American Quarterly Review, Том 22Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1837 |
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... opinion it is the only method that can reach the offence . We repeat again , never may the brutal practice of public whipping be resorted to , excepting when the culprit has struck a defenceless man . Never may we see the flesh of a ...
... opinion it is the only method that can reach the offence . We repeat again , never may the brutal practice of public whipping be resorted to , excepting when the culprit has struck a defenceless man . Never may we see the flesh of a ...
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... opinion . A stop should at once be put to duelling ; it is more within the control of the laws than war - it comes home immediately to our bosoms , and it is enacted before our eyes . But while we so strongly urge this point , let us ...
... opinion . A stop should at once be put to duelling ; it is more within the control of the laws than war - it comes home immediately to our bosoms , and it is enacted before our eyes . But while we so strongly urge this point , let us ...
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... opinion with that wise and eloquent statesman Edmund Burke , that " unless the crime is of the deepest dye ( and how can duelling be such a crime when war is not ) , we should not punish severely , for people at last get tired of such ...
... opinion with that wise and eloquent statesman Edmund Burke , that " unless the crime is of the deepest dye ( and how can duelling be such a crime when war is not ) , we should not punish severely , for people at last get tired of such ...
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... opinion , there never was a good war , nor a bad peace . " The Lord Chancellor Brougham thus strongly expresses his abhorrence of war- " But my principles - they may be derided , they may be unfashionable , but I hope they are spreading ...
... opinion , there never was a good war , nor a bad peace . " The Lord Chancellor Brougham thus strongly expresses his abhorrence of war- " But my principles - they may be derided , they may be unfashionable , but I hope they are spreading ...
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... opinion likewise , for , if she had not considered her lucubrations as a full equivalent for all the kindness and all the facilities that were accorded her , she never could have sat down so coolly to the task of ripping up our little ...
... opinion likewise , for , if she had not considered her lucubrations as a full equivalent for all the kindness and all the facilities that were accorded her , she never could have sat down so coolly to the task of ripping up our little ...
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