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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Formerly, at the Old Bailey in London, a small room taken from one of the corners of the court, and left open at the top, in which certain malefactors were placed during trial. Also spelled bale-dock.
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“And I remember Penn before his accusers, and Fox in the bail-dock, where he was lifted up in spirit, as he tells us, and the judge and the jury became as dead men under his feet.””
““Take him away, said they; and away I was taken, and thrust into the bail-dock to my other friends, who had been called before me.”
“And I remember Penn before his accusers, and Fox in the bail-dock, where he was lifted up in spirit, as he tells us, and the judge and the jury became as dead men under his feet. ”
Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago Personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian
“Take him away, said they; and away I was taken, and thrust into the bail-dock to my other friends, who had been called before me.”
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