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Side ii
... facts , which must amply gratify the " curiosity of readers , severely exercise their compassion , and awaken many " useful , but painful reflections upon the miseries which man has been doomed " to suffer from the ignorance , caprice ...
... facts , which must amply gratify the " curiosity of readers , severely exercise their compassion , and awaken many " useful , but painful reflections upon the miseries which man has been doomed " to suffer from the ignorance , caprice ...
Side xxiii
... facts ( " ) alone that pre- judice can be combated and the invectives to which passion resorts effectually resisted . In pro- curing these facts : in the formation of this re- gister of guilt and misery , how many obstacles oppose ...
... facts ( " ) alone that pre- judice can be combated and the invectives to which passion resorts effectually resisted . In pro- curing these facts : in the formation of this re- gister of guilt and misery , how many obstacles oppose ...
Side xxv
... facts , of the opinions of eminent men , and of the laws of other countries , has ( d ) See the conclusion of his work on Prisons , page 469 . 66 ( e ) The misery suffered in some gaols is not half their evil ; they are filled " with ...
... facts , of the opinions of eminent men , and of the laws of other countries , has ( d ) See the conclusion of his work on Prisons , page 469 . 66 ( e ) The misery suffered in some gaols is not half their evil ; they are filled " with ...
Side xxvi
... facts are too great for an individual to encounter . ( What praise is due to the unwearied ex- ertions of Mr. Neild on behalf of prisoners for debt . Many years cannot pass away before he will see the work which he has made , and see ...
... facts are too great for an individual to encounter . ( What praise is due to the unwearied ex- ertions of Mr. Neild on behalf of prisoners for debt . Many years cannot pass away before he will see the work which he has made , and see ...
Side 29
... fact suppose , that the design was to restore the criminal to society , with all his means of annoyance undi- minished ; instead of keeping him to do it service , and in chains ? Rousseau adds ; " When the criminal dies , he PASTORET . 29.
... fact suppose , that the design was to restore the criminal to society , with all his means of annoyance undi- minished ; instead of keeping him to do it service , and in chains ? Rousseau adds ; " When the criminal dies , he PASTORET . 29.
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The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death (Classic Reprint) Basil Montagu Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2017 |
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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.