Curious Punishments of Bygone Days

Nonfiction, History, World History, European General
Cover of the book Curious Punishments of Bygone Days by Alice Morse Earle, True North
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Alice Morse Earle ISBN: 1230000351690
Publisher: True North Publication: April 10, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Alice Morse Earle
ISBN: 1230000351690
Publisher: True North
Publication: April 10, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English

The subject is not a pleasant one, though it often has a humorous element; but a punishment that is obsolete gains an interest and dignity from antiquity and its history becomes endurable because it has a past only and no future. That men were pilloried and women ducked by our law-abiding forbears rouses a thrill of hot indignation which dies down into a dull ember of curiosity when we reflect that they will never be pilloried or ducked again.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The subject is not a pleasant one, though it often has a humorous element; but a punishment that is obsolete gains an interest and dignity from antiquity and its history becomes endurable because it has a past only and no future. That men were pilloried and women ducked by our law-abiding forbears rouses a thrill of hot indignation which dies down into a dull ember of curiosity when we reflect that they will never be pilloried or ducked again.

More books from True North

Cover of the book A Ten Year War by Alice Morse Earle
Cover of the book Scouting with Daniel Boone by Alice Morse Earle
Cover of the book Kitty's Class Day And Other Stories by Alice Morse Earle
Cover of the book Wuthering Heights by Alice Morse Earle
Cover of the book The Black Phalanx by Alice Morse Earle
Cover of the book On the Spanish Main by Alice Morse Earle
Cover of the book Haydn by Alice Morse Earle
Cover of the book American Institutions and Their Influence by Alice Morse Earle
Cover of the book Myth and Science by Alice Morse Earle
Cover of the book Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing by Alice Morse Earle
Cover of the book Unconscious Memory by Alice Morse Earle
Cover of the book Steam, Its Generation and Use by Alice Morse Earle
Cover of the book A Key to the Knowledge of Church History by Alice Morse Earle
Cover of the book American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt by Alice Morse Earle
Cover of the book My First Summer in the Sierra by Alice Morse Earle
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy