Word: prisoners
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...lectures and recitations? It is nothing less than thieving. The man who thus runs away from the class room, steals time from the class room, steals time from the instructor. Moreover, his exit from the class room is after the manner of the escape of a thief from prison. His motions are hurried, he always waits till the instructor's face is turned away and then he bolts as any thief would do. His face has stamped upon it that expression of conscious guilt, that evasive, sneaking, look, which is perfectly unmistakable. The difference between this thief...
...best things in this number is "Proportional Representation" by Stoughton Cooley. It is an able treatment of an important subject which is now a matter of interest to everyone interested in the purification of our politics. Samuel J. Barrows, editor of the Christian Register, contributes "The Massachusetts Prison System." Mr. Barrows has served on the Prison Commission and is therefore well acquainted with his subject. It is an interesting article giving descriptions of the Sherborn Prison for women and the Concord Reformatory. "Ye Romans of Casco Bay" is continued this month, dealing with the picturesque region of Casco...
Whilst in prison Defoe issued a review, which if not the first known, is certainly the first famous newspaper. His never-failing common sense, and wonderful mental resources made real and powerful the opportunities of journalism...
...twenty he married and to support his wife found his life long occupation. Acting but poorly he became a cobbler of old plays. He began and ended his life hard up. Early in his career he killed an actor in a duel and was thrown in prison. There he met a Catholic and was converted from the Protestant faith, and when set free a T was branded on his thumb. Later he returned to the English church...
...Scotland however literature blossomed out freely. The times were less turbulent in Scotland +++ kings happened to be literary men James I, called the Poet-King, early showed the beautiful nature which afterwards wrote itself so finely in his great poem. James was imprisoned when young and while in prison he made a great study of Chaucer and wrote a great deal in imitation of him. His work is full of tenderness and affection and shows his love of nature and his reverence for good. Two humorous poems are ascribed to him but it is not at all certain that...