John HowardMetheun, 1905 - Всего страниц: 211 |
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... letter " On the Degree of Cold observed at Cardington in the Winter of 1763. " Two others are found in later volumes , " On the Heat of the Waters at Bath , " and " On the Heat of the Ground on Mount Vesuvius . " On his return to ...
... letter " On the Degree of Cold observed at Cardington in the Winter of 1763. " Two others are found in later volumes , " On the Heat of the Waters at Bath , " and " On the Heat of the Ground on Mount Vesuvius . " On his return to ...
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... letter of his which has been preserved , he had his books and instruments comfortably about him , and was hoping for more time to enjoy them . Ten or a dozen hands were employed on the estate in digging and planting under ...
... letter of his which has been preserved , he had his books and instruments comfortably about him , and was hoping for more time to enjoy them . Ten or a dozen hands were employed on the estate in digging and planting under ...
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... Letters from Abroad Ascent of Vesuvius - Return Home - Trouble among the Congregationalists - Howard's Sundays- His Treatment of his Son . A FTER the death of his wife , Howard , whose health was not robust , continued to reside quietly ...
... Letters from Abroad Ascent of Vesuvius - Return Home - Trouble among the Congregationalists - Howard's Sundays- His Treatment of his Son . A FTER the death of his wife , Howard , whose health was not robust , continued to reside quietly ...
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... letters to them both have been preserved , which materially add to our knowledge of his life and character . His correspondence with Mr. Whitbread is largely concerned with business details , which show the happy relations existing ...
... letters to them both have been preserved , which materially add to our knowledge of his life and character . His correspondence with Mr. Whitbread is largely concerned with business details , which show the happy relations existing ...
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... the end of August ready to return in a few weeks to England . Several letters written during this tour have Field's Correspondence of John Howard , p . 23 . been preserved , some to the Rev. Joshua Symonds , THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN 21.
... the end of August ready to return in a few weeks to England . Several letters written during this tour have Field's Correspondence of John Howard , p . 23 . been preserved , some to the Rev. Joshua Symonds , THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN 21.
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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...