The Newgate Calendar: Comprising Interesting Memoirs of the Most Notorious Characters who Have Been Convicted of Outrages on the Laws of England Since the Commencement of the Eighteenth Century : with Occasional Anecdotes and Observations, Speeches, Confessions, and the Last Exclamations of SuffersJ. Robins and Company, 1824 - Crime |
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... turning home , her father , who was uncommonly tender of her , request- ed that she would take his domestic affairs under her own management . This old gentleman being fre- quently from home , the business of the office was committed to ...
... turning home , her father , who was uncommonly tender of her , request- ed that she would take his domestic affairs under her own management . This old gentleman being fre- quently from home , the business of the office was committed to ...
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... turned out of the house , after she had got a black eye in the contest . After this she used to parade the Park in the day - time , and walk the streets in the evening , in search of casual lovers ; at length she joined the practice of ...
... turned out of the house , after she had got a black eye in the contest . After this she used to parade the Park in the day - time , and walk the streets in the evening , in search of casual lovers ; at length she joined the practice of ...
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... turned out into the streets , she languishes and ends her miserable days in an hos- pital or a work house , or perhaps perishes in some inhospitable hovel , alone , without a friend to console her , or a fellow mortal to close her eyes ...
... turned out into the streets , she languishes and ends her miserable days in an hos- pital or a work house , or perhaps perishes in some inhospitable hovel , alone , without a friend to console her , or a fellow mortal to close her eyes ...
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... turned grazier . Restless , however , in every sta- tion of life , he repaired to London , where he commenced prize - fighter at May - fair . At this time May . fair was a place greatly frequented by prize - fighters , thieves , and wo ...
... turned grazier . Restless , however , in every sta- tion of life , he repaired to London , where he commenced prize - fighter at May - fair . At this time May . fair was a place greatly frequented by prize - fighters , thieves , and wo ...
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... turned pale , and , sceing one of the company go out of the room , was so terrified that he immediately ran out of ... turning pale , and so hastily leaving the room at the 40 KNAPP & BALDWIN'S NEWGATE CALENDAR .
... turned pale , and , sceing one of the company go out of the room , was so terrified that he immediately ran out of ... turning pale , and so hastily leaving the room at the 40 KNAPP & BALDWIN'S NEWGATE CALENDAR .
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