A Gentleman in Prison: With the Confessions of Tokichi Ishii, Written in Tokyo Prison |
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Page 36
... sent to prison to await my trial . While awaiting trial , first offenders and others are put together in the same cells and have a chance to talk to one another . One fellow who had been in prison before , said to me , " Don't worry ...
... sent to prison to await my trial . While awaiting trial , first offenders and others are put together in the same cells and have a chance to talk to one another . One fellow who had been in prison before , said to me , " Don't worry ...
Page 42
... sent to prison for eleven years . As I had given a false name , my fam- ily had no way of tracing my whereabouts . What dis- tress they must have endured on my account ! I have no words to express the enormity of my unfilial con- duct ...
... sent to prison for eleven years . As I had given a false name , my fam- ily had no way of tracing my whereabouts . What dis- tress they must have endured on my account ! I have no words to express the enormity of my unfilial con- duct ...
Page 45
... sent away the official in charge , untied the rope by which I was sus- pended , and let me down . He took the towel that was hanging at my belt and wiped the perspiration from my face . Before I knew it , the tears were rolling down my ...
... sent away the official in charge , untied the rope by which I was sus- pended , and let me down . He took the towel that was hanging at my belt and wiped the perspiration from my face . Before I knew it , the tears were rolling down my ...
Page 50
... sent , but which had not been given to me until then . The real name was not signed but I knew at once from whom they came . I had intended to return to my home at once , but after reading the let- ters I decided to go to see this ...
... sent , but which had not been given to me until then . The real name was not signed but I knew at once from whom they came . I had intended to return to my home at once , but after reading the let- ters I decided to go to see this ...
Page 54
... sent it by freight to Tokyo and marked it " to be called for . " I did not send the goods to his house in case the theft should be discovered by the neighbours , and his wife implicated , for I did not wish to cause trouble to her . I ...
... sent it by freight to Tokyo and marked it " to be called for . " I did not send the goods to his house in case the theft should be discovered by the neighbours , and his wife implicated , for I did not wish to cause trouble to her . I ...
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Arima asked began Buddhist called cell chief warder child Christian City of God committed confession court crime criminal crucifixion dagger dead distress earthquake enemies escape eyes father fear feel FORTY-SEVEN LOYAL FREE friends geisha Gifu God's Hamamatsu hand heard heart Hikone Ishii San JAILORS Japan Japanese Jean Valjean Jesus Christ JOHN KELMAN judge kind knew Komori Lamb of God lawyer Les Miserables lived look Lord LOYAL FREE LANCES mercy mind Miss Macdonald Miss West morning mother murder Nagoya never night officials OHARU Okazaki once Osaka police station policemen priest prison chaplain received repented Sekiguchi sent sentence Shogun sins Sogoro soul story suffering surely Suzuki talk tell thing thought TOKICHI ISHII Tokyo prison told Toyohashi trial true TWENTY-THIRD PSALM unto Valjean wife words writing Yokohama
Popular passages
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.