The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death, Том 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1812 |
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... favoured the new opinions ; but , fair means not prevailing , More made him be whipt in his presence , and after that he sent him to the Tower , where he looked on , and saw him put to the rack . Bainham was af- terwards burnt ...
... favoured the new opinions ; but , fair means not prevailing , More made him be whipt in his presence , and after that he sent him to the Tower , where he looked on , and saw him put to the rack . Bainham was af- terwards burnt ...
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... favour of the existing law . Cassius sternly asserted it's demands ; observed that , though it was rigorous toward slaves , it was useful for society at large ; and concluded his speech by declaring , that ' The individual injustice ...
... favour of the existing law . Cassius sternly asserted it's demands ; observed that , though it was rigorous toward slaves , it was useful for society at large ; and concluded his speech by declaring , that ' The individual injustice ...
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... favour of the barbarous superstition , which has sanctioned the sacrifice of man upon the altar of the Divinity , that human victims have bled in almost every temple ? On the contrary , if I find some societies , though few in num- ber ...
... favour of the barbarous superstition , which has sanctioned the sacrifice of man upon the altar of the Divinity , that human victims have bled in almost every temple ? On the contrary , if I find some societies , though few in num- ber ...
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... favour not to be lavished upon their enemies , * doomed them to live as a punishment : but I will say , that death is only a punishment , as implying the loss of life . It is the grievance rather of losing a great good , than of ...
... favour not to be lavished upon their enemies , * doomed them to live as a punishment : but I will say , that death is only a punishment , as implying the loss of life . It is the grievance rather of losing a great good , than of ...
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... favour of the man , whom the law points out for their abhorrence ; if , in fine , the infliction is so frightful as to deter any one from denounc- ing a crime which he may have witnessed , however persuaded he may be of the advantage to ...
... favour of the man , whom the law points out for their abhorrence ; if , in fine , the infliction is so frightful as to deter any one from denounc- ing a crime which he may have witnessed , however persuaded he may be of the advantage to ...
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