A Gentleman in Prison: With the Confessions of Tokichi Ishii, Written in Tokyo Prison |
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Page 55
... showed my post office passbook to the police . The scheme suc- ceeded and I was let off . But I must tell you here what thoughts were in my heart at this time . Although I had escaped the police , I still was very angry at the bath ...
... showed my post office passbook to the police . The scheme suc- ceeded and I was let off . But I must tell you here what thoughts were in my heart at this time . Although I had escaped the police , I still was very angry at the bath ...
Page 56
... showed my passbook and got off without any trouble . I was again held up by the police at Yokkaichi , but managed to deceive them also in the same way . I then went to Kuwana in Ise , and that very night a terrible storm occurred . This ...
... showed my passbook and got off without any trouble . I was again held up by the police at Yokkaichi , but managed to deceive them also in the same way . I then went to Kuwana in Ise , and that very night a terrible storm occurred . This ...
Page 61
... showed my passbook and as usual was let off . I retraced my steps , picked up the dagger I had dropped by the roadside , and walked on . As the night was very dark I stumbled and fell headlong into a river thirteen or fourteen feet ...
... showed my passbook and as usual was let off . I retraced my steps , picked up the dagger I had dropped by the roadside , and walked on . As the night was very dark I stumbled and fell headlong into a river thirteen or fourteen feet ...
Page 62
... showed my pass- book and also a letter of sympathy I had received from Sekiguchi on account of my accident , and I got off once more without any trouble . I STEAL WEAPONS XVIII . I STEAL WEAPONS TO COMMIT [ 62 ] A GENTLEMAN IN PRISON.
... showed my pass- book and also a letter of sympathy I had received from Sekiguchi on account of my accident , and I got off once more without any trouble . I STEAL WEAPONS XVIII . I STEAL WEAPONS TO COMMIT [ 62 ] A GENTLEMAN IN PRISON.
Page 67
... and burn the house down . Looking back now I cannot but think what a mean wretch I was ! The servant , mind- ful only of his duty to his master , surely showed a loyal spirit in protecting his master's belongings from the thieves [ 67 ]
... and burn the house down . Looking back now I cannot but think what a mean wretch I was ! The servant , mind- ful only of his duty to his master , surely showed a loyal spirit in protecting his master's belongings from the thieves [ 67 ]
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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.