The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death, Bind 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1812 |
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Side x
... seems to be ( P ) See his Utopia , from which the following is extracted : " I was then much obliged to that reverend prelate , John Morton , archbishop of Canterbury , cardinal , and chancellor of England ; a man that was not less ...
... seems to be ( P ) See his Utopia , from which the following is extracted : " I was then much obliged to that reverend prelate , John Morton , archbishop of Canterbury , cardinal , and chancellor of England ; a man that was not less ...
Side xiii
... seems wanting ; for , as the matter remains at present , you hang a malefactor for a simple robbery ; and you can do no more to the villain who has poisoned his father . Somewhat of the sort we have been describing was the proposal ...
... seems wanting ; for , as the matter remains at present , you hang a malefactor for a simple robbery ; and you can do no more to the villain who has poisoned his father . Somewhat of the sort we have been describing was the proposal ...
Side xvi
... seems , in benevolence and a love of truth , is a passion by which ignorance and kind intention have rushed on with fearless impetuosity , and wisdom been hurried into lamentable excess . Intelligence is conscious of the blessings which ...
... seems , in benevolence and a love of truth , is a passion by which ignorance and kind intention have rushed on with fearless impetuosity , and wisdom been hurried into lamentable excess . Intelligence is conscious of the blessings which ...
Side xviii
... seems to be the return of this obligation . ” 4thly , It is improper to be deterred by fear of self - injury from contributing to the detection and correction of error . " I was never trained to pace in the trammels of the church , nor ...
... seems to be the return of this obligation . ” 4thly , It is improper to be deterred by fear of self - injury from contributing to the detection and correction of error . " I was never trained to pace in the trammels of the church , nor ...
Side 37
... seem to myself to have completely sub- stantiated . Beside the prejudice , however , excited against my conclusion , by the circumstance of it's differing from that of several great philosophers , one ( and that , perhaps , the ...
... seem to myself to have completely sub- stantiated . Beside the prejudice , however , excited against my conclusion , by the circumstance of it's differing from that of several great philosophers , one ( and that , perhaps , the ...
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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.