Notes and Narratives of a Six Years' Mission, Principally Among the Dens of London |
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... appeared to render a recess desirable , which in the intervals of some visitation has been devoted to the publi- cation of the present work . Details of gross vulgarity I have omitted , and a mantle has been thrown over much vice . Some ...
... appeared to render a recess desirable , which in the intervals of some visitation has been devoted to the publi- cation of the present work . Details of gross vulgarity I have omitted , and a mantle has been thrown over much vice . Some ...
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... , with a very limited income from the Mission , to avoid a somewhat shabby appearance . * " Illustrated London News , " May 22nd , 1847 . Such is the condition of the district where the writer PARTS OF CLERKENWELL . 5.
... , with a very limited income from the Mission , to avoid a somewhat shabby appearance . * " Illustrated London News , " May 22nd , 1847 . Such is the condition of the district where the writer PARTS OF CLERKENWELL . 5.
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... appeared to have given up his habits of depreda- tion . He told me lately : " Mr. Wandecum , " said he , ( few pronounce my name correctly , ) " you may believe me or believe me not , but I sees things werry differently to what I used ...
... appeared to have given up his habits of depreda- tion . He told me lately : " Mr. Wandecum , " said he , ( few pronounce my name correctly , ) " you may believe me or believe me not , but I sees things werry differently to what I used ...
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... appeared to pay little attention to my religious instructions , but at last was persuaded to attend a place of worship , and has since then , for a period of several years , been most regular in his attendance , but his ignorance is ...
... appeared to pay little attention to my religious instructions , but at last was persuaded to attend a place of worship , and has since then , for a period of several years , been most regular in his attendance , but his ignorance is ...
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... appeared to be visited by persons of a character that would hardly be supposed to place confidence in such delusion . One of these fortune - tellers , who with the others was of course visited by me with a view to * A grant of £ 300 was ...
... appeared to be visited by persons of a character that would hardly be supposed to place confidence in such delusion . One of these fortune - tellers , who with the others was of course visited by me with a view to * A grant of £ 300 was ...
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