| Henry Bradshaw Fearon - 1818 - 482 pages
...they crammed into one of those vessels 500 passengers, 80 of whom died on the passage. The price fqr women is about 70 dollars, men 80 dollars, boys 60...quit the land of their fathers, to become voluntary exiles in a foreign clime,: — yet Americans can think, and write such sentiments as the following:... | |
| William Bayley (of Yorkshire.) - Anecdotes - 1824 - 392 pages
...died on the passage. The price for women is about seventydollars ; men, eighty dollars; boys, sixty dollars. When they saw at our departure that we had...of stupid gloom, which seemed to place them a link Selow rational beings." l92 JOHN WESLEY'S ACCOUNT OP A CHANCERY BILL. The following passage occurs... | |
| Anecdotes - 1826 - 376 pages
...died on the passage. The price for women is about seventy dollars ; men, eighty dollars; boys, sixty dollars. When they saw at our departure that we had...seemed to place them a link below rational beings." ALPINE FARMERS. The farmers of the Upper Alps, though by no means wealtby, live like lords in their... | |
| Anecdotes - 1826 - 384 pages
...died on the passage. The price for women is about seventy dollars ; men, eighty dollars ; boys, sixty dollars. When they saw at our departure that we had...of stupid gloom, which seemed to place them a link Mow rational beings." ALPINE FARMERS. The farmers of the Upper Alps, though by no means wealthy, live... | |
| New England - 1903 - 820 pages
...could speak English. They smiled, and gabbled, 'No, Engly, no Engly, — one Engly talk ship.' . . . Such is the mercenary barbarity of the Americans who...quit the land of their fathers, to become voluntary exiles in a foreign clime. . . . "An interesting occurrence is said to have taken place the other day,... | |
| James Oneal - Labor - 1912 - 248 pages
...without shirts, others had this article of dress, but of a quality as coarse as the worst packing cloth. When they saw at our departure that we had not purchased,...gloom which seemed to place them a link below rational beings."25 As though the frightful conditions of the voyage were not sufficient to break the spirit... | |
| James Alton James - United States - 1914 - 606 pages
...their loathesome dungeon. Their clothes, if rags deserve that denomination, actually perfumed the air. Some were without shirts, others had this article...quit the land of their fathers, to become voluntary exiles in a foreign clime; — . . . . . . The Penitentiary system for the rational punishment Prisonsand... | |
| Jane Louise Mesick - History - 1922 - 392 pages
...passengers, 80 of whom died on the voyage. The price for women is about 70 dollars, men 80 dollars, and boys 60 dollars. When they saw at our departure that...seemed to place them a link below rational beings." Even after a century, it is pleasant to know that Robert Walsh took up this statement of Fearon 's... | |
| Hans-Jürgen Grabbe - History - 2001 - 470 pages
...ship." The deck was filthy. The cooking, washing, and necessary departments were close together. [...] When they saw at our departure that we had not purchased,...seemed to place them a link below rational beings. [...] 25 Sonnensegel. 2(' Fearons Begleiter betrieb eine Schuhmanufaktur. 27 D. h., er wird mit dem... | |
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