Men and Manners in America, Band 1W. Blackwood, 1833 |
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... gaoler- one expects hard features in such an official — was a man of mild expression , but of square and sinewy frame . He had formerly been skipper of a merchant- man , and it was impossible to compliment him on the taste displayed in ...
... gaoler- one expects hard features in such an official — was a man of mild expression , but of square and sinewy frame . He had formerly been skipper of a merchant- man , and it was impossible to compliment him on the taste displayed in ...
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... gaoler on duty . In front of the building , or rather between the building and the central quadrangle , is the kitchen , commu- nicating , by doors and windows , with a passage , along which the prisoners must necessarily travel in ...
... gaoler on duty . In front of the building , or rather between the building and the central quadrangle , is the kitchen , commu- nicating , by doors and windows , with a passage , along which the prisoners must necessarily travel in ...
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... gaoler next conducted us through the work- shops . Each trade had a separate apartment . The masons were very numerous ; so were the carpenters and coopers . The tailors were employed in making clothes for their companions in misfortune ...
... gaoler next conducted us through the work- shops . Each trade had a separate apartment . The masons were very numerous ; so were the carpenters and coopers . The tailors were employed in making clothes for their companions in misfortune ...
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... gaoler , he assured me I was mistaken . The prisoners are allowed to hold no intercourse of any kind , with the world beyond the walls which enclose them . It is a principle invariably adhered to , that they shall be made to feel , that ...
... gaoler , he assured me I was mistaken . The prisoners are allowed to hold no intercourse of any kind , with the world beyond the walls which enclose them . It is a principle invariably adhered to , that they shall be made to feel , that ...
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... , would be to limit his choice to the alternative of stealing or starving . Of course , a system of discipline so rigorous could not be enforced without a power of punishment , 182 ARBITRARY POWER OF THE GAOLER . almost arbitrary ,
... , would be to limit his choice to the alternative of stealing or starving . Of course , a system of discipline so rigorous could not be enforced without a power of punishment , 182 ARBITRARY POWER OF THE GAOLER . almost arbitrary ,
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