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" The station of gaoler is not in common account a very elevated one : the addition of contractor has not much tendency to raise it. He little dreamt, when he first launched into the subject, that he was to become a suitor, and perhaps in vain, for such... "
A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis: Containing a Detail of the ... - Page 487
by Patrick Colquhoun - 1800 - 655 pages
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The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 38

English literature - 1800 - 532 pages
...and inddtruclible of all itcurities Зjga¡lг;^ :;bufe. The Ibitiou of Gaoler is not, in com* raon account, a very elevated one : the addition of Contractor has not much tendency to raife it. The Propoicr little dreamt;, when he firft launched into the fubject, that he was to become...
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Annual Register, Volume 42

Edmund Burke - History - 1801 - 818 pages
...uninterrupted, the moil effectual and indeftrucïible of all lècurities againft abufe. The nation of gaoler is not, in common account, a very elevated one ; the addition of contractor has rot much tendency to raife it. The propofer little dreamt, when he firft launched into the fubjeft,...
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Annual Register of World Events, Volume 42

History - 1801 - 762 pages
...and uninterrupted, the molt effectual and indeflruftible of all fccurities againii abuli?. The nation of gaoler is not, in common account, a very elevated one ; the addition of contractor hag not much tendency to raife it. The propoler little dreamt, when he firil ' launched into the fubjecl,...
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The Philanthropist, Or, Repository for Hints and Suggestions ..., Volume 1

Charities - 1811 - 424 pages
...person of the governor, is declared to be one of the leading objects of the Penitentiary Act, —[19 Geo. III. ch. 74.] The station of gaoler is not in...a suitor, and perhaps in vain, for such an office. But inventions unpractised might be in want of the inventor : and a situation, thus clipped of emoluments,...
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The Works of Jeremy Bentham, Now First Collected: Under the Superintendence ...

Jeremy Bentham - 1842 - 332 pages
...life ; but which, on terms like the above, would mean simply what it says. '" 2. The station of jailor is not, in common account, a very elevated one. The...addition of contractor has not much tendency to raise it. Education, profession, connexions, occupations, and objects considered, I hope I should not be thought...
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The Works of Jeremy Bentham, Volume 10

Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring - Constitutional law - 1843 - 580 pages
...life; but which, on termi like the above, would mean simply what it says. " 2. The station of jailor is not, in common account, a very elevated one. The...addition of contractor has not much tendency to raise it. Education, profession, connexions, occupations, and objects considered, I hope I should not be thought...
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Essays of a Birmingham Manufacturer, Volume 3

William Lucas Sargant - 1871 - 340 pages
...negociating for a decoration, in connection with his scheme of a Panopticon Prison. " The station of jailor is not, in common account, a very elevated one. The...addition of contractor has not much tendency to raise it. Education, profession, connexions, occupations, and objects considered, I hope I should not be thought...
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Memorials of Millbank, and Chapters in Prison History, Volume 1

Arthur Griffiths - London (England) - 1875 - 344 pages
...the Eussian service, was to be nominated governor ; and touching this appointment Bentham writes, " The station of gaoler is not in common account a very...of contractor has not much tendency to raise it. He (Bentham) little dreamt when he first launched into the subject, that he was to become a suitor, and...
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