Speeches on Social and Political Subjects: Military floggingRichard Griffin, 1857 - Great Britain |
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... respect for the character of the profession , pub- lished some strictures on the subject in his Political Register . That work enjoyed in those days a great circulation and influence . It always was one of extra- ordinary ability , and ...
... respect for the character of the profession , pub- lished some strictures on the subject in his Political Register . That work enjoyed in those days a great circulation and influence . It always was one of extra- ordinary ability , and ...
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... respect him the more for pub- lishing a bold and downright opinion , for expressing his feelings strongly ; it is the best proof that he felt keenly . He proposes no less than that the West India islands should be given up , in order to ...
... respect him the more for pub- lishing a bold and downright opinion , for expressing his feelings strongly ; it is the best proof that he felt keenly . He proposes no less than that the West India islands should be given up , in order to ...
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... respect due to a soldier's character ; and , fired with a subject so near his heart , he at once enters into the question of military punishments , paints in language not at all weaker nor less eloquent than that of the publication ...
... respect due to a soldier's character ; and , fired with a subject so near his heart , he at once enters into the question of military punishments , paints in language not at all weaker nor less eloquent than that of the publication ...
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... respect the soldier ; that was a corps before which the triangles were never planted ; " - meaning the triangles against which men are tied up when they receive the punishment of flogging . " There , " he adds , in the same language of ...
... respect the soldier ; that was a corps before which the triangles were never planted ; " - meaning the triangles against which men are tied up when they receive the punishment of flogging . " There , " he adds , in the same language of ...
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... respect of the com- munity , this system renders him despicable in his own eyes , and the object of opprobrium in the state , or of mortifying commiseration . " He is now about to touch upon a topic which I admit to be of some delicacy ...
... respect of the com- munity , this system renders him despicable in his own eyes , and the object of opprobrium in the state , or of mortifying commiseration . " He is now about to touch upon a topic which I admit to be of some delicacy ...
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