The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of DeathLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - 315 oldal |
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vii. oldal
... THOUGHTS ON EXECUTIVE JUSTICE Page 1 8 18 27 35 44 51 59 60 63 68 87 91 112 APPENDIX TO THOUGHTS ON EXECUTIVE JUSTICE ---- OBSERVATIONS UPON THOUGHTS ON EXECUTIVE JUSTICE 125 DR . FRANKLIN 161 DR . GOLDSMITH 165 MERCIER 175 COMMENTARY ...
... THOUGHTS ON EXECUTIVE JUSTICE Page 1 8 18 27 35 44 51 59 60 63 68 87 91 112 APPENDIX TO THOUGHTS ON EXECUTIVE JUSTICE ---- OBSERVATIONS UPON THOUGHTS ON EXECUTIVE JUSTICE 125 DR . FRANKLIN 161 DR . GOLDSMITH 165 MERCIER 175 COMMENTARY ...
1. oldal
... thought to comply rather than obey . We love to overlook the boundaries which we do not wish to pass ; and as the Roman Satirist re- marks , he that has no design to take the life of another , is yet glad to have it in his hands . From ...
... thought to comply rather than obey . We love to overlook the boundaries which we do not wish to pass ; and as the Roman Satirist re- marks , he that has no design to take the life of another , is yet glad to have it in his hands . From ...
4. oldal
... thought of destroying him . His crime shrinks to nothing compared with his misery ; and severity defeats itself by ex- citing pity . The gibbet , indeed , certainly disables those who die upon it from infesting the community ; but their ...
... thought of destroying him . His crime shrinks to nothing compared with his misery ; and severity defeats itself by ex- citing pity . The gibbet , indeed , certainly disables those who die upon it from infesting the community ; but their ...
6. oldal
... thought of punishing a slight injury with death ; especially when he remembers , that the thief might have procured safety by another crime , from which he was restrained only by his remaining virtue * . * About five years since , the ...
... thought of punishing a slight injury with death ; especially when he remembers , that the thief might have procured safety by another crime , from which he was restrained only by his remaining virtue * . * About five years since , the ...
20. oldal
... thoughts of thousands of wretches , whom their misery , either caused or tolerated by the laws , which favoured the few and outraged the many , had forced in despair to return to a state of nature ; or accused of impossible crimes , the ...
... thoughts of thousands of wretches , whom their misery , either caused or tolerated by the laws , which favoured the few and outraged the many , had forced in despair to return to a state of nature ; or accused of impossible crimes , the ...
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