 | 1849 - 604 strani
...memorable words, which drew tears from a judge ; and which we trust will never be forgotten : — ' Let a man be what he ' will, when he comes here he...and there is given to him the ' heart of a beast.' Now the desk of the chaplain at Pentonville is filled with letters from the convicts to him, full of... | |
 | James Macarthur - 1837 - 660 strani
...was painful in the extreme. One man particularly had observed, in a manner which drew tears from his eyes and wrung his" heart when he was placed before...him, and there is given to him the heart of a beast." He did not impute blame to any one, and he trusted no such motives would be ascribed to him ; but in... | |
 | 1837 - 656 strani
...painful in the extreme. One man particularly he had observed, in a manner which drew tears from his eyes and wrung his heart when he was placed before...him, and there is given to him the heart of a beast.' He did not impute blame to any one, and he trusted no such motives would be ascribed to him; but in... | |
 | James Mudie - 1837 - 372 strani
...was painful in the extreme. One man particularly had observed, in a manner which drew tears from his eyes and wrung his heart when he was placed before...him, and there is given to him the heart of a beast." He did not impute blame to any one, and he trusted no such motives would be ascribed to him ; but in... | |
 | James Macarthur - 1837 - 654 strani
...which drew tears from his eyes and wrung his heart when he was placed before him for sentence — 44 " Let a man be what he will when he comes here, he is...him, and there is given to him the heart of a beast." He did not impute blame to any one, and he trusted no such motives would be ascribed to him ; but in... | |
 | James Macarthur - 1837 - 660 strani
...for sentence — 44 "Let a man be what he will when he comes here, he is soon as bad as the revSt ; a man's heart is taken from him, and there is given to him the heart of a beast." He did not impute blame to any one, and he trusted no such motives would be ascribed to him ; but in... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1838 - 440 strani
...Van Diemen's Land, p. 24. App. No. i,p. 16. 56. 60. Sir G. Aitlmr, 453-8. Mr. J. Russell, 42fc'-5io. any chance of improvement, without any religious instruction,...of attending and consoling the condemned offenders above mentioned. The following is the account he gave in his examination before Your Committee : —... | |
 | Sir William Molesworth - 1840 - 146 strani
...stated, " that it had been his lot to visit one of those penal settlements (Norfolk Island) ; to see Hie convicts herding together, without any chance of improvement,...him, and there is given to him the heart of a beast." 17 Dr Ullathorne, a Catholic priest, Vicargeneral of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, went from... | |
 | WILLIAM WESTBROOKE BURTON - 1840 - 914 strani
...Spirits, glorying in Evil Deeds; " let a man's heart" he said, " be what it will, when he comes here, his Man's heart is taken from him, and there is given to him the heart of a Beast." He represented, and others followed him in the same course, that the crimes which had brought them... | |
 | 1842 - 426 strani
...self-defence, to adopt the vices of his companions. One of them, when receiving sentence, said, — " Let a man be what he will, when he comes here he is...him, and there is given to him the heart of a beast." The remark drew tears from the eyes of Judge Burton, to whom it was addressed. These dreadful punishments,... | |
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Let a man be what he will when he comes here, he is soon as bad as the rest ; a man's heart is taken from him, and there is given to him the heart of a beast. 
