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... ment . That , on great emergencies , the State may justifiably pass a retrospective act against an offender , we have no doubt whatever . We are acquainted with only one argument on the other side , which has in it enough of reason to ...
... ment . That , on great emergencies , the State may justifiably pass a retrospective act against an offender , we have no doubt whatever . We are acquainted with only one argument on the other side , which has in it enough of reason to ...
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... ment , but that , where the punishment stops short of death , the objections are comparatively trifling . Now the practice of taking the severity of the penalty into consideration , when the question is about the mode of procedure and ...
... ment , but that , where the punishment stops short of death , the objections are comparatively trifling . Now the practice of taking the severity of the penalty into consideration , when the question is about the mode of procedure and ...
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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Alexander James Grieve. ment would be quietly transferred to the miniature Parliament which he proposed to create ... ment , a change of Ministry almost necessarily follows . Sir William Temple 247.
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Alexander James Grieve. ment would be quietly transferred to the miniature Parliament which he proposed to create ... ment , a change of Ministry almost necessarily follows . Sir William Temple 247.
Contents
ENGLISH HISTORY | 3 |
Introduction by Douglas Jerrold | 18 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 405 |
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