The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death, 1. kötetLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - 315 oldal |
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2. oldal
... penalties , than de- scend from the dignity of command , to dispute and expostula- tion . It may , I think , be suspected , that this political arrogance has sometimes found its way into legislative assemblies , and mingled with ...
... penalties , than de- scend from the dignity of command , to dispute and expostula- tion . It may , I think , be suspected , that this political arrogance has sometimes found its way into legislative assemblies , and mingled with ...
4. oldal
... penalties to offences . Death is , as one of the ancients observes , of dreadful things the most dreadful ; an evil , beyond which nothing can be threatened by sublunary power , or feared from human enmity or vengeance . This terror ...
... penalties to offences . Death is , as one of the ancients observes , of dreadful things the most dreadful ; an evil , beyond which nothing can be threatened by sublunary power , or feared from human enmity or vengeance . This terror ...
6. oldal
... penalties for mere violations of property , information will always be hated , and prosecution dreaded . The heart of a good man cannot but recoil at the thought of punishing a slight injury with death ; especially when he remembers ...
... penalties for mere violations of property , information will always be hated , and prosecution dreaded . The heart of a good man cannot but recoil at the thought of punishing a slight injury with death ; especially when he remembers ...
9. oldal
... penalties less uncertain and arbitrary ; where all our accusations are public , and our trials in the face of the world ; where torture is unknown , and every delinquent is judged by such of his equals against whom he can form no ex ...
... penalties less uncertain and arbitrary ; where all our accusations are public , and our trials in the face of the world ; where torture is unknown , and every delinquent is judged by such of his equals against whom he can form no ex ...
10. oldal
... penalties , being seldom or never inflicted , are hardly known to be law by the public : but that rather aggravates the mischief , by laying a snare for the unwary . Yet they cannot but occur to the observation of any one , who hath ...
... penalties , being seldom or never inflicted , are hardly known to be law by the public : but that rather aggravates the mischief , by laying a snare for the unwary . Yet they cannot but occur to the observation of any one , who hath ...
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