 | Cesare marchese di Beccaria - 1767 - 224 pages
...hope, the bell gift of heaven, hath the power of difpelling the apprehenfion of a greater ; efpecially if fupported by examples of impunity, which weaknefs,...atrocious crimes were committed ; for the hand of the Icgiflator and the afiailm were directed by the Tame fpirit of ferocity ; which, on the throne, di... | |
 | Cesare marchese di Beccaria - 1767 - 282 pages
...hope, the befl gift of heaven, hath the power of difpelling the apprehenfion of a greater; efpecially if fupported by examples of impunity, which weaknefs,...frequently afford. IF punifhments be very fevere, men &re naturally led to the perpetration of other crimes, to avoid the punimment due to the firft. The... | |
 | Cesare marchese di Beccaria - 1775 - 288 pages
...hope, the beft gift of heaven, hath the power ©f difpelling the apprehenfion of a greater ; efpecially if fupported by examples of impunity, which weaknefs or avarice too frequently afford. IF IF punifhments be very fevere, men are naturally led to the perpetration of other Crimes, to avoid... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1809 - 338 pages
...examples of impunity, which weakness or avarice too frequently afford. If punishments be very severe, men are naturally led to the perpetration of other crimes, to avoid the punishment due to the first. The countries and times most notorious for severity of punishments, were... | |
 | Cesare marchese di Beccaria - 1819 - 248 pages
...examples of impunity, which weakness or avarice too frequently afford. If punishments be very severe, men are naturally led to the perpetration of other crimes, to avoid the punishment due to the first. The countries and times most notorious for severity of punishments were... | |
 | 1823 - 836 pages
...the fear of one more severe, if attended with the hope of escaping. If punishments be very severe, men are naturally led to the perpetration of other crimes to avoid the punishment due to the first. In proportion as punishments become more cruel, the minds of men, as a... | |
 | 1823 - 836 pages
...the fear of one more severe, if attended with the hope of escaping. If punishments be very severe, men are naturally led to the perpetration of other crimes to avoid the punishment due to the first. In proportion as punishments become more cruel, the minds of men, as a... | |
 | Maine. Legislature - 1835 - 822 pages
...than the fear of one more severe, if attended with hopes of escaping." If punishments be very severe, men are naturally led to the perpetration of other crimes to avoid the punishment due to the first." To the opinion of these gentlemen might be added that of many more, both... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1836 - 470 pages
...be found in the 26th Chapter of his work on Crimes and Punishments. " If punishments be very severe, men are naturally led to the perpetration of other crimes, to avoid the punishment due to the first. The countries and times most notorious for severity of punishments, were... | |
 | John Taylor - 1839 - 258 pages
...examples of impunity, which weakness or avarice too frequently affords. If punishments be very severe, men are naturally led to the perpetration of other crimes, to avoid the punishment due to the first.—Beeearia. Dogmatism.—A dogmatical spirit inclines a man to be censorious... | |
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... mankind to be terrified at the approach of the smallest inevitable evil, whilst hope, the best gift of Heaven, hath the power of dispelling the apprehension of a greater, especially if supported by examples of impunity, which weakness or avarice too... 
