A Gentleman in Prison: With the Confessions of Tokichi Ishii, Written in Tokyo Prison |
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Page 33
... began to need money : the little my parents gave me was not enough , and I began to steal . This was the beginning of my life of crime . As I look back now I realise keenly how easily a child is influenced by bad friends and ...
... began to need money : the little my parents gave me was not enough , and I began to steal . This was the beginning of my life of crime . As I look back now I realise keenly how easily a child is influenced by bad friends and ...
Page 34
... began to drink , to quarrel with my com- panions , and to frequent houses of ill - fame . I became utterly useless for anything and finally gave up all attempts to earn an honest living . MY WRONGDOING INCREASES IV . MY WRONGDOING ...
... began to drink , to quarrel with my com- panions , and to frequent houses of ill - fame . I became utterly useless for anything and finally gave up all attempts to earn an honest living . MY WRONGDOING INCREASES IV . MY WRONGDOING ...
Page 38
... began to lay plans for escaping . I managed to improvise a cover- ing out of some oilcloth I had gotten from an accom- plice in the tailoring department , and one rainy day I wrapped it about me and escaped through an emer- gency exit ...
... began to lay plans for escaping . I managed to improvise a cover- ing out of some oilcloth I had gotten from an accom- plice in the tailoring department , and one rainy day I wrapped it about me and escaped through an emer- gency exit ...
Page 41
... began selling small wares , and I wandered about looking for work . I finally opened a bakeshop in Iriyamachi in Shitaya ward , but I knew nothing of the business and soon failed . Then one day I met an old pal in Asakusa ward and fell ...
... began selling small wares , and I wandered about looking for work . I finally opened a bakeshop in Iriyamachi in Shitaya ward , but I knew nothing of the business and soon failed . Then one day I met an old pal in Asakusa ward and fell ...
Page 42
... about three inches and a half long , smuggled it into my cell , and began to cut the bars of my window . When I had got the bars almost sawn ELEVEN YEARS IN PRISON through , the plot was discovered [ 42 ] A GENTLEMAN IN PRISON.
... about three inches and a half long , smuggled it into my cell , and began to cut the bars of my window . When I had got the bars almost sawn ELEVEN YEARS IN PRISON through , the plot was discovered [ 42 ] A GENTLEMAN IN PRISON.
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Page 78 - Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
Page 94 - Just as I am, without one plea But that thy blood was shed for me, And that Thou bidd'st me come to Thee, O Lamb of God, I come.
Page 95 - Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind ; Sight, riches, healing of the mind, Yea, all I need, in Thee to find, O Lamb of God, I come...
Page 152 - For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners.
Page 116 - ... as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Page 77 - And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem...
Page 78 - I say unto you that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons which need no repentance.
Page 77 - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 78 - What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
Page 160 - The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me; I found trouble and sorrow. Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech Thee, deliver my soul.