The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death |
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23. oldal
I answer , that if all the miserable moments in the life of a slave were collected
into one point , it would be a more cruel punishment than any other ; but these
are scattered through his whole life , whilst the pain of death exerts all its force in
a ...
I answer , that if all the miserable moments in the life of a slave were collected
into one point , it would be a more cruel punishment than any other ; but these
are scattered through his whole life , whilst the pain of death exerts all its force in
a ...
26. oldal
... that almost all nations in all ages have punished certain crimes with death , I
answer , that the force of these examples vanishes , when opposed to truth ,
against which prescription is urged in vain . The history of mankind is an
immense sea ...
... that almost all nations in all ages have punished certain crimes with death , I
answer , that the force of these examples vanishes , when opposed to truth ,
against which prescription is urged in vain . The history of mankind is an
immense sea ...
29. oldal
The wisdom and humanity of this design furnish a just excuse for the multiplicity
of capital offences , which the laws of England are accused of creating beyond
those of other countries , The charge of cruelty is answered by observing , that ...
The wisdom and humanity of this design furnish a just excuse for the multiplicity
of capital offences , which the laws of England are accused of creating beyond
those of other countries , The charge of cruelty is answered by observing , that ...
31. oldal
Transportation , which is the sentence second in the order of severity , appears to
me to answer the purpose of example very imperfectly ; not only because exile is
in reality a slight punishment to those , who have neither property , nor friends ...
Transportation , which is the sentence second in the order of severity , appears to
me to answer the purpose of example very imperfectly ; not only because exile is
in reality a slight punishment to those , who have neither property , nor friends ...
43. oldal
He was answered , Please your Majesty , he has wrote a libel against your
ministers . The fool ! said the king , why did not he write aguinst me ? they would
have done nothing to him . “ Seventy persons having conspired against the
emperor ...
He was answered , Please your Majesty , he has wrote a libel against your
ministers . The fool ! said the king , why did not he write aguinst me ? they would
have done nothing to him . “ Seventy persons having conspired against the
emperor ...
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288. oldal - Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for God made man in his own image.
17. oldal - It is a melancholy truth, that, among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than a hundred and sixty have been declared, by act of parliament, to be felonies without benefit of clergy ; or, in other words, to be worthy of instant death.
185. oldal - Than the soft myrtle: but man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As make the angels weep; who, with our spleens, Would all themselves laugh mortal.
5. oldal - ... therefore, rarely hinders the commission of a crime, but naturally and commonly prevents its detection, and is, if we proceed only upon prudential principles, chiefly for that reason to be avoided. Whatever may be urged by casuists or politicians, the greater part of mankind, as they can never think that to pick the pocket and to pierce the heart is equally criminal, will scarcely believe that two malefactors so different in guilt can be justly doomed to the same punishment...
119. oldal - Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power ? Do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same. For he is a minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
5. oldal - He who knows not how often rigorous laws produce total impunity, and how many crimes are concealed and forgotten for fear of hurrying the offender to that state in which there is no repentance, has conversed very little with mankind.
16. oldal - If mathematical calculation could be applied to the obscure and infinite combinations of human actions, there might be a corresponding scale of punishments, descending from the greatest to the least: but it will be sufficient that the wise legislator mark the principal divisions, without disturbing the order, lest to crimes of the first degree be assigned punishments of the last.
2. oldal - The learned, the judicious, the pious Boerhaave relates that he never saw a criminal dragged to execution without asking himself: 'Who knows whether this man is not less culpable than me?' On the days when the prisons of this city are emptied into the grave let every spectator of the dreadful procession put the same question to his own heart.