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... persons , whose vicious example tended to demoralize the very convicts ; and as the manner in which he esta- blishes this fact will be particularly felt by many at home at this very day , we quote his words . " Of the free emigrants ...
... persons , whose vicious example tended to demoralize the very convicts ; and as the manner in which he esta- blishes this fact will be particularly felt by many at home at this very day , we quote his words . " Of the free emigrants ...
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... persons , who had arrived free in the colony , confined in the gaol of Sydney , and that the number of such persons who had been so confined during the first seven months of the year 1835 had amounted to ninety , is of itself a pretty ...
... persons , who had arrived free in the colony , confined in the gaol of Sydney , and that the number of such persons who had been so confined during the first seven months of the year 1835 had amounted to ninety , is of itself a pretty ...
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... persons ; and prevented that of legalized chicanery , extortion , oppression , and robbery , into which they actually degenerated in the hands of liberated convicts , or of free persons deeply imbued with their dishonest principles ...
... persons ; and prevented that of legalized chicanery , extortion , oppression , and robbery , into which they actually degenerated in the hands of liberated convicts , or of free persons deeply imbued with their dishonest principles ...
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... persons at not less than half a million sterling . Besides , the formation of towns at Twofold Bay and Port Philip , which must necessarily become sea - ports of first - rate importance within a very short period , as well as in various ...
... persons at not less than half a million sterling . Besides , the formation of towns at Twofold Bay and Port Philip , which must necessarily become sea - ports of first - rate importance within a very short period , as well as in various ...
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... persons ; but the system has not yet been sufficiently long in operation for the colonists to have adopted any plan for carrying it into effect with combined exertion ; and the expense to individuals is consequently somewhat larger than ...
... persons ; but the system has not yet been sufficiently long in operation for the colonists to have adopted any plan for carrying it into effect with combined exertion ; and the expense to individuals is consequently somewhat larger than ...
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Page 5 - FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life...
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