prisoner-of-state

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Silvio Pellico has made the life of an Austrian prisoner-of-state, in its outward environment and inward struggles, as well known as that of the Arctic explorer or the English factory-operative. There was one solace ingeniously obtained by these buried members of the living human family, occasional indirect intercourse with each other: the telegraphs of eye and ear conveyed their mutual feelings.

Various - The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859