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... danger of it hang over the crimes of many . The tenderness of the law cannot be taken advan- tage of . The life of the subject is spared , as far as the necessity of restraint ́ and intimidation permits ; yet no one will adventure upon ...
... danger of it hang over the crimes of many . The tenderness of the law cannot be taken advan- tage of . The life of the subject is spared , as far as the necessity of restraint ́ and intimidation permits ; yet no one will adventure upon ...
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... danger , of possible mistake or mischance ; nor will they appear to him more formidable than they really are , for his attention is not distracted - he has but one business , and that is with the object before him . Neither in general ...
... danger , of possible mistake or mischance ; nor will they appear to him more formidable than they really are , for his attention is not distracted - he has but one business , and that is with the object before him . Neither in general ...
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... danger and foresees the possibi- lities of mischief in approaching innovation . Such fear , if illusive , soon passes away . We are told , in a work upon the alteration of the penal law of America , that " the late worthy and much ...
... danger and foresees the possibi- lities of mischief in approaching innovation . Such fear , if illusive , soon passes away . We are told , in a work upon the alteration of the penal law of America , that " the late worthy and much ...
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... danger he had incurred by his imprudence , thought it expedient for a short time to retire from Rome . He did not , however , relinquish his project , which he had committed to his secretary , Antonio Nino , who was to accelerate its ...
... danger he had incurred by his imprudence , thought it expedient for a short time to retire from Rome . He did not , however , relinquish his project , which he had committed to his secretary , Antonio Nino , who was to accelerate its ...
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... danger to which the law requires him to expose himself ; and , when the sovereign informs him that " his death is essential to the common weal , " he must submit to die : since it has been upon this ground alone , that he has hitherto ...
... danger to which the law requires him to expose himself ; and , when the sovereign informs him that " his death is essential to the common weal , " he must submit to die : since it has been upon this ground alone , that he has hitherto ...
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Страница xvii - I HOLD every man a debtor to his profession; from the which, as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavour themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto.
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Страница 117 - The good LORD pardon every one That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
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Страница 69 - It is further to be observed, that owing to the different manners and degrees in which persons under different circumstances are affected by the same exciting cause, a punishment which is the same in name will not always either really produce, or even so much as appear to others to produce, in two different persons the same degree of pain : therefore, That the quantity actually inflicted on each individual offender may correspond to the quantity intended for similar offenders in general, the several...
Страница 235 - They ought rather to reflect, that he who falls by a mistaken sentence, may be considered as falling for his country ; whilst he suffers under the operation of those rules, by the general effect and tendency of which the welfare of the community is maintained and upholden. CHAPTER X. OF RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS, AND OF TOLERATION. ' A RELIGIOUS establishment is no part of Christianity ; it is only the means of inculcating it.
Страница 385 - Majesty that it may be enacted ; and be it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that so much of the said Act as...
Страница 387 - ... of the value of forty shillings or more, being in any dwelling-house, or outhouse thereunto belonging, although such house or outhouse be not actually broken by such offender, and although the owner of such goods, or any other person or persons be or be not in such house or outhouse, being thereof convicted, shall be absolutely debarred of and from the benefit of clergy.
Страница 186 - When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.