...of humanity, to enter into a more general examination, of thefe fcene* of calamity : and, in order to gain a more perfect knowledge of the particulars and extent of it, by various and accurate obfervation, he made a tour AN eminent phyfician in this metropo- through England, folely with the...

...expense. 1 therefore rode into several neighbouring counties in search of one : but I soon learned that the same injustice was practised in them ; and looking into the prisons, 1 beheld scenes of calamity, which I grew daily more and more anxious to alleviate. In order, therefore,...

...I, therefore, rode into several neighbouring counties in search of a precedent; but I soon learned that the same injustice was practised in them ; and,...I grew daily more and more anxious to alleviate." These oppressions, these calamities, he dragged to light. He may be said to haverfimn-eredthem— soindiftVi...

...enough of the misery existing in our prisons, to induce him to form the benevolent resolution to obtain a more, perfect knowledge of the particulars and extent of it, by enlarging the sphere of his observations to most of the county gaols in England. Ten days had accordingly...

...enough of the misery existing in our prisons, to induce him to form the benevolent resolution to obtain a more perfect knowledge of the particulars and extent of it, by enlarging the sphere of his observations to most of the county gaols in England. Ten days had accordingly...

...expense. I therefore rode into several neighbouring counties in search of a precedent ; but I soon learned that the same injustice was practised in them ; and...grew daily more and more anxious to alleviate." In the jail at Bedford, every prisoner, whether debtor or felon, however justly he might be entitled to...

...enough of the misery existing in our prisons, to induce him to form the benevolent resolution to obtain a more perfect knowledge of the particulars and extent of it, by enlarging the sphere of his observations to most of the county jails in England ; ten days had scarcely...

...I, therefore, rode into several neighbouring counties in search of a precedent ; but I soon learned that the same injustice was practised in them : and...calamity, which I grew daily more and more anxious to atleviate."— P. 183. Such is Mr. Howard's own account of the circumstances which first led him to...

...expense. I therefore rude into several neighbouring counties in search of a precedent ; but I soon learned that the same injustice was practised in them ; and, looking into the prisons, 1 beheld scenes of calamity, which I grew daily more and more anxious to alleviate." p. 123. Mr. Howard,...

...expense. 1 therefore rode into several neighbouring counties in search of a precedent : but I soon learned that the same injustice was practised in them ; and...I grew daily more and more anxious to alleviate." The principal local defects which he noticed in the construction of the jail at Bedford were, that...