The Eclectic Review, Volume 11; Volume 29Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood C. Taylor, 1819 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 3
... interest has been simultaneously excited , and respecting which the House of Lords has pledged itself to institute an inquiry . If it is an acknowledged evil that the sentence should be severer than the punishment , it must be admitted ...
... interest has been simultaneously excited , and respecting which the House of Lords has pledged itself to institute an inquiry . If it is an acknowledged evil that the sentence should be severer than the punishment , it must be admitted ...
Page 4
... interest , are inseparably united . ' With regard to the necessity of some reform in the system of our Prison Discipline , there exists indeed a difference of feeling , but scarcely a difference of opinion . Mr. Buxton's work , by a ...
... interest , are inseparably united . ' With regard to the necessity of some reform in the system of our Prison Discipline , there exists indeed a difference of feeling , but scarcely a difference of opinion . Mr. Buxton's work , by a ...
Page 5
... interest are alike implicated in our solicitude for the maintenance of their authority ; and punishment , when conformable to our ideas of what the laws justly require as the sanction of that authority , is viewed with unmixed appro ...
... interest are alike implicated in our solicitude for the maintenance of their authority ; and punishment , when conformable to our ideas of what the laws justly require as the sanction of that authority , is viewed with unmixed appro ...
Page 6
... interest excited in the court . The judge passed sentence of death . She instantly fell lifeless at the bar . Lord Kenyon , whose sensibility was not impaired by the sad duties of his office , cried out in great agitation from the Bench ...
... interest excited in the court . The judge passed sentence of death . She instantly fell lifeless at the bar . Lord Kenyon , whose sensibility was not impaired by the sad duties of his office , cried out in great agitation from the Bench ...
Page 7
... interests of society . Is it not then of infinite con- sequence , that legislators should not be misled by the design of striking with terror the offender , to overlook , in the severity of the sanction , the danger of weakening the ...
... interests of society . Is it not then of infinite con- sequence , that legislators should not be misled by the design of striking with terror the offender , to overlook , in the severity of the sanction , the danger of weakening the ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Apostles appear Author Bible Bishop Captain Catholic character Christ Christian Church of England Church of Rome circumstances clergy coast considerable Council of Trent Court crime depreciation Divine doctrine duty edition effect English Epistle faith Father favour feel France French Gospel Gulf of Carpentaria Hebrew Holy honour human illustrated important influence instances interest King labour language laws Letters Lord Louis XVI manner means ment mind minister Mirabeau moral nation nature Necker never object observations Old Testament opinion original party passage persons poem political Popery Port Jackson possess present priests principles prison Protestant punishment racter readers reign religion religious remarks respect Romish royal says Scriptures seems sentiment Septuagint Sermons shew Society spirit Staël talent Terra Australis Testament thing tion truth vols volume whole words writers
Popular passages
Page 178 - And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country ; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat : and no man gave unto him.
Page 446 - Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 450 - The Offering of Christ once made is that perfect redemption, propitiation, and satisfaction, for all the sins of the whole world, both original and actual; and there is none other satisfaction for sin, but that alone.
Page 305 - The Romish Doctrine concerning Purgatory, Pardons, Worshipping and Adoration, as well of Images as of Relics, and also Invocation of Saints, is a fond thing, vainly invented, and grounded upon no warranty of Scripture, but rather repugnant to the Word of God.
Page 151 - Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Page 566 - NOW was the hour that wakens fond desire In men at sea, and melts their thoughtful heart Who in the morn have bid sweet friends farewell, And pilgrim newly on his road with love Thrills, if he hear the vesper bell from far, That seems to mourn for the expiring day...
Page 264 - My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass : Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
Page 591 - And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.
Page 356 - Which is the prophet of God? But her answer we have already had; when she saw part of this scene through the eyes of the centurion who attended at the cross ; by him she spoke and said, " Tnily this man was the Son of God.
Page 97 - If I was surprised to find him there, I was still more astonished when he acquainted me with the motives which had induced him to hazard a journey to England at this juncture. The impatience of his friends who were in exile, had formed a scheme which was impracticable; but although it had been as feasible as they had represented it to him, yet no preparation had been made, nor was any thing ready to carry it into execution.