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Side viii
... inflicted ( perhaps inattentively ) by a multitude of successive independent " statutes , upon crimes very different in their natures . It is a melancholy truth " that , among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit ...
... inflicted ( perhaps inattentively ) by a multitude of successive independent " statutes , upon crimes very different in their natures . It is a melancholy truth " that , among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit ...
Side xv
... inflicted where it is not absolutely necessary to the public safety . There- " fore , 66 66 " Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- " sentatives , of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , " in general assembly met , and it is ...
... inflicted where it is not absolutely necessary to the public safety . There- " fore , 66 66 " Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- " sentatives , of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , " in general assembly met , and it is ...
Side 7
... inflict it only in cases of murder , enacting for lighter crimes lighter punishments . The patrons of the first of these systems consult only the habit of obeying ancient institutions , the respect which their very anti- quity inspires ...
... inflict it only in cases of murder , enacting for lighter crimes lighter punishments . The patrons of the first of these systems consult only the habit of obeying ancient institutions , the respect which their very anti- quity inspires ...
Side 8
... inflict the punishment of death , and she kept her word . Peter III . was not less frugal of the blood of his subjects . And Katharine very rarely caused it to be shed by the hand of the law - never , except in cases of high treason ...
... inflict the punishment of death , and she kept her word . Peter III . was not less frugal of the blood of his subjects . And Katharine very rarely caused it to be shed by the hand of the law - never , except in cases of high treason ...
Side 9
... may be some reasons for inflicting a capital punishment ; but it would perhaps be better , and cer- * Espr . des Lois , xii , 4 . tainly more natural , that crimes committed against the security PASTORET . 9 MONTESQUIEU.
... may be some reasons for inflicting a capital punishment ; but it would perhaps be better , and cer- * Espr . des Lois , xii , 4 . tainly more natural , that crimes committed against the security PASTORET . 9 MONTESQUIEU.
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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.