Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1913 |
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... passed prohibiting the celebration of the rites of the Romish Church on pain of forfeiture for the first offence , of a year's imprisonment for the second , and of perpetual imprisonment for the third . A law was next made in 1562 ...
... passed prohibiting the celebration of the rites of the Romish Church on pain of forfeiture for the first offence , of a year's imprisonment for the second , and of perpetual imprisonment for the third . A law was next made in 1562 ...
Page 9
... passed against the Puritans had not even the wretched excuse which we have been considering . In this case , the cruelty was equal , the danger infinitely less . In fact , the danger was created solely by the cruelty . But it is super ...
... passed against the Puritans had not even the wretched excuse which we have been considering . In this case , the cruelty was equal , the danger infinitely less . In fact , the danger was created solely by the cruelty . But it is super ...
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... passed . Everything but death was inflicted . Yet the treatment which Lord Ely experienced was still more scandalous . That nobleman was thrown into prison , in order to compel him to settle his estate in a manner agreeable to his ...
... passed . Everything but death was inflicted . Yet the treatment which Lord Ely experienced was still more scandalous . That nobleman was thrown into prison , in order to compel him to settle his estate in a manner agreeable to his ...
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... passed ; but he draws a distinction less just , we think , than his distinctions usually are . His opinion , so far as we can collect it , is this , that there are almost insur- mountable objections to retrospective laws for capital ...
... passed ; but he draws a distinction less just , we think , than his distinctions usually are . His opinion , so far as we can collect it , is this , that there are almost insur- mountable objections to retrospective laws for capital ...
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... passed to relieve the children of Strafford from the forfeiture and corruption of blood which were the legal consequences of the sentence . The Crown had never shown equal generosity in a case of treason . The liberal conduct of the ...
... passed to relieve the children of Strafford from the forfeiture and corruption of blood which were the legal consequences of the sentence . The Crown had never shown equal generosity in a case of treason . The liberal conduct of the ...
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