Speeches on Social and Political Subjects: Military floggingRichard Griffin, 1857 - Great Britain |
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... observations upon a gentleman whose conduct had come in question . In 1810 he was a con- tributor to the Stamford News , a Lincolnshire paper , distinguished for its constant adherence to the cause of civil and religious liberty . Its ...
... observations upon a gentleman whose conduct had come in question . In 1810 he was a con- tributor to the Stamford News , a Lincolnshire paper , distinguished for its constant adherence to the cause of civil and religious liberty . Its ...
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... observations he uses such expres- sions as these . After judiciously telling us , that " it is in vain to expect a radical reform , until the principle of the practice is combated by argument , and all its evil consequences exposed by ...
... observations he uses such expres- sions as these . After judiciously telling us , that " it is in vain to expect a radical reform , until the principle of the practice is combated by argument , and all its evil consequences exposed by ...
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... observations on the system of punishment adopted in our army , in order to lay a ground - work for his argument , and in case any reader should say , " You have no facts to produce ; this is all mere declamation " -for the purpose of ...
... observations on the system of punishment adopted in our army , in order to lay a ground - work for his argument , and in case any reader should say , " You have no facts to produce ; this is all mere declamation " -for the purpose of ...
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... observe , that , in the course of his argument , he has by no means departed from the rule of fairness and candour which he had laid down for himself in the outset . He brings forward that which makes against him , as well as that which ...
... observe , that , in the course of his argument , he has by no means departed from the rule of fairness and candour which he had laid down for himself in the outset . He brings forward that which makes against him , as well as that which ...
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... observed , and where more is made out of the discipline . This is a deplorable fact , and every European power but our own has suffered grievously from its truth . Now , was it not natural , nay , necessary to the argument of this ...
... observed , and where more is made out of the discipline . This is a deplorable fact , and every European power but our own has suffered grievously from its truth . Now , was it not natural , nay , necessary to the argument of this ...
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