The Philosophy of Ragged Schools, Volumen18W. Pickering, 1851 - 128 páginas |
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... London thief " is a master of his business ; and a policeman will detect in an instant the hand of an expert and practised London burglar in the manner of breaking into a house : but no one seems to have considered that in order to ...
... London thief " is a master of his business ; and a policeman will detect in an instant the hand of an expert and practised London burglar in the manner of breaking into a house : but no one seems to have considered that in order to ...
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... . If this be so in Paris , with how much more justice may the same observation be applied to London , where the population is so much more numerous . that can only take cognisance of acts which in- vade DANGEROUS CLASSES . 23.
... . If this be so in Paris , with how much more justice may the same observation be applied to London , where the population is so much more numerous . that can only take cognisance of acts which in- vade DANGEROUS CLASSES . 23.
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... London or Paris , maintain themselves for the most part by petty thefts , and thus levy a large tax on the community . Houses of entertain- ment for these unfortunates are found profit- able , and the fruits of robbery are spent in ...
... London or Paris , maintain themselves for the most part by petty thefts , and thus levy a large tax on the community . Houses of entertain- ment for these unfortunates are found profit- able , and the fruits of robbery are spent in ...
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... London these houses , which are of course unlicensed , have been put down as nuisances ; but a large number remain , some of them of considerable size . One , in Padding- ton , is calculated to hold two thousand persons . " The audience ...
... London these houses , which are of course unlicensed , have been put down as nuisances ; but a large number remain , some of them of considerable size . One , in Padding- ton , is calculated to hold two thousand persons . " The audience ...
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... London regard them . With thousands the desire of witnessing the represen- tations at the Penny Theatres amounts to an absolute passion . There can be no question that these places are no better than so many nurseries of juvenile ...
... London regard them . With thousands the desire of witnessing the represen- tations at the Penny Theatres amounts to an absolute passion . There can be no question that these places are no better than so many nurseries of juvenile ...
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AGE OF PERICLES amusement animal awakened become believe benevolence better boys BRIEF VIEW Catholic Emancipation character Chartist Christ Christian Doctrine Church Classes Dangereuses crime criminal Dangerous Classes DOCTRINE AND PRACTICE dogmata effect endeavour England established evil feeling formed Gazette GREEK PHILOSOPHY happiness heart ignorance instincts instruction intellectual Jack Sheppard John Pounds kind labour lads large number legislators less lesson Literary Gazette London master ment mind moral never parents PERICLES persons perusal PHILOSOPHY OF RAGGED Physiology poor population Port Adelaide Port Phillip principles Promulgation of Christianity punishment question Ragged School Union rational readers rections religion religious rience salles d'asile SECOND EDITION sect Small Books society spiritual Street School success Sunday School Society Tale of Athens taught teachers teaching temptation thieves things thought tion ultro vice VIEW OF GREEK whilst WILLIAM PICKERING wish workhouse wretched writer
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Página 114 - Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Página 120 - AN EXPOSITION OF VULGAR AND COMMON ERRORS, ADAPTED TO THE YEAR OF GRACE MDCCCXLV. 9.— AN INTRODUCTION TO VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY, WITH REFERENCES TO THE WORKS OF DE CANDOLLE, L1NDLEY, ic. 10.— ON THE PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LAW. 11.— CHRISTIAN SECTS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
Página 3 - Saviour was to the Jews a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks foolishness.
Página 119 - A Brief View of Greek Philosophy from the Age of Socrates to the Coming of Christ.
Página 24 - Hop,' to which the admission is one penny, and where two or three series of performances take place the same evening. It consists of a spacious room, fitted up in the rudest manner, with a stage, and seats on an inclined plane, the access to it is through a dark passage, and up a ladder staircase. On one occasion I was present, and found the audience to consist almost exclusively of boys and girls of the very lowest description, many without shoes or stockings, and to the number of 150. I pointed...
Página 29 - With regard to the committee of inspection it is observed, that " their functions are not confined to the watching over the intellectual and moral state of the pupils ; they hear from the chiefs of the establishment all the wants, not only of the children in regard to clothing, but also those of the parents who may be in extreme poverty. Not unfrequently these ladies themselves carry their benevolent assistance to the homes of the wretched.
Página 119 - A BRIEF VIEW OF GREEK PHILOSOPHY FROM THE AGE OF SOCRATES TO THE COMING OF CHRIST.
Página 124 - PERICLES; A TALE OF ATHENS IN THE EIGHTYTHIRD OLYMPIAD. By the Author of "A Brief View of Greek Philosophy." " A beautiful and bewitching narrative. We should not do justice to our feelings concerning this * Tale of Athens...
Página 123 - ... foundation for his researches in more extended works as well as for his personal observation of Nature. ...We can heartily recommend it to the student as by far the best Introduction to Geology which has come before us."— Critic, February, 1848. " We need go no further with this clear and well arranged exposition." Literary Gazette, September, 1848. XIV. ON THE STATE OF MAN BEFORE THE PROMULGATION OF CHRISTIANITY.
Página 25 - I had some conversation with the persons in the interior who appeared to have the management, and they stated in answer to my queries, that the theatre was almost always filled, and with boys ; that they had attempted to play Jack Sheppard, but in consequence of the frequent interruptions from the audience, who seemed all to wish to take a part in the performance, they were obliged to give it up...