Author: Lewis WingfieldPublisher:
ISBN: 9783337571351
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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In Her Majesty's Keeping
Author: Lewis WingfieldPublisher:
ISBN: 9783337571351
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
In Her Majesty's Keeping, Vol. 2 of 3
Author: Lewis WingfieldPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780483450714
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Excerpt from In Her Majesty's Keeping, Vol. 2 of 3: The Story of a Hidden Life Another, holding up as a model of reform one whose crimes were of unusual baseness. For I judged from what had passed that it must be so, and that the parson had lied to me as well as to the rest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
In Her Majesty's Keeping, Vol. 3 Of 3
Author: Lewis WingfieldPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780483361485
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Excerpt from In Her Majesty's Keeping, Vol. 3 of 3: The Story of a Hidden Life Exciting themselves without a cause. In the old days of the hulks convicts led awful lives, no doubt. Ill - fed, ill-clothed, the feeble sub jected to the tyranny of the strong, the good and bad chained together in groups there is no doubt that it was a Pandemonium. If you could only listen, as I do every weary day, to the complaints men make who ask to see the governor! Either they are trivial or they are saucy. It is not possible to find anything serious to complain of. The warders know this, and, being ignorant men, are frightened when the public make an outcry, for they can't make out what it's all about; so they grow demoralised and fear to do their duty. Their lives are tormented by the convicts within; their minds are disturbed by the mis-state ments which ex-convicts send to the news papers. In the vicinity of Millbank and Pentonville, if they go outside in uniform to enjoy a glass of ale, they are gibed at by street-arabs, who call them slave-drivers.' And why? Simply because all is mystery within. It's like the Bluebeard chamber that I saw once in a pantomime. Awful without, but when the door opened there were 44 - 2. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Works of William Shakspere
Author: William ShakespeareThe Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3)
Author: John MorleyPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752414065
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by John Morley
A Perfect Treasure
Author: James PaynThe Freres
Author: Mrs Alexander“The” Athenaeum
Author: Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
Author: Queen Cophetua
Author: Robert Edward FrancillonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description