The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death, Volume 1 |
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... fear , but choice regulates their behaviour ; and would be thought to comply rather than obey . We love to overlook the boundaries which we do not wish to pass ; and as the Roman Satirist re- marks , he that has no design to take the ...
... fear , but choice regulates their behaviour ; and would be thought to comply rather than obey . We love to overlook the boundaries which we do not wish to pass ; and as the Roman Satirist re- marks , he that has no design to take the ...
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... fear of mischief and insecurity of possession : he there- fore exercises the right which societies are supposed to have over the lives of those that compose them , not simply to punish a transgression , but to maintain order and ...
... fear of mischief and insecurity of possession : he there- fore exercises the right which societies are supposed to have over the lives of those that compose them , not simply to punish a transgression , but to maintain order and ...
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... fear of hurrying the offender to that state in which there is no repentance , has conversed very little with mankind . And , whatever epithets of reproach or contempt this compassion may incur from those who confound cruelty with ...
... fear of hurrying the offender to that state in which there is no repentance , has conversed very little with mankind . And , whatever epithets of reproach or contempt this compassion may incur from those who confound cruelty with ...
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... fear , the prosecutor gave him a violent blow with his whip ; but the prisoner , who was a very powerful man , dragged him from his horse , knelt down upon him , and took from him his money and account books . In this situation the ...
... fear , the prosecutor gave him a violent blow with his whip ; but the prisoner , who was a very powerful man , dragged him from his horse , knelt down upon him , and took from him his money and account books . In this situation the ...
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... fear to expose it to the public , could it be supported only by my own observations : I shall therefore , by ascribing it to its author , Sir Thomas More , As the Jury were leaving the Box , the young man who had been robbed begged to ...
... fear to expose it to the public , could it be supported only by my own observations : I shall therefore , by ascribing it to its author , Sir Thomas More , As the Jury were leaving the Box , the young man who had been robbed begged to ...
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