Notes and Narratives of a Six Years' Mission, Principally Among the Dens of London |
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... watch - A woman alive after she was hung --- One pound notes -- House of call for footpads and highwaymen -- Systematic confederation of villany -- An old watchman's testimony respecting the new police - A housebreaker's testimony ...
... watch - A woman alive after she was hung --- One pound notes -- House of call for footpads and highwaymen -- Systematic confederation of villany -- An old watchman's testimony respecting the new police - A housebreaker's testimony ...
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The most extraordinary characters lived here . Those who have read the Newgate Calendar , may remember a notorious female foot - pad who is described as living in Sharp's Alley . A woman also lived close by who was hung at Newgate ...
The most extraordinary characters lived here . Those who have read the Newgate Calendar , may remember a notorious female foot - pad who is described as living in Sharp's Alley . A woman also lived close by who was hung at Newgate ...
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This soothsayer was . a woman capable of imposing upon many . She was a woman of commanding figure , and had an eye of piercing sharpness , a very prominent nose , and a large projecting chin , and she spoke with so correct a diction ...
This soothsayer was . a woman capable of imposing upon many . She was a woman of commanding figure , and had an eye of piercing sharpness , a very prominent nose , and a large projecting chin , and she spoke with so correct a diction ...
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Mrs. T. , who was an aged woman , always listened respectfully to my reading in the Scriptures , instruction , and prayers ; and as I regarded her as one of my special cases , I had up to the period of her decease , about a year since ...
Mrs. T. , who was an aged woman , always listened respectfully to my reading in the Scriptures , instruction , and prayers ; and as I regarded her as one of my special cases , I had up to the period of her decease , about a year since ...
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I think it right to state that Mrs. T. was a woman of remarkably independent spirit ; such expressions as these might mean little upon some persons ' lips , but they meant a great deal ( those who knew her would consider , I think ) ...
I think it right to state that Mrs. T. was a woman of remarkably independent spirit ; such expressions as these might mean little upon some persons ' lips , but they meant a great deal ( those who knew her would consider , I think ) ...
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| Title | Notes and Narratives of a Six Years' Mission, Principally Among the Dens of London Making of the Modern World, Part IV: 1800-1890 |
| Author | R. W. Vanderkiste |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | J. Nisbet & Company, 1852 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 28 Apr 2015 |
| Length | 352 pages |
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