The Quarterly Review, Том 120 |
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It was a gradual death from excessive labour and ill - usage , terminating a
servitude in which the wretched victim underwent almost every form of misery
most terrible to human nature - cold , hunger , chains , scourging , sickness -
superadded ...
It was a gradual death from excessive labour and ill - usage , terminating a
servitude in which the wretched victim underwent almost every form of misery
most terrible to human nature - cold , hunger , chains , scourging , sickness -
superadded ...
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... they were compelled by sheer force of the whip to render an amount of work at
the oar which under no other system could have been extracted from human
human muscles . The labour of a galley slave , 48 The Hugonots at the Galleys .
... they were compelled by sheer force of the whip to render an amount of work at
the oar which under no other system could have been extracted from human
human muscles . The labour of a galley slave , 48 The Hugonots at the Galleys .
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The labour of a galley slave , ' has become proverbial , and not without reason ;
but probably very few of those who use the illustration realise its force . İt is
observed by the writer of this narrative that by stress of torture men may be got to
do ...
The labour of a galley slave , ' has become proverbial , and not without reason ;
but probably very few of those who use the illustration realise its force . İt is
observed by the writer of this narrative that by stress of torture men may be got to
do ...
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This stroke is the most severe labour that can be conceived , and takes more out
of a crew in one hour than four hours of pulling at the ordinary rate , not to
mention that it is impossible to keep it up without sometimes getting out of stroke ,
and ...
This stroke is the most severe labour that can be conceived , and takes more out
of a crew in one hour than four hours of pulling at the ordinary rate , not to
mention that it is impossible to keep it up without sometimes getting out of stroke ,
and ...
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... abjurationagain refused to belie bis faith - and was once more sent back to his
galley ; but the surgeon having certified that he was unable to bear the labour of
the oar , he was employed in another department of service on board the vessel .
... abjurationagain refused to belie bis faith - and was once more sent back to his
galley ; but the surgeon having certified that he was unable to bear the labour of
the oar , he was employed in another department of service on board the vessel .
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