John HowardBrown, Shattuck, 1833 - 274 pagina's |
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Pagina v
... devoted to them . It was found difficult , however , to compress the incidents of his important career into less space , without sacrificing something of the effect which ought to be produced . For we were desirous not only to inform ...
... devoted to them . It was found difficult , however , to compress the incidents of his important career into less space , without sacrificing something of the effect which ought to be produced . For we were desirous not only to inform ...
Pagina vi
... no means continued to improve . There was wanting the devoted action of some one disinterested mind to keep alive the lan- guid attention of the community . Within a few years the work has been resumed . Mrs. Fry vi PREFACE .
... no means continued to improve . There was wanting the devoted action of some one disinterested mind to keep alive the lan- guid attention of the community . Within a few years the work has been resumed . Mrs. Fry vi PREFACE .
Pagina 3
... devoted himself wholly to it . He exposed himself to the greatest dangers and privations , underwent such fatigue as few could have endured , spent one hundred and fifty thousand dollars , and travelled between fifty and sixty thousand ...
... devoted himself wholly to it . He exposed himself to the greatest dangers and privations , underwent such fatigue as few could have endured , spent one hundred and fifty thousand dollars , and travelled between fifty and sixty thousand ...
Pagina 4
... devoted himself to visiting prisons and hospitals , that he might find out abuses , and point out the best means of correcting them . He was the friend of those whose misery was hid in dungeons , and whose cries were heard only by their ...
... devoted himself to visiting prisons and hospitals , that he might find out abuses , and point out the best means of correcting them . He was the friend of those whose misery was hid in dungeons , and whose cries were heard only by their ...
Pagina 37
... devoted parent had been longer continued to it . By placing his son at school , Mr. Howard de- prived himself of the most cheering influence which remained to him at Cardington ; but he considered 4 LIFE OF HOWARD . 37.
... devoted parent had been longer continued to it . By placing his son at school , Mr. Howard de- prived himself of the most cheering influence which remained to him at Cardington ; but he considered 4 LIFE OF HOWARD . 37.
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Populaire passages
Pagina 261 - As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
Pagina 254 - An Account of the principal Lazarettos in Europe ; with various Papers relative to the Plague ! together with further observations on some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals, and additional Remarks on the present state of those in Great Britain and Ireland.
Pagina 55 - In order to redress this hardship, I applied to the justices of the county for a salary to the gaoler in lieu of his fees. The bench were properly affected with the grievance, and willing to grant the relief desired : but they wanted a precedent for charging the county with the expense.
Pagina viii - Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him. Let him know, that he which converteth a sinner from the error of his ways, shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins...
Pagina 251 - I am truly sensible of the honor done me ; but at the same time you must permit me to inform you, that I cannot, without violating all my feelings, consent to it, and that the execution of your design would be a cruel punishment to me.
Pagina 264 - Petersburgh, at all which places I visited the prisons and hospitals, which were all flung open to me ; and, in some, the Burgomasters accompanied me into the dungeons, as well as into the other rooms of confinement. " I arrived a few days ago in this city, and have begun my rounds. The hospitals are in a sad state ; upwards of seventy thousand sailors and recruits died in them last year.
Pagina 47 - What a pretty cottage it would build,' was her answer, and the money was so employed. These comfortable habitations he peopled with the most industrious and sober tenants he could find ; and over them he exercised the superintendence of master and father combined. He was careful to furnish them with employment, to assist them in sickness and distress, and to educate their children.
Pagina 234 - I am sorry to say some die of the plague about us. One is just carried before my window ; yet I visit where none of my conductors will accompany me. In some hospitals, as in the lazarettos, and yesterday among the sick slaves, I have a constant headache ; but in about an hour after it always leaves me. I lodge at a physician's house, and I keep some of my visits a secret.
Pagina 108 - Providence, and believing myself in the way of my duty, I visit the most noxious cells, and while thus employed, ' I fear no evil.' — I never enter an hospital or prison before breakfast, and in an offensive room I seldom draw my breath deeply.
Pagina 100 - I leave this country with regret, as it affords a large field for information on the important subject I have in view. I know not which to admire most, the neatness and cleanliness appearing in the prisons, the industry and regular conduct of the prisoners, or the humanity and attention of the magistrates and governors.