obtaining a pass from a magistrate ; he must register his place of residence ...
... remain in a particular district , within which he may hire himself out for wages . This is usually in a country district , and he must not quit it without obtaining a pass from a magistrate ; he must register his place of residence ...
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... remain an uncertainty about any moral reformation which has been effected by physical suffering . In regarding the above measure apart from its moral effects , we observe important political consequences , which deserve a brief ...
... remain an uncertainty about any moral reformation which has been effected by physical suffering . In regarding the above measure apart from its moral effects , we observe important political consequences , which deserve a brief ...
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... remain unpro- vided for . While the practical details of our proposition are left to the suggestions of the reader , we venture to assert that until some system , constructed on the princi- ples expressed , is brought into operation ...
... remain unpro- vided for . While the practical details of our proposition are left to the suggestions of the reader , we venture to assert that until some system , constructed on the princi- ples expressed , is brought into operation ...
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... remains in them , pity induces me to try to blow it into a flame , that may show them the folly , the madness of their con- duct . Let me then describe shortly the true position D you occupy here . Transportation , or rather emigration ...
... remains in them , pity induces me to try to blow it into a flame , that may show them the folly , the madness of their con- duct . Let me then describe shortly the true position D you occupy here . Transportation , or rather emigration ...
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... remain on deck after muster , I had an opportunity of seeing night throw her dark mantle over us : the moon appeared just over our head ; the stars , one by one , made their appearance , and all reminded us that it was necessary to give ...
... remain on deck after muster , I had an opportunity of seeing night throw her dark mantle over us : the moon appeared just over our head ; the stars , one by one , made their appearance , and all reminded us that it was necessary to give ...
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Act-act appears beauty behold Bonnington Fall BURIAL AT SEA bury its dead character colony conduct consequences consider Continued convict crime criminal dead past bury death deck deep displayed duty endeavour eternal evil excited exertions existence fate favourable feeling friends grief guilt happiness heart Hobart Town holy hope howe'er pleasant human importance imprisonment individual industry intellect land Launceston Learn to labour Let the dead living present ment mental mercy mind misery moral nature night Norfolk Island o'erhead object observed obtained ourselves passed Pestonjee Bomanjee position possess prisoners probably punishment pursuing reckless criminals render repentance river Derwent scene sentence separate confinement ship society sorrow soul Southern Ocean St Helena 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 236 - 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 109 - 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 239 - 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 145 - Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait.
Page 41 - It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Page 228 - 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 241 - Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, and touch not the unclean thing...
Page 98 - 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 145 - 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 123 - 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.