Dickens and CrimeMacmillan, 1962 - 371 pàgines |
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Pàgina 113
... certainly needed to be saved from this notorious scandal of open profligacy , and public - spirited because few men would spare the time or risk the obloquy of initiating a prosecution.46 None of his benevolent characters , however ...
... certainly needed to be saved from this notorious scandal of open profligacy , and public - spirited because few men would spare the time or risk the obloquy of initiating a prosecution.46 None of his benevolent characters , however ...
Pàgina 200
... certainly frequented the Brown Bear , a ' flash - house ' or thieves ' rendezvous , and even used it as a lock - up , but there is no evidence ( he continues ) that their motives or behaviour were any more improper than those of later ...
... certainly frequented the Brown Bear , a ' flash - house ' or thieves ' rendezvous , and even used it as a lock - up , but there is no evidence ( he continues ) that their motives or behaviour were any more improper than those of later ...
Pàgina 234
... certainly attended three , and probably attended four , executions . Burnett's account infers that Courvoisier's in 1840 was the first , and I see no reason to doubt this . Then , in 1845 , he went to see a beheading in Rome , which he ...
... certainly attended three , and probably attended four , executions . Burnett's account infers that Courvoisier's in 1840 was the first , and I see no reason to doubt this . Then , in 1845 , he went to see a beheading in Rome , which he ...
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Referències a aquest llibre
Tainted Souls and Painted Faces: The Rhetoric of Fallenness in Victorian Culture Amanda Anderson Visualització de fragments - 1993 |
Crime, Protest, Community, and Police in Nineteenth-century Britain David J. V. Jones Visualització de fragments - 1982 |