Essays on the Punishment of DeathThe author, 1844 - 237 sivua |
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Sivu 37
... manner making the offence capital , one of the prisoners was found guilty of thus stealing to the value of five shillings , and the other to the value of four shillings and ten pence . ' Lord SUFFIELD , speaking on this subject in ...
... manner making the offence capital , one of the prisoners was found guilty of thus stealing to the value of five shillings , and the other to the value of four shillings and ten pence . ' Lord SUFFIELD , speaking on this subject in ...
Sivu 46
... manner . Who does not execrate in his heart those laws which require such a horrid spectacle ? The law knows no bounds to its cruelty , for we have an account of the execution of a pirate , in Boston , even after his attempt to commit ...
... manner . Who does not execrate in his heart those laws which require such a horrid spectacle ? The law knows no bounds to its cruelty , for we have an account of the execution of a pirate , in Boston , even after his attempt to commit ...
Sivu 48
... manner in which he behaved after mounting the scaffold . He took his cap off his head , waved it in a sort of triumph , and began to dance like a maniac in his chains . He recognized some individual who was seated on a housetop oppo ...
... manner in which he behaved after mounting the scaffold . He took his cap off his head , waved it in a sort of triumph , and began to dance like a maniac in his chains . He recognized some individual who was seated on a housetop oppo ...
Sivu 49
... manner , as proved her mind to be in a distracted and desponding state ; and the child was sucking at her breast when she set out for Tyburn [ gallows . ] * We have not presented these scenes to harrow up the mind of the reader , but ...
... manner , as proved her mind to be in a distracted and desponding state ; and the child was sucking at her breast when she set out for Tyburn [ gallows . ] * We have not presented these scenes to harrow up the mind of the reader , but ...
Sivu 62
... manner ; and this is by no means the only instance where the crime seems to have been di- rectly suggested by the punishment intended to pre- vent it . ' * There is another view that should be taken of this subject , which is , that ...
... manner ; and this is by no means the only instance where the crime seems to have been di- rectly suggested by the punishment intended to pre- vent it . ' * There is another view that should be taken of this subject , which is , that ...
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abolished advocates Arson beast benefit of clergy blood Boston Bowdoin College brother Cain capital offences Capital Punishment Christ Christian command committed condemned convicted court covenant crime criminal divine earth England ESSAY eyes fact father feel French Revolution gallows gibbet give guilty hand hang hangman heart heaven human hundred imprisonment inflicted innocent Jesus judge jury labor Lamech legislation liberty lives look Lord manslaughter martial music ment mind moral Moses murder never object Old Bailey penal penalty persons poor present principle prisoner public executions punishment of death put to death Rantoul reader reason reform remark revenge ROBERT RANTOUL sacred says scaffold scene SHALT NOT KILL shed slave society solemn soul spirit Statutes stealing suffering suicide SYLVESTER JUDD Thou shalt thought thousand tion truth Tuscany unto victim violence voice wife writer
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Sivu 135 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Sivu 127 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth ; and from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Sivu 125 - And now art thou cursed from the earth which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. 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.
Sivu 122 - And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
Sivu 175 - And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Sivu 175 - Then came Peter to him, and said ; Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him ? till seven times ? Jesus saith unto him ; I say not unto thee, until seven times, but until seventy times seven.
Sivu 134 - And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark...
Sivu 171 - Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Sivu 134 - And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man and cattle and the creeping things and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth; and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
Sivu 158 - If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.