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The Project Gutenberg eBook, Facts for the Kind-Hearted of England!, by Jasper W. Rogers This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Facts for the Kind-Hearted of England! As to the Wretchedness of the Irish Peasantry, and the Means for their Regeneration Author: Jasper W. Rogers Release Date: April 25, 2008 [eBook #25170] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FACTS FOR THE KIND-HEARTED OF ENGLAND!*** E-text prepared by Robert Cicconetti, Stephen Blundell, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) [Illustration: University of London] Presented by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths. 1903. FACTS FOR THE KIND-HEARTED OF ENGLAND! AS TO THE WRETCHEDNESS OF THE IRISH PEASANTRY, AND THE MEANS FOR THEIR REGENERATION. BY JASPER W. ROGERS, C.E. This Edition (500 copies bound), has been presented by the Author, as a donation;--to be sold at the Ladies Bazaar, for relief of the famine in Ireland, and distress in Scotland. LONDON: JAMES RIDGWAY, PICCADILLY. 1847. FACTS FOR THE KIND-HEARTED OF ENGLAND. In my twentieth year my first visit was made to London--how long since need not be said, lest I make discoveries. I arrived at the "Swan with _two_ necks," in Lad Lane, to the imminent peril of my own _one_, on entering the yard of that then famous hostelry, the gate of which barely allowed admission to the coach itself--and first set foot on London ground, midst the bustle of some half-dozen coaches, either preparing for exit, or discharging their loads of passengers and parcels. Four "insides" were turned out, and eight "outsides" turned in--I, amongst the unfortunates of the latter class, taking possession of the near
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