The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death |
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1. oldal
Even those that have most reverence for the laws of right , are pleased with
shewing that not fear , but choice regulates their behaviour ; and would be
thought to eomply rather than obey . We love to overlook the boundaries which
we do not ...
Even those that have most reverence for the laws of right , are pleased with
shewing that not fear , but choice regulates their behaviour ; and would be
thought to eomply rather than obey . We love to overlook the boundaries which
we do not ...
3. oldal
... not merely by the loss or pain which single acts may produce , but by the
general alarm and anxiety arising from the fear of mischief and insecurity of
possession : he therefore exercises the right which societies are supposed to
have over the ...
... not merely by the loss or pain which single acts may produce , but by the
general alarm and anxiety arising from the fear of mischief and insecurity of
possession : he therefore exercises the right which societies are supposed to
have over the ...
5. oldal
... fear of hurrying the offender to that state in which there is no repentance , has
conversed very little with mankind . And , whatever epithets of reproach or
contempt this compassion may incur from those who confound cruelty with
firmness , I ...
... fear of hurrying the offender to that state in which there is no repentance , has
conversed very little with mankind . And , whatever epithets of reproach or
contempt this compassion may incur from those who confound cruelty with
firmness , I ...
6. oldal
... the first agony of surprise and fear , the prosecutor gave him a violent blow with
his whip ; but the prisoner , who was a very powerful man , dragged him from his
horse , knelt down upon him , and took from him bis money and account books .
... the first agony of surprise and fear , the prosecutor gave him a violent blow with
his whip ; but the prisoner , who was a very powerful man , dragged him from his
horse , knelt down upon him , and took from him bis money and account books .
7. oldal
This scheme of invigorating the laws by relaxation , and extirpating wickedness
by lenity , is so remote from common practice , that I might reasonably fear to
expose it to the public , could it be supported only by my own observations : I
shall ...
This scheme of invigorating the laws by relaxation , and extirpating wickedness
by lenity , is so remote from common practice , that I might reasonably fear to
expose it to the public , could it be supported only by my own observations : I
shall ...
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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.
Bibliográfiai információk
| Cím | The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death Making of Modern Law legal treatises |
| Szerző | Basil Montagu |
| Kiadó | Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 |
| Eredeti forrása | a New York-i Közkönyvtár |
| Digitalizálva: | 2007. febr. 9. |
| Terjedelem | 315 oldal |
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