Curious Punishments of Bygone Days

Curious Punishments of Bygone DaysIn ransacking old court records, newspapers, diaries and letters for the historic foundation...
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Author: Earle, Alice Morse,1851-1911
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Language: English
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Curious Punishments of Bygone Days

Curious Punishments of Bygone Days

€6,34

Curious Punishments of Bygone Days

€6,34
Author: Earle, Alice Morse,1851-1911
Format: eBook
Language: English

Curious Punishments of Bygone Days

In ransacking old court records, newspapers, diaries and letters for the historic foundation of the books which I have written on colonial history, I have found and noted much of interest that has not been used or referred to in any of those books. An accumulation of notes on old-time laws, punishments and penalties has evoked this volume. The subject is not a pleasant one, though it often has a humorous element; but a punishment that is obsolete gains an interest and dignity from antiquity and its history becomes endurable because it has a past only and no future. That men were pilloried and women ducked by our law-abiding forbears rouses a thrill of hot indignation which dies down into a dull ember of curiosity when we reflect that they will never be pilloried or ducked again. An old-time writer dedicated his book to All curious and ingenious gentlemen and gentlewomen who can gain from acts of the past a delight in the present days of virtue, wisdom and the humanities. It does not detract from the good intent and complacency of these old words that the writer lived in the days when the pillory, stocks and whipping-post stood brutally rampant in every English village. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 34005
Author: Earle, Alice Morse
Release Date: Sep 27, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English

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