 | Henry David Inglis - 1835 - 378 pages
...where these beds were found occupied. The inmates, were some of them old, crooked, and diseased; some younger, but emaciated, and surrounded by starving...I lighted a bit of paper, at the embers of a turf which lay in the chimney, and looked .in. It was a cellar wholly dark ; and about twelve feet square... | |
 | Henry David Inglis - 1835 - 718 pages
...where these beds were found occupied. The inmates, were some of them old, crooked, and diseased; some younger, but emaciated, and surrounded by starving...I lighted a bit of paper, at the embers of a turf which lay in the chimney, and looked in. It was a cellar wholly dark ; and about twelve feet square... | |
 | Henry David Inglis - 1835 - 374 pages
...where these beds were found occupied. The inmates, were some of them old, crooked, and diseased; some younger, but emaciated, and surrounded by starving...noticed a small opening, leading into an inner room. 1 lighted a bit of paper, at the embers of a turf which lay in the chimney, and looked in. It was a... | |
 | 1835 - 802 pages
...where these beds were found occupied. The inmates were some of them old, crooked, and diseased ; some younger, but emaciated, and surrounded by starving...standing, and many were unable to rise from their little straw-heaps. In scarcely one hovel could I find even a potato. In one which I entered, I noticed a... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1835 - 838 pages
...surrounded by starving children; gome were sitting on the damp ground, some standing, and many were un.ible to rise from their little straw heaps. In scarcely...could I find even a potato. In one which I entered, I uoiiced a small opening leading into an inner room. I lighted a hit of paper at the embers of a turf... | |
 | Frederic Hill - 1836 - 362 pages
...where these beds were found occupied. The inmates were some of them old, crooked, and diseased; some younger, but emaciated, and surrounded by starving...straw heaps. In scarcely one hovel could I find even a potatoe. In one which I entered, I noticed a small opening leading into an inner room: I lighted a... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1836 - 328 pages
...occupied. * November, 1835. ,<,•' The inmates, were, some of them old, crooked, and diseased, some younger, but emaciated, and surrounded by starving...were sitting on the damp ground, some standing, and some were unable to rise from their little straw heaps. In scarcely one hovel, could I find even a... | |
 | Henry David Inglis - 1838 - 426 pages
...where these beds were found occupied. The inmates were, some of them, old, crooked, and diseased ; some younger, but emaciated, and surrounded by starving...I lighted a bit of paper, at the embers of a turf which lay in the chimney, and looked in. It was a cellar wholly dark ; and about twelve feet square... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1840 - 326 pages
...starving children, some * November, 1835. •were sitting on the damp ground, some standing, and some were unable to rise from their little straw heaps. In scarcely one hovel, could I find even a potatoe. In one which I entered, I noticed a small opening leading into an inner room. I lighted a... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1845 - 752 pages
...starving children, some * November, 1835. •were sitting on the damp ground, some standing, and some were unable to rise from their little straw heaps. In scarcely one hovel, could I find even a potatoe. In one •which I entered, I noticed a small opening leading into an inner room. I lighted... | |
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I lighted a bit of paper, at the embers of a turf which lay in the chimney, and looked in. It was a cellar wholly dark; and about twelve feet square: two bundles of straw lay in two corners; on one, sat a bed-ridden... 
