William Dodd (2)
Auteur van The Beauties of Shakespeare
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Thoughts in prison : in five parts : viz., the imprisonment, the retrospect, publick punishment, the trial, futurity 15 exemplaren
Reflections on death 8 exemplaren
A new book of the Dunciad : occasion'd by Mr. Warburton's new edition of the Dunciad complete 3 exemplaren
Poems 3 exemplaren
A full and circumstantial account of the trial of the Rev. Doctor Dodd : at the Sessions House in the Old Bailey, on… 2 exemplaren
Thoughts in prison, and other miscellaneous pieces 2 exemplaren
Sermons to young men In three volumes 2 exemplaren
The sisters; or, The history of Lucy and Caroline Sanson, entrusted to a false friend (1816) 1 exemplaar
Mutual knowledge in a future state : offered as an argument of consolation under the loss of friends 1 exemplaar
The Hymns of Callimachus 1 exemplaar
The visitor 1 exemplaar
Synopsis compendiaria librorum Hugonis Grotii De jure belli et pacis, Samuelis Clarkii De Dei existentiâ et… 1 exemplaar
Life and Beauties of Shakspeare 1 exemplaar
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". . . Here is how Dodd begins his An Account of the Rise, Progress and Present State of the Magdalen Charity, first published in 1761:
. . . that in the present disordered state of things, there will always be brothels and prostitutes, is a fact but too indisputable, however unpleasing. Any attempt to prevent this evil, would be no less impossible than impolitic. . . .
Thus it was, Dodd reports, that in 1758 seven gentlemen raised 3000 pounds and opened Magdalen House, where, with eight 'unhappy objects' it began to receive these women for rehabilitation. By 1763, 483 had been received, and 370 discharged to better lives as wives, servants or, in fewer numbers, to death or for "faults and irregularities. . . ."… (meer)