The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death, 1. kötetLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - 315 oldal |
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3. oldal
... seem willing to despair of its efficacy , and of those who employ their speculations upon the present corruptions of the people , some propose the introduction of more horrid , and lingering , terrific punishments ; some are inclined to ...
... seem willing to despair of its efficacy , and of those who employ their speculations upon the present corruptions of the people , some propose the introduction of more horrid , and lingering , terrific punishments ; some are inclined to ...
4. oldal
... ex- citing pity : The gibbet , indeed , certainly disables those who die upon it from infesting the community ; but their death seems not to contribute more to the reformation of their associates , than DR . JOHNSON .
... ex- citing pity : The gibbet , indeed , certainly disables those who die upon it from infesting the community ; but their death seems not to contribute more to the reformation of their associates , than DR . JOHNSON .
9. oldal
... seem to want revision and amendment . These have chiefly arisen from too scrupulous an adherence to some rules of the ancient common law , when the reasons have ceased upon which those rules were founded ; from not repealing such of the ...
... seem to want revision and amendment . These have chiefly arisen from too scrupulous an adherence to some rules of the ancient common law , when the reasons have ceased upon which those rules were founded ; from not repealing such of the ...
15. oldal
... seems to have well studied the springs of human action † , that crimes are more effectually prevented by the certainty than by the severity of punishment . For the excessive severity of laws ( says Montesquieu ‡ ) hinders their ...
... seems to have well studied the springs of human action † , that crimes are more effectually prevented by the certainty than by the severity of punishment . For the excessive severity of laws ( says Montesquieu ‡ ) hinders their ...
23. oldal
... seems rather to be the beginning than the end of their misery . The mind , by collecting itself and uniting all its force , can , for a moment , repel assailing grief ; but its most vi- gorous efforts are insufficient to resist ...
... seems rather to be the beginning than the end of their misery . The mind , by collecting itself and uniting all its force , can , for a moment , repel assailing grief ; but its most vi- gorous efforts are insufficient to resist ...
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