The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death, 2. köideLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1812 |
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... sentence comes to be deliberated upon , a small proportion of each class are singled out , the general character , or the peculiar aggravations of whose crimes render them fit examples of public justice . By this expedient few actually ...
... sentence comes to be deliberated upon , a small proportion of each class are singled out , the general character , or the peculiar aggravations of whose crimes render them fit examples of public justice . By this expedient few actually ...
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... in the city . The sentence of deprivation was read by Pietro Bembo . On the following night Petrucci was strangled in prison . The subordinate instruments 1 of this treachery , Battista ' da Vercelli and Antonio B 2 MR . ROSCOE . 3.
... in the city . The sentence of deprivation was read by Pietro Bembo . On the following night Petrucci was strangled in prison . The subordinate instruments 1 of this treachery , Battista ' da Vercelli and Antonio B 2 MR . ROSCOE . 3.
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... sentenced to death , and after suffering excruciating torments , * were finally strangled , and their bodies quartered . Upon strict grounds of positive law the execution of Petrucci may perhaps be justified ; almost all countries ...
... sentenced to death , and after suffering excruciating torments , * were finally strangled , and their bodies quartered . Upon strict grounds of positive law the execution of Petrucci may perhaps be justified ; almost all countries ...
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... sentence announce that he has broken the social contract , and is consequently no longer a member of the state . Having then at least by his residence been regarded as such , he must be cut off by banishment as a violator of his ...
... sentence announce that he has broken the social contract , and is consequently no longer a member of the state . Having then at least by his residence been regarded as such , he must be cut off by banishment as a violator of his ...
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... sentence of the law , may be recovered , and a formal repa- " ration may cause you to forget a misfortune , which will only be remembered by others to the more extended establishment of your innocence and your virtues . But , in the ...
... sentence of the law , may be recovered , and a formal repa- " ration may cause you to forget a misfortune , which will only be remembered by others to the more extended establishment of your innocence and your virtues . But , in the ...
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Page xvii - I HOLD every man a debtor to his profession; from the which, as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavour themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto.
Page 187 - Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner but rather that he may turn from his wickedness, and live...
Page 388 - Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That so much of the said Act as is herein-before recited shall be and the same is hereby repealed.
Page 117 - The good LORD pardon every one That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
Page 121 - Parliament, statutes and ordains that there be a school settled and established and a schoolmaster appointed in every parish not already provided by advice of the heritors and minister of the parish...
Page 69 - It is further to be observed, that owing to the different manners and degrees in which persons under different circumstances are affected by the same exciting cause, a punishment which is the same in name will not always either really produce, or even so much as appear to others to produce, in two different persons the same degree of pain : therefore, That the quantity actually inflicted on each individual offender may correspond to the quantity intended for similar offenders in general, the several...
Page 235 - They ought rather to reflect, that he who falls by a mistaken sentence, may be considered as falling for his country ; whilst he suffers under the operation of those rules, by the general effect and tendency of which the welfare of the community is maintained and upholden. CHAPTER X. OF RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS, AND OF TOLERATION. ' A RELIGIOUS establishment is no part of Christianity ; it is only the means of inculcating it.
Page 385 - Majesty that it may be enacted ; and be it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that so much of the said Act as...
Page 387 - ... of the value of forty shillings or more, being in any dwelling-house, or outhouse thereunto belonging, although such house or outhouse be not actually broken by such offender, and although the owner of such goods, or any other person or persons be or be not in such house or outhouse, being thereof convicted, shall be absolutely debarred of and from the benefit of clergy.
Page 186 - When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.