John HowardMetheun, 1905 - Всего страниц: 211 |
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... Sheriff of the County of Bedford . To this office he was appointed in 1773. It will be re- membered that he was a ... prisoners con- fined in gaol , nor was he more familiar with the details of the law concerning them than a quiet ...
... Sheriff of the County of Bedford . To this office he was appointed in 1773. It will be re- membered that he was a ... prisoners con- fined in gaol , nor was he more familiar with the details of the law concerning them than a quiet ...
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... county gaol of Howard's own town of Bedford , there was a printed notice signed by the gaoler- " All persons that come to this place , either by warrant , committment , or verbally , must pay , before discharged , fifteen shillings and ...
... county gaol of Howard's own town of Bedford , there was a printed notice signed by the gaoler- " All persons that come to this place , either by warrant , committment , or verbally , must pay , before discharged , fifteen shillings and ...
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... prison until somehow or other he had satisfied the demands made upon him by ... prison ; others stript of a remaining handkerchief , apron , or ... county of Bedford ; and the circum- stance which so excited me to activity ...
... prison until somehow or other he had satisfied the demands made upon him by ... prison ; others stript of a remaining handkerchief , apron , or ... county of Bedford ; and the circum- stance which so excited me to activity ...
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... county , for a salary to the gaoler , in lieu of his fees . The bench were ... counties in search of one ; but I soon learnt that the same injustice ... gaols in England . " 1 The effect of the discoveries which Howard thus made ...
... county , for a salary to the gaoler , in lieu of his fees . The bench were ... counties in search of one ; but I soon learnt that the same injustice ... gaols in England . " 1 The effect of the discoveries which Howard thus made ...
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... prison , from the county rate , became law in this session , as did also another Bill , introduced at the same time , for better providing for the health of prisoners . Unfortunately the machinery for enforcing both Acts was so faulty ...
... prison , from the county rate , became law in this session , as did also another Bill , introduced at the same time , for better providing for the health of prisoners . Unfortunately the machinery for enforcing both Acts was so faulty ...
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Стр. 41 - ... to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery ; a circumnavigation of charity.
Стр. 62 - Unpitied, and unheard, where misery moans; Where sickness pines; where thirst and hunger burn, And poor misfortune feels the lash of vice. While in the land of liberty, the land Whose every street and public meeting glow With open freedom, little tyrants...
Стр. 40 - I beheld scenes of calamity, which I grew daily more and more anxious to alleviate. In order therefore to gain a more perfect knowledge of the particulars and extent of it, by various and accurate observation, I visited most of the county gaols in England.
Стр. 163 - 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.
Стр. 43 - I could not bear the windows drawn up, and was therefore often obliged to travel on horseback. The leaves of my memorandum-book were often so tainted, that I could not use it till after spreading it an hour or two before the fire. And even my antidote, a vial of vinegar, has after using it in a few prisons, become intolerably disagreeable. I did not wonder that in those journeys many gaolers made excuses and did not go with me into the felons wards.
Стр. 63 - The toils of law (what dark insidious men Have cumbrous added to perplex the truth, And lengthen simple justice into trade), How glorious were the day ! that saw these broke, And every man within the reach of right.
Стр. 67 - I was fully convinced that many more prisoners were destroyed by it than were put to death by all the public executions in the kingdom...
Стр. 41 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Стр. 62 - Into the horrors of the gloomy jail? Unpitied and unheard, where misery moans; Where Sickness pines; where Thirst and Hunger burn, And poor Misfortune feels the lash of Vice.
Стр. 184 - This extraordinary man had the fortune to be honoured whilst living in the manner which his virtues deserved ; He received the thanks of both houses of the British and Irish Parliaments for his eminent services rendered to his country, and to mankind. Our national prisons and hospitals, improved upon the suggestion of his wisdom, bear testimony to the solidity of his judgment, and to the estimation in which he was held. In every part of the civilized world, which he traversed to reduce the sum of...