The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death |
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... Judge can ne'er too long deliberate . DRYDEN . POWER and superiority are so flattering and delightful , that fraught with temptation and exposed to danger as they are , scarcely any virtue is so cautious , or any prudence so timorous ...
... Judge can ne'er too long deliberate . DRYDEN . POWER and superiority are so flattering and delightful , that fraught with temptation and exposed to danger as they are , scarcely any virtue is so cautious , or any prudence so timorous ...
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... judge without passion or prejudice , how adequate they are to the evil . It is never usual in the house of peers even to read a private bill , which may affect the property of an indivi- * Baron Montesquieu , Marquis Beccaria , & c ...
... judge without passion or prejudice , how adequate they are to the evil . It is never usual in the house of peers even to read a private bill , which may affect the property of an indivi- * Baron Montesquieu , Marquis Beccaria , & c ...
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Basil Montagu. dual , without first referring it to some of the learned judges , and hearing their report thereon * . And surely equal precaution is necessary , when laws are to be established , which may affect the property , the ...
Basil Montagu. dual , without first referring it to some of the learned judges , and hearing their report thereon * . And surely equal precaution is necessary , when laws are to be established , which may affect the property , the ...
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... judges in their own causes , which was one of the evils that civil government was intended to remedy . Whatever power , therefore , individuals had of punishing offences against the law of nature , that is now vested in the magistrate ...
... judges in their own causes , which was one of the evils that civil government was intended to remedy . Whatever power , therefore , individuals had of punishing offences against the law of nature , that is now vested in the magistrate ...
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... judges , through compassion , will respite one half of the convicts , and recom- mend them to the royal mercy . Among so many chances of escaping , the needy and hardened offender overlooks the multi- tude that suffer ; he boldly ...
... judges , through compassion , will respite one half of the convicts , and recom- mend them to the royal mercy . Among so many chances of escaping , the needy and hardened offender overlooks the multi- tude that suffer ; he boldly ...
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