The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 121A. Constable, 1865 |
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Page 81
... capital , and afterwards marched under Sir Arthur Wel- lesley to attack the Danish lines ; was engaged in the battle of Kioge , and took part in the pursuit of the defeated enemy . He records with indignant disgust the brutal marauding ...
... capital , and afterwards marched under Sir Arthur Wel- lesley to attack the Danish lines ; was engaged in the battle of Kioge , and took part in the pursuit of the defeated enemy . He records with indignant disgust the brutal marauding ...
Page 109
... there is the commission ap- pointed to inquire into capital punishments which seems to announce a doubt on behalf of the advisers of the Crown , whether death - punishment in any shape ought to be 1865 . 109 Criminal Law Reform .
... there is the commission ap- pointed to inquire into capital punishments which seems to announce a doubt on behalf of the advisers of the Crown , whether death - punishment in any shape ought to be 1865 . 109 Criminal Law Reform .
Page 111
... capital punishments derived from the presumed sanctity of human life and the absence of any right in society to deprive any of its members of that existence which it did not confer upon them , finds , as might be expected , little ...
... capital punishments derived from the presumed sanctity of human life and the absence of any right in society to deprive any of its members of that existence which it did not confer upon them , finds , as might be expected , little ...
Page 112
... capital cases ; so that the severity of the punishment when inflicted is in this view more than counteracted by the difficulties which that very severity puts in the way of obtaining any punishment at all . The first remark we have to ...
... capital cases ; so that the severity of the punishment when inflicted is in this view more than counteracted by the difficulties which that very severity puts in the way of obtaining any punishment at all . The first remark we have to ...
Page 113
... capital punishment of individuals , but against the indiscriminate mas- sacre of the whole male population of a great city . But it is quite evident that such an argument proves too much . If the master passions of mankind are so ...
... capital punishment of individuals , but against the indiscriminate mas- sacre of the whole male population of a great city . But it is quite evident that such an argument proves too much . If the master passions of mankind are so ...
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Page 593 - The property which every man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony of a poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands; and to hinder him from employing this strength and dexterity in what manner he thinks proper without injury to his neighbour is a plain violation of this most sacred property.
Page 164 - Concerning appeals, if any shall arise, they ought to proceed from the archdeacon to the bishop, and from the bishop to the archbishop : and, if the archbishop...
Page 162 - ... when any cause of the law divine happened to come in question, or of spiritual learning, then it was declared, interpreted and showed by that part of the body politic called the spiritualty, now being usually called the English Church...
Page 176 - And here it is to be noted, that such Ornaments of the Church and of the Ministers thereof, at all Times of their Ministration, shall be retained, and be in use, as were in this Church of England, by the Authority of Parliament, in the Second Year of the Reign of King Edward the Sixth.
Page 186 - Assembly, to make laws for the peace, welfare, and good government...
Page 146 - And these all night upon the * bridge of war Sat glorying ; many a fire before them blazed : As when in heaven the stars about the moon Look beautiful, when all the winds are laid, And every height comes out, and jutting peak * Or, ridge. And valley, and the immeasurable heavens Break open to their highest, and all the stars Shine, and the Shepherd gladdens in his heart...
Page 269 - Manassas in order to hasten to cover Richmond and Norfolk. He must do this; for, should he permit us to occupy Richmond, his destruction can be averted only by entirely defeating us in a battle in which he must be the assailant.
Page 187 - ... 1. The public debt and property. 2. The regulation of trade and commerce. 3. The imposition or regulation of duties of Customs on imports and exports, except on exports of timber, logs, masts, spars, deals, and sawn lumber, and of coal and other minerals.
Page 189 - In regard to all subjects over which jurisdiction belongs to both the general and local Legislatures, the laws of the general Parliament shall control and supersede those made by the local Legislature, and the latter shall be void so far as they are repugnant to, or inconsistent with, the former.
Page 162 - ... that part of the said body politic called the spiritualty, now being usually called the English Church, which always hath been reputed, and also found of that sort, that both for knowledge, integrity, and sufficiency of number, it hath been always thought, and is also at this hour sufficient, and meet of itself, without the intermeddling of any exterior person or persons, to declare and determine all such doubts, and to administer all such offices and duties as to their rooms spiritual doth appertain...