The Pamphleteer, Volume 8Abraham John Valpy A.J. Valpy, 1816 |
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... on the PRESENT CRISIS , in a Letter from a Constituent to his Representative . By W. PETER , Esq VIII . On the PUNISHMENT of DEATH . By JOHN WILLIAM POLIDORI , M. D. [ Original ] 215 281 CONTENTS OF NO . XVI . I. On the AMELIORATION.
... on the PRESENT CRISIS , in a Letter from a Constituent to his Representative . By W. PETER , Esq VIII . On the PUNISHMENT of DEATH . By JOHN WILLIAM POLIDORI , M. D. [ Original ] 215 281 CONTENTS OF NO . XVI . I. On the AMELIORATION.
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... punish such offender , ei- ther by ordering his allowance to be abridged , suspended , or withdrawn , or otherwise by committing him to the house of correction , to be whipped and kept to hard labour , not ex- ceeding twenty - one days ...
... punish such offender , ei- ther by ordering his allowance to be abridged , suspended , or withdrawn , or otherwise by committing him to the house of correction , to be whipped and kept to hard labour , not ex- ceeding twenty - one days ...
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... punish - his powers are only called into action when society has suffered an injury . A committee elected by the ... punished for the sins of their parents , I mean natural children who are abandoned by their parents and left without ...
... punish - his powers are only called into action when society has suffered an injury . A committee elected by the ... punished for the sins of their parents , I mean natural children who are abandoned by their parents and left without ...
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... punishments of the Titans , the trivia and wanderings in Hades , and every thing of a similar kind . " Δηλοι δε εν φαιδωνι τον τε εν απορρητοις λεγόμενον , ως εν τινι φρουρα εστ μεν οι ανθρωποι , σιγη τη πρεπούση σεβων , και τας τελετας ...
... punishments of the Titans , the trivia and wanderings in Hades , and every thing of a similar kind . " Δηλοι δε εν φαιδωνι τον τε εν απορρητοις λεγόμενον , ως εν τινι φρουρα εστ μεν οι ανθρωποι , σιγη τη πρεπούση σεβων , και τας τελετας ...
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... punishments in the most full and decisive terms ; at the same time occultly intimating that the death of the soul was ... punishment ; and that it is buried in body as in a sepulchre . " And lastly , Pythagoras himself confirms the above ...
... punishments in the most full and decisive terms ; at the same time occultly intimating that the death of the soul was ... punishment ; and that it is buried in body as in a sepulchre . " And lastly , Pythagoras himself confirms the above ...
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