Essays on the Punishment of DeathThe author, 1844 - 237 sivua |
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Sivu 43
... scene of horror ensued that beggars descrip- tion . He dashed from the foot of the scaffold among the military . But he was easily secured . Then followed a scene of horror , which we pray may find no parallel hereafter in the execution ...
... scene of horror ensued that beggars descrip- tion . He dashed from the foot of the scaffold among the military . But he was easily secured . Then followed a scene of horror , which we pray may find no parallel hereafter in the execution ...
Sivu 49
... scenes to harrow up the mind of the reader , but rather to show the influ- ence of public executions upon the criminal , and the multitudes who attend such scenes . We see that the poor creatures are overwhelmed with their fate - that ...
... scenes to harrow up the mind of the reader , but rather to show the influ- ence of public executions upon the criminal , and the multitudes who attend such scenes . We see that the poor creatures are overwhelmed with their fate - that ...
Sivu 51
... Scene 3 . ' The wretch thus addressed is described as a " man that apprehends death no more dreadfully , but as a drunken dream ; -careless , reckless , and fearless of what's past , present or to come . " " ESSAY V. EFFECT OF PUBLIC ...
... Scene 3 . ' The wretch thus addressed is described as a " man that apprehends death no more dreadfully , but as a drunken dream ; -careless , reckless , and fearless of what's past , present or to come . " " ESSAY V. EFFECT OF PUBLIC ...
Sivu 54
... scene around the gallows . After speaking of the appearance of the prisoner , his chains and his coffin , and the priest , ' with white robes and reverend mien , ' he says : The heart of the reader would sicken at the recital of the par ...
... scene around the gallows . After speaking of the appearance of the prisoner , his chains and his coffin , and the priest , ' with white robes and reverend mien , ' he says : The heart of the reader would sicken at the recital of the par ...
Sivu 59
... a moral influence , why not have them in the squares of our crowded cities ? Why * See Laws of Maine , Massachusetts and New York , Appendix I. not congregate the whole community to witness the scene ? UPON THE SPECTATORS . 59.
... a moral influence , why not have them in the squares of our crowded cities ? Why * See Laws of Maine , Massachusetts and New York , Appendix I. not congregate the whole community to witness the scene ? UPON THE SPECTATORS . 59.
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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.