Speeches on Social and Political Subjects: Military floggingRichard Griffin, 1857 - Great Britain |
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... manner . But he afterwards defended himself in 1820 against actions brought by private parties whom he had slan- dered ; and then , having by practice during the inter- val acquired considerable ease of speaking , his appear- ance was ...
... manner . But he afterwards defended himself in 1820 against actions brought by private parties whom he had slan- dered ; and then , having by practice during the inter- val acquired considerable ease of speaking , his appear- ance was ...
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... manner ; there is not a man in his ranks whose back is seamed with the lacerating cat - o ' - nine- tails ; his soldiers have never yet been brought up to view one of their comrades stripped naked ; his limbs tied with ropes to a ...
... manner ; there is not a man in his ranks whose back is seamed with the lacerating cat - o ' - nine- tails ; his soldiers have never yet been brought up to view one of their comrades stripped naked ; his limbs tied with ropes to a ...
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... manner ; that is very true . He imprisons his refractory troops , occasionally in chains , and in aggravated cases he puts them to death . But any of these severities is preferable to tying a human creature up like a dog , and cutting ...
... manner ; that is very true . He imprisons his refractory troops , occasionally in chains , and in aggravated cases he puts them to death . But any of these severities is preferable to tying a human creature up like a dog , and cutting ...
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... manner , he had offered them as coldly and dryly as if he were drawing out a regimental return " How many men are there who have now not the faintest wish to leave their own estates even for a journey into another country , but who , if ...
... manner , he had offered them as coldly and dryly as if he were drawing out a regimental return " How many men are there who have now not the faintest wish to leave their own estates even for a journey into another country , but who , if ...
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... manner . Gentlemen , I entreat you now to look a little to- wards the composition itself on which the Attorney- General has commented so amply . With respect to the motto , which is taken from an eloquent address of his to a jury upon a ...
... manner . Gentlemen , I entreat you now to look a little to- wards the composition itself on which the Attorney- General has commented so amply . With respect to the motto , which is taken from an eloquent address of his to a jury upon a ...
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