Evidence: | 'Then I became seized with a desire to know something about religion, and I read the commandments over and over again, as well as those portions of the Bible which I could understand. I was particularly struck with the words: "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work", etc.
"It is not right for me to work on Sundays," I said to myself, and communicated my impression to the supervisor.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1848 and 31 Dec 1848 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London specific address: Millbank Prison other location: in his prison cell |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Mark Jeffrey |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 31 Aug 1825 |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
Occupation: | agricultural labourer/ cheap John (travelling hawker)/ burglar/ prisoner |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | [n/a] |
Title: | Bible |
Genre: | Bible |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (institution library) prison issue |
Record ID: | 12874 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Mark Jeffrey | |
Editor: | W. and J.E. Hiener | |
Title: | A burglar's life, or, The stirring adventures of the great English burglar, Mark Jeffrey | |
Place of Publication: | Sydney | |
Date of Publication: | 1968 (1893) | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 53 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Mark Jeffrey, W. and J.E. Hiener (ed.), A burglar's life, or, The stirring adventures of the great English burglar, Mark Jeffrey (Sydney, 1968 (1893)), p. 53, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12874, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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