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a young clergyman was found who would perform the funeral rites. After an extremely lengthy sermon on social morality, he said "By the will of the deceased it is expected that I should mention her and say nothing but what was well of her. All I shall say of her, therefore, is this — she was born well, lived well, and died well; for she was born with the name of
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Prisons intermediate between the Common Jail and the State Prison receive different designations in the different states - house of correction, penitentiary, workhouse, bridewell and city prison. Illinois has a bridewell in the city of
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1399: /
1249:Clerkenwell
1203:Pentonville
1106:Royal Lodge
1039:Ivy Cottage
378:Westminster
364:(1768–1838)
168:River Fleet
103:Fleet River
90:in 1553 as
49:John Strype
1414:Categories
1384:51°30′42″N
1304:Marshalsea
1213:Wandsworth
1066:Anmer Hall
1049:Wren House
838:24 January
797:required.)
494:References
395:Gloucester
387:Nottingham
336:Site today
328:. By 1921
84:Henry VIII
1274:Gatehouse
1254:The Clink
1208:Thameside
1071:Wood Farm
456:Tom Jones
411:Edinburgh
220:Edward VI
218:In 1553,
194:Holbein's
148:Francis I
142:, 1533):
96:orphanage
88:Edward VI
1387:0°6′21″W
1367:Category
1309:Millbank
1284:Holloway
1183:Belmarsh
1117:See also
1087:Windsor
1078:Tamarisk
1014:Birkhall
956:Official
742:6 August
617:(1888).
552:6 August
445:See also
226:for the
202:(1533).
180:Cardinal
172:St Bride
1319:Newgate
1227:Defunct
1193:Feltham
1188:Brixton
1002:Private
895:20 July
627:(ed.).
520:6 March
418:Beatles
416:In the
399:Bristol
326:in 1920
150:, with
140:Holbein
120:History
1176:Active
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469:(1832)
463:(1749)
420:film,
403:Dublin
303:Surrey
80:London
59:(1720)
1264:Fleet
869:7 May
845:same.
791:
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474:Notes
436:Ringo
391:Leeds
235:when
1198:Isis
897:2023
871:2018
840:2011
827:ISBN
744:2013
599:ISBN
577:ISBN
554:2013
522:2013
428:Paul
409:and
407:Cork
280:and
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