Speeches on Social and Political Subjects: Military floggingRichard Griffin, 1857 - Great Britain |
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... once his high sense of honour , and his de- votion to his principles , by steadily refusing to give up the author's name , when menaced with a prosecution . These remarks of Mr. Scott were soon afterwards copied into the Examiner , a ...
... once his high sense of honour , and his de- votion to his principles , by steadily refusing to give up the author's name , when menaced with a prosecution . These remarks of Mr. Scott were soon afterwards copied into the Examiner , a ...
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... once degenerate into a mob ; when the description of persons which compose the body of what is called an army , and the situations in which it is frequently placed , are also taken into account , it will , we are afraid , appear but too ...
... once degenerate into a mob ; when the description of persons which compose the body of what is called an army , and the situations in which it is frequently placed , are also taken into account , it will , we are afraid , appear but too ...
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... once decide us . No ad- vantage whatever can compensate for , or render tolerable to a mind but one degree removed from brutality , a liability to be lashed like a beast . It is idle to talk about rendering the situ- ation of a British ...
... once decide us . No ad- vantage whatever can compensate for , or render tolerable to a mind but one degree removed from brutality , a liability to be lashed like a beast . It is idle to talk about rendering the situ- ation of a British ...
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... once forsook their bosoms , and they betook themselves to flight and to howling . We entertain no anxiety about the character of our countrymen in Portugal , when we contemplate their meeting the bayonets of Massena's troops ; but we ...
... once forsook their bosoms , and they betook themselves to flight and to howling . We entertain no anxiety about the character of our countrymen in Portugal , when we contemplate their meeting the bayonets of Massena's troops ; but we ...
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... once safely abandoned . But whatever may be the result of the inquiry , it is now an entirely open question . Its being thus thrown open , and placed on the same footing with every other chapter of our penal code , will assuredly lead ...
... once safely abandoned . But whatever may be the result of the inquiry , it is now an entirely open question . Its being thus thrown open , and placed on the same footing with every other chapter of our penal code , will assuredly lead ...
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