Samuel Johnson and His TimesBatsford, 1962 - 128 страници |
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... death were actually executed : the form of criminal procedure was very liberal ; witnesses would refuse to testify , and juries to convict , when conviction could only mean death , or they deliberately undervalued stolen goods to save a ...
... death were actually executed : the form of criminal procedure was very liberal ; witnesses would refuse to testify , and juries to convict , when conviction could only mean death , or they deliberately undervalued stolen goods to save a ...
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... death and boys of fourteen hanged , and a few wretched women were burned for coining . Apart from being grossly in- humane , the system was inefficient , since so many criminals escaped to swell the huge army of footpads and highwaymen ...
... death and boys of fourteen hanged , and a few wretched women were burned for coining . Apart from being grossly in- humane , the system was inefficient , since so many criminals escaped to swell the huge army of footpads and highwaymen ...
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... death but faced it with courage , saying towards the end , ' I will be conquered , I will not capitulate . ' On the 13th of December at the beginning of another bitter winter he died . The post - mortem examination showed that he had ...
... death but faced it with courage , saying towards the end , ' I will be conquered , I will not capitulate . ' On the 13th of December at the beginning of another bitter winter he died . The post - mortem examination showed that he had ...
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