Curious Punishments of Bygone Days
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: June 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9780766167087
Subjects: Police & security services; Political structure & processes; Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement; History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; United States - Colonial Period
First sentence: There is no doubt that our far-away grandfathers, whether of English, French, Dutch, Scotch or Irish blood, were much more afraid of ridicule than they were even of sinning, and far more than we are of extreme derision or mockery to-day.