The Young American: Or, Book of Government and Law; Showing Their History, Nature and Necessity. For the Use of Schools...William Robinson, 1844 - 282 pages |
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Page 64
... crime , he was immediately hurried away to execution . Though the institutions of the Hebrews were essentially different from those which prevail in this more enlightened day , still it must be admitted that they were far more favorable ...
... crime , he was immediately hurried away to execution . Though the institutions of the Hebrews were essentially different from those which prevail in this more enlightened day , still it must be admitted that they were far more favorable ...
Page 64
... crime , he was immediately hurried away to execution . Though the institutions of the Hebrews were essentially different from those which prevail in this more enlightened day , still it must be admitted that they were far more favorable ...
... crime , he was immediately hurried away to execution . Though the institutions of the Hebrews were essentially different from those which prevail in this more enlightened day , still it must be admitted that they were far more favorable ...
Page 71
... crimes they charged on others . Falsehood was punished by a loss of the tongue ; forgery , by loss of the hand ; desertion of the army , by in- famy . The king could remit the penalty of the law , and indeed his authority was regarded ...
... crimes they charged on others . Falsehood was punished by a loss of the tongue ; forgery , by loss of the hand ; desertion of the army , by in- famy . The king could remit the penalty of the law , and indeed his authority was regarded ...
Page 75
... crimes ; the first to establish constitutions on a basis to secure these ends . There was in the Grecian character a nobleness and ingenuousness of sentiment which makes it seem almost desirable to have lived among them . There is a ...
... crimes ; the first to establish constitutions on a basis to secure these ends . There was in the Grecian character a nobleness and ingenuousness of sentiment which makes it seem almost desirable to have lived among them . There is a ...
Page 113
... crimes , with various other circumstances , gave occasion to a great variety of new laws ; and those ordi- nances originally were distinguished by the name of the persons who proposed them , and the sub- jects to which they refer . The ...
... crimes , with various other circumstances , gave occasion to a great variety of new laws ; and those ordi- nances originally were distinguished by the name of the persons who proposed them , and the sub- jects to which they refer . The ...
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