Speeches on Social and Political Subjects: Military floggingRichard Griffin, 1857 - Great Britain |
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... less clear and distinct than its reasoning , more feeble than its style , or more embarrassed and inefficient than its delivery . The writer and the speaker could hardly be j recognized as the same individual , -such is the effect of ...
... less clear and distinct than its reasoning , more feeble than its style , or more embarrassed and inefficient than its delivery . The writer and the speaker could hardly be j recognized as the same individual , -such is the effect of ...
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... less cutting whipcord , applied by persons who relieve each other at short intervals , that they may bring the full unexhausted strength of a man to the work of scourging . Buonaparte's soldiers have never yet with tingling ears ...
... less cutting whipcord , applied by persons who relieve each other at short intervals , that they may bring the full unexhausted strength of a man to the work of scourging . Buonaparte's soldiers have never yet with tingling ears ...
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... less cruel than the halberts . Surely , then , the Attorney - General ought not to stroke his chin with such complacency , when he refers to the manner in which Buonaparte treats his soldiers . We despise and detest those who would tell ...
... less cruel than the halberts . Surely , then , the Attorney - General ought not to stroke his chin with such complacency , when he refers to the manner in which Buonaparte treats his soldiers . We despise and detest those who would tell ...
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... poured forth by a venal tribe , to gratify the idle curiosity , or the less excusable malignity of the public . To mark out for the indulgence of that propensity , individuals retiring - into the privacy of domestic life , -to hunt them.
... poured forth by a venal tribe , to gratify the idle curiosity , or the less excusable malignity of the public . To mark out for the indulgence of that propensity , individuals retiring - into the privacy of domestic life , -to hunt them.
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... less value to the profes- sion . Among others , he mentions the term , the duration of their service . He says , in a language powerful in- deed , and strong , but anything rather than libellous , It is strange that in a free country ...
... less value to the profes- sion . Among others , he mentions the term , the duration of their service . He says , in a language powerful in- deed , and strong , but anything rather than libellous , It is strange that in a free country ...
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