 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,...  John Howard - Strana 43podľa Edgar Charles Sumner Gibson - 1902 - Počet stránok 211Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | 1812 - Počet stránok 428
...was therefore obliged to travel commonly on horseback. The leaves of my memorandum book were ofien so tainted, that I could not use it till after spreading...intolerably disagreeable. I did not wonder that in thete journeys many gaolers made excuses, and did not go with me into the felons' wards." Howard then... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1821 - Počet stránok 582
...commonly on horseback ; " and that " the leaves of his memorandum book were often so tainted, that he could not use it till after spreading it an hour or two before the fire ;" and " that even his antidote, a rial of vinegar, has, after being used in a few prisons, become intolerably... | |
 | Job Roberts Tyson - 1827 - Počet stránok 74
...drawn up; and was therefore obliged to travel commonly on horseback. The leaves of my memorandum-book were often so tainted, that I could not use it till...a few prisons, become intolerably disagreeable." i " After viewing the inertness of the governments of Europe on this very important subject, it is a... | |
 | Thomas Tredgold - 1836 - Počet stránok 418
...with body paints. There should be no more linen, * " The leaves of my memorandum-book," says Howard, " were often so tainted, that I could not use it till...after spreading; it an hour or two before the fire." — Howard on Prisons, p. 13. cotton, or woollen matters, than comfort and decency render necessary;... | |
 | 1843 - Počet stránok 1040
...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...in a few prisons, become intolerably disagreeable.' Some gaols at this time had no sewers ; and in those that had, they were occasionally offensive beyond... | |
 | 1843 - Počet stránok 524
...windows drawn up, and was therefore otlen obliged to travel on horeback. The leaves of my memorandum-book were often so tainted, that I could not use it till...fire ; and even my antidote, a vial of vinegar, has, alter using it in a few prisons, become intolerably disagreeable.' Some gaols at this time had no sewers... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1843 - Počet stránok 532
...horeback. The leaves of my memorandum-book were often so tainted, that I could not use it till alter spreading it an hour or two before the fire ; and...in a few prisons, become intolerably disagreeable.' Some gaols at this time had no sewers ; and in those that had, they were occasionally offensive beyond... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - Počet stránok 934
...drawn up, and was therefore obliged to travel commonly on horseback. The leaves of my memorandum-book were often so tainted, that I could not use it till...disagreeable. I did not wonder that in those journeys many jailers made excuses, and did not go with me into the felons' wards. From hence any one may judge of... | |
 | 1847 - Počet stránok 676
...prisons, intolerably disagreeable." " I do not wonder," he adds, " that in my journey many fellows made excuses, and did not go with me into the felons' wards.'' Thrice did this remarkable man visit Scotland on the errand of purging our jails — in 1779, 1782,... | |
 | John Field - 1848 - Počet stránok 192
...has, after using it in a few prisons, become intolerably disagreeable. I did not wonder that in my journeys many gaolers made excuses ; and did not go with me into the felons' wards. " I am ready to think that none who give creditto what is contained in the foregoing pages, will wonder... | |
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