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... night , during which the chapel was open to the faithful . Here was the principal theatre of his priestly mission ; receiving , under the most solemn seal of con- fidence , the sad story of the sinner , consoling the afflicted ...
... night , during which the chapel was open to the faithful . Here was the principal theatre of his priestly mission ; receiving , under the most solemn seal of con- fidence , the sad story of the sinner , consoling the afflicted ...
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... night of suffering , and her oppressors at length discovered that no enactment could crush her out of existence , or diminish her vitality , and so gave up actively op- pressing , without , however , repealing the disgraceful laws which ...
... night of suffering , and her oppressors at length discovered that no enactment could crush her out of existence , or diminish her vitality , and so gave up actively op- pressing , without , however , repealing the disgraceful laws which ...
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... night in administering the consolations of religion to his fellow - captives . The goal was at length approached , and the first tumbril was close to the scaffold , on which stood the executioner and his assistants , ready for their ...
... night in administering the consolations of religion to his fellow - captives . The goal was at length approached , and the first tumbril was close to the scaffold , on which stood the executioner and his assistants , ready for their ...
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... night previous to the fatal morning . It was then the custom to convey the prisoner from the gaol to a place outside the town , where the gallows was erected ; and the bottom of the cart in which he was so conveyed was fre- quently the ...
... night previous to the fatal morning . It was then the custom to convey the prisoner from the gaol to a place outside the town , where the gallows was erected ; and the bottom of the cart in which he was so conveyed was fre- quently the ...
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... night . Towards evening the number always increased , as it was then only the working people could con- veniently attend . In this confined box , surrounded by those whose poverty was painfully evidenced in the wretched condition of ...
... night . Towards evening the number always increased , as it was then only the working people could con- veniently attend . In this confined box , surrounded by those whose poverty was painfully evidenced in the wretched condition of ...
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