Notes and Narratives of a Six Years' Mission, Principally Among the Dens of London |
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... woman alive after she was hung - One - pound notes - House of call for foot- pads and highwaymen - Systematic confederation of vil- lany — An old watchman's testimony respecting the new police - A housebreaker's testimony to the ...
... woman alive after she was hung - One - pound notes - House of call for foot- pads and highwaymen - Systematic confederation of vil- lany — An old watchman's testimony respecting the new police - A housebreaker's testimony to the ...
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... woman also lived close by who was hung at Newgate , but lived for many years afterwards . She kept harbours for thieves and other bad characters for nearly twenty years subsequently . This person was condemned to death for passing ...
... woman also lived close by who was hung at Newgate , but lived for many years afterwards . She kept harbours for thieves and other bad characters for nearly twenty years subsequently . This person was condemned to death for passing ...
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... woman capable of imposing upon many . She was of commanding figure , and had an eye of piercing sharpness , a very prominent nose , and a large projecting chin , and spoke with so correct a diction , and so much earnestness , that I ...
... woman capable of imposing upon many . She was of commanding figure , and had an eye of piercing sharpness , a very prominent nose , and a large projecting chin , and spoke with so correct a diction , and so much earnestness , that I ...
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... woman , always listened re- spectfully to my reading in the Scriptures , instructions , and prayers ; and regarding her as one of my special cases , I had up to the period of her decease , about a year since , paid more than ordinary ...
... woman , always listened re- spectfully to my reading in the Scriptures , instructions , and prayers ; and regarding her as one of my special cases , I had up to the period of her decease , about a year since , paid more than ordinary ...
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... 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 ) upon hers . but I've been thinking very much ...
... 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 ) upon hers . but I've been thinking very much ...
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