 Her defence was (I have the trial in my pocket), 'that she had lived in credit, and wanted for nothing, till a pressgang came and stole her husband from her; but, since then, she had no bed to lie on; nothing to give her children to eat; and they were...  The Metropolitan - Strana 1031836Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1777 - Počet stránok 432
...and wanted for nothing, till a prefs-gang came and ftole her hufband from her ; but, fince then, fhe had no bed to lie on ; nothing to give her children to eat j and they were almoft naked ; and perhaps fhe might have done fomething wrong, for fhe hardly knew... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1802 - Počet stránok 438
...it down : for this she was hanged. Her defence was (I have the trial in my pocket), " That she had lived in credit, and wanted for nothing, till a press-gang...were almost naked ; and perhaps she might have done something •wrong, for she hardly knew what she did." The parishofficers testified the truth of this... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1809 - Počet stránok 608
...it down : for this she was hanged. Her defence was (I have the trial in my pocket,) " that she had lived in credit and wanted for nothing, till a press-gang...were almost naked : and perhaps she might have done something wrong, for she hardly knew what she did." The parish officers testified the truth of this... | |
 | Sir Robert Ker Porter - 1809 - Počet stránok 502
...hanged. Her defence was, " that she had lived in credit, and wanted for nothing till the pressgang stole her husband from her; but since then she had...were almost naked; and perhaps she might have done something wrong, for she hardly knew what she did." The parish officers testified the truth of this... | |
 | Sir Robert Ker Porter - 1809 - Počet stránok 500
...hanged. Her defence was, " that she had lived in credit, and wanted for nothing till the pressgang stole her husband from her; but since then she had no bed to lie on, nothing to give'her children to eat, and they were almost naked; and perhaps she might have done something wrong,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1810 - Počet stránok 612
...work of God." He might have said with equal truth, that a beauteous woman's the noblest work of God. a press-gang came and stole her husband from her;...were almost naked : and perhaps she might have done something wrong, for she hardly knew what she did."' The parish officers testified the truth of this... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1812 - Počet stránok 494
...laid it down: for this she was hanged. Her defence was (I have the trial in my pocket) " that she had lived in credit, and wanted for nothing, till a press-gang...were almost naked ; and perhaps she might have done something wrong, for she hardly knew what she did :" The parish officers testified the truth of this... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - Počet stránok 316
...laid it down : for this she was hanged. Her defence was (I have the trial in my pocket),' that she had lived in credit, and wanted for nothing, till a pressgang...nothing to give her children to eat; and they were ahuost naked; and perhaps she might have done something wrong, for she hardly knew what she did.' The... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1814 - Počet stránok 736
...it down : for this she was hanged. Her defence was, (I have the trial in my pocket) " That she had lived in credit, and wanted for nothing, till a press-gang...were almost naked ; and perhaps she might have done something wrong, for she hardly knew what she did." The parish officers testified the truth of this... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1819 - Počet stránok 574
...laid it down: for this she was hanged! Her defence was, (I have the trial in my pocket) ' That she had lived in credit, and wanted for nothing, till a press-gang...were almost naked; and perhaps she might have done something wrong, for she hardly knew what she did.' The parish officers testified to the trulh of this... | |
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