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Side xi
... appear to palliate the offence , or even as often as those circum- stances of aggravation are wanting which render this rigorous interposition ne- cessary . Upon this plan is it enough to vindicate the lenity of the laws , that some ...
... appear to palliate the offence , or even as often as those circum- stances of aggravation are wanting which render this rigorous interposition ne- cessary . Upon this plan is it enough to vindicate the lenity of the laws , that some ...
Side xvi
... appear to be 4. positions deserving considera- tion . 1st , There are various obstacles to the correction of any established error relating to human conduct . A traveller observed that in a particular district in Italy the peasants ...
... appear to be 4. positions deserving considera- tion . 1st , There are various obstacles to the correction of any established error relating to human conduct . A traveller observed that in a particular district in Italy the peasants ...
Side xix
... appear to him more formidable than they really are , for his attention is not distracted - he has but one business , and that is with the object before him . Neither in general conduct nor in particular emer- gencies , are his plans ...
... appear to him more formidable than they really are , for his attention is not distracted - he has but one business , and that is with the object before him . Neither in general conduct nor in particular emer- gencies , are his plans ...
Side xx
... appear- " ance of the favourable symptoms effected in the go- " vernment and conduct of the prisoners , they coin- " cided , and afterwards contributed much to its main- " tenance . " The same opposition was experienced and the same ...
... appear- " ance of the favourable symptoms effected in the go- " vernment and conduct of the prisoners , they coin- " cided , and afterwards contributed much to its main- " tenance . " The same opposition was experienced and the same ...
Side xxiii
... appear to be three modes by which inquiry upon this subject may be beneficially promoted . 1st , By a register of facts , of the sentiments of eminent men , and of the laws of other countries . - 2 , By an arrangement of existing ...
... appear to be three modes by which inquiry upon this subject may be beneficially promoted . 1st , By a register of facts , of the sentiments of eminent men , and of the laws of other countries . - 2 , By an arrangement of existing ...
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Side xvii - I HOLD every man a debtor to his profession; from the which, as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavour themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto.
Side 187 - Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner but rather that he may turn from his wickedness, and live...
Side 388 - Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That so much of the said Act as is herein-before recited shall be and the same is hereby repealed.
Side 117 - The good LORD pardon every one That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
Side 121 - Parliament, statutes and ordains that there be a school settled and established and a schoolmaster appointed in every parish not already provided by advice of the heritors and minister of the parish...
Side 69 - It is further to be observed, that owing to the different manners and degrees in which persons under different circumstances are affected by the same exciting cause, a punishment which is the same in name will not always either really produce, or even so much as appear to others to produce, in two different persons the same degree of pain : therefore, That the quantity actually inflicted on each individual offender may correspond to the quantity intended for similar offenders in general, the several...
Side 235 - They ought rather to reflect, that he who falls by a mistaken sentence, may be considered as falling for his country ; whilst he suffers under the operation of those rules, by the general effect and tendency of which the welfare of the community is maintained and upholden. CHAPTER X. OF RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS, AND OF TOLERATION. ' A RELIGIOUS establishment is no part of Christianity ; it is only the means of inculcating it.
Side 385 - Majesty that it may be enacted ; and be it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that so much of the said Act as...
Side 387 - ... of the value of forty shillings or more, being in any dwelling-house, or outhouse thereunto belonging, although such house or outhouse be not actually broken by such offender, and although the owner of such goods, or any other person or persons be or be not in such house or outhouse, being thereof convicted, shall be absolutely debarred of and from the benefit of clergy.
Side 186 - When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.