| Cesare marchese di Beccaria - 1767 - 224 pages
...on our minds by repeated impreffions. The death of a criminal is a terrible but momentary fpectacle, and therefore a lefs efficacious method of deterring...deprived of his liberty, condemned, as a beaft of burthen, to repair, by his labour, the injury he has done to fociety. If I commit fuch a crime, lays... | |
| Cesare marchese di Beccaria - 1767 - 282 pages
...on our minds by repeated impreffions. The death of a criminal is a terrible but momentary fpectacle, and therefore a lefs efficacious method of deterring...of a man deprived of his liberty, condemned, as a jo6 • An ESSAY on beaft of burthen, to repair, by his labour, the injury he has done to fociety.... | |
| Cesare marchese di Beccaria - 1775 - 288 pages
...on our minds by repeated impreffions. The death of a criminal is a terrible but momentary fpedacle, and therefore a lefs efficacious method of deterring...man deprived of his liberty, condemned, as a * beaft beaft of burthen, to repair, by his labour, the injury he has done to fociety. If I commit fuch a crime,... | |
| 1794 - 540 pages
...him more obdurate. The death of a criminal is a terrible, but momentary fpectacle, and therefore * lefs efficacious method of deterring others, than...to repair, by his labour, the injury he has done to fociety. t If I commit fuch a crime," fays the Ipeflator to himfelf, " I ihall be reduced I l» that... | |
| Patrick Colquhoun - 1797 - 520 pages
...human nature in proof of my aflertion. The death of a criminal is a terrible, but momentary fpedlacle; and therefore a lefs efficacious method of deterring others, than the continued DOUBTLESS, the fundamental principle of good legiflation is, rather to prevent crimes than to punilh.... | |
| Patrick Colquhoun - 1806 - 736 pages
...my assertion. The death of a criminal is a terrible, but momentary spectacle; and therefore a less efficacious method of deterring others, than the continued example of a man deprived of his liberty, and condemned to repair by his labour, the injury done to Society. A condition so miserable is a much... | |
| Alexander Fraser Tytler (lord Woodhouselee.) - 1807 - 464 pages
...momentary impulse. " The death of a criminal is a terrible, but momentary spectacle, " and therefore a less efficacious method of deterring others, than " the...continued example of a man deprived of his liberty, condemn" ed as a beast of burden, to repair by his labour the injury he has " done to society. If I... | |
| Basil Montagu - 1812 - 494 pages
...death of a criminal is a terrible, but a momentary impulse; and is therefore a less efficacious mode of deterring others, than the' continued example of a man deprived of his liberty, and condemned, as a species of beast of burthen, to repair by the toils of his whole life the injury... | |
| Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - 1814 - 426 pages
...im" pulse. The death of a criminal is a terrible, " but momentary spectacle, and therefore a less " efficacious method of deterring others, than " the...of a man deprived of " his liberty, condemned as a beast of burden, to " repair by his labour the injury he has done to " society. If I commit such a... | |
| Cesare marchese di Beccaria - 1819 - 248 pages
...repeated impression^. The death of a criminal is a terrible but momentary spectacle, and therefore a less efficacious method of deterring others than the continued...of a man deprived of his liberty, condemned, as a beast of burden, to repair, by his labour, the injur he has done to society, If I commit such a crinu:,... | |
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