The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of DeathLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - 315 oldal |
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18. oldal
... attended with the hopes of escaping ; for it is the nature of mankind to be terrified at the approach of the smallest inevitable evil , whilst hope , the best gift of heaven , hath the power of dispelling the apprehension of a greater ...
... attended with the hopes of escaping ; for it is the nature of mankind to be terrified at the approach of the smallest inevitable evil , whilst hope , the best gift of heaven , hath the power of dispelling the apprehension of a greater ...
24. oldal
... attend to the reasoning of a robber or assassin , who is deterred from violating the laws by the gibbet or the wheel . 1 am sensible , that to develope the sentiments of one's own heart , is an art which education only can teach : but ...
... attend to the reasoning of a robber or assassin , who is deterred from violating the laws by the gibbet or the wheel . 1 am sensible , that to develope the sentiments of one's own heart , is an art which education only can teach : but ...
25. oldal
... attended with for- mal pageantry . Is it not absurd , that the laws , which detest and punish homicide , should , in order to prevent murder , pub- licly commit murder themselves ? What are the true and most useful laws ? Those compacts ...
... attended with for- mal pageantry . Is it not absurd , that the laws , which detest and punish homicide , should , in order to prevent murder , pub- licly commit murder themselves ? What are the true and most useful laws ? Those compacts ...
27. oldal
... attended with the secret wishes of all mankind ; and tell the king who deigns them a gracious reception , that his fame shall out- shine the glory of conquerors , and that equitable posterity will exalt his peaceful trophies above those ...
... attended with the secret wishes of all mankind ; and tell the king who deigns them a gracious reception , that his fame shall out- shine the glory of conquerors , and that equitable posterity will exalt his peaceful trophies above those ...
33. oldal
... attend future attempts of the same kind . Of frauds or of injuries which are effected without force , the most noxious kinds are forgeries , counterfeiting or di- minishing the coin , and the stealing of letters in the course of their ...
... attend future attempts of the same kind . Of frauds or of injuries which are effected without force , the most noxious kinds are forgeries , counterfeiting or di- minishing the coin , and the stealing of letters in the course of their ...
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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.