The Penscellwood papers: essays by the author of 'Dr. Hookwell'.1853 |
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... justice between the accuser and the accused ; and we well know how it is a part of the duty of this revenger , " in the present time , to learn whether any cause of malicious revenge exists in the bosom of a prosecutor , or of any of ...
... justice between the accuser and the accused ; and we well know how it is a part of the duty of this revenger , " in the present time , to learn whether any cause of malicious revenge exists in the bosom of a prosecutor , or of any of ...
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... justice and equity , by which we maintain our posses- sions , or recover them out of the hands of violent aggressors : only it obliges us to do that in a soft and gentle manner , without rigour or resentment . The same charity , though ...
... justice and equity , by which we maintain our posses- sions , or recover them out of the hands of violent aggressors : only it obliges us to do that in a soft and gentle manner , without rigour or resentment . The same charity , though ...
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... justice , seeing how accidentally all forms of the moral constitution are distributed , and how thoroughly mutual obligation shines throughout the whole frame of society - the strong to help the weak , the good to redeem and restrain ...
... justice , seeing how accidentally all forms of the moral constitution are distributed , and how thoroughly mutual obligation shines throughout the whole frame of society - the strong to help the weak , the good to redeem and restrain ...
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... Justice Coleridge has lately stated , that it grieves him to find that " the crimes , from which Capital Punishment had been taken away , had increased more in proportion than any other . The offences of cutting and wounding , attempts ...
... Justice Coleridge has lately stated , that it grieves him to find that " the crimes , from which Capital Punishment had been taken away , had increased more in proportion than any other . The offences of cutting and wounding , attempts ...
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... justice ; the public press teems with his biography : Lords and Ladies send their valets to police officers for the latest information : and when his trial comes on , the court is crowded to suffocation even with the female sex - their ...
... justice ; the public press teems with his biography : Lords and Ladies send their valets to police officers for the latest information : and when his trial comes on , the court is crowded to suffocation even with the female sex - their ...
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Page 130 - Scotland, in doctrine, worship, discipline and government, against our common enemies ; the reformation of religion in the kingdoms of England and Ireland, in doctrine, worship, discipline and government, according to the Word of God. and the example of the best reformed Churches...
Page 4 - Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days : which are a shadow of things to come ; but the body is of Christ.
Page 89 - We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
Page 70 - The learned, the judicious, the pious Boerhaave relates that he never saw a criminal dragged to execution without asking himself: 'Who knows whether this man is not less culpable than me?' On the days when the prisons of this city are emptied into the grave let every spectator of the dreadful procession put the same question to his own heart.
Page 98 - For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
Page 6 - Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.
Page 132 - That we shall in like manner, without respect of persons, endeavour the extirpation of Popery, prelacy (that is, Church government by Archbishops, Bishops, their Chancellors and Commissaries, Deans, Deans and Chapters, Archdeacons, and all other ecclesiastical officers depending on that hierarchy...
Page 12 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: but I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Page 315 - A punishment to be just, should have only that degree of severity which is sufficient to deter others.
Page 14 - And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned...