The Miscellaneous Writings, Speeches and Poems, Band 4Longmans, Green, 1880 |
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... object of terror to the rich . There are many millions in India who would be utterly unable to pay a fine of fifty rupees ; there are hundreds of thousands from whom such a fine might be levied , but whom it would reduce to extreme ...
... object of terror to the rich . There are many millions in India who would be utterly unable to pay a fine of fifty rupees ; there are hundreds of thousands from whom such a fine might be levied , but whom it would reduce to extreme ...
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... object of the penal law is to deter from offences , and this can only be done by means of inflictions disagreeable to offenders . The law ought not to inflict punishments unnecessarily severe ; but it ought not , on the other hand , to ...
... object of the penal law is to deter from offences , and this can only be done by means of inflictions disagreeable to offenders . The law ought not to inflict punishments unnecessarily severe ; but it ought not , on the other hand , to ...
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... object of the one payment is to give him pain , and the amount of that payment must be supposed to be sufficient to give him as much pain as it is desirable to inflict on him in that form . The object of the other payment is not at all ...
... object of the one payment is to give him pain , and the amount of that payment must be supposed to be sufficient to give him as much pain as it is desirable to inflict on him in that form . The object of the other payment is not at all ...
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... object of terror to the most hardened criminal . But it is open to other objections so obvious , that it is unnecessary to bring them to the notice of his Lordship in Council . That the amount of punishment should be determined , not by ...
... object of terror to the most hardened criminal . But it is open to other objections so obvious , that it is unnecessary to bring them to the notice of his Lordship in Council . That the amount of punishment should be determined , not by ...
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... to place a stigma on him which renders him an object of contempt to the mass of the population , and to continue to entrust him with any portion , however small , of the powers of Government , appears to us to be a course 44 NOTES ON THE.
... to place a stigma on him which renders him an object of contempt to the mass of the population , and to continue to entrust him with any portion , however small , of the powers of Government , appears to us to be a course 44 NOTES ON THE.
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
ancient Ancient Rome appears Appius Claudius Crassus assault Aulus authority ballads bodily hurt Bombay brave cause death circumstances civil Claudian clause Clusium committed conceive consent considered Court crime criminal Crown 8vo culpable homicide defamation distinction doubt Edition England English English law Ennius evil false evidence fear feeling framed Government Greek ground guilty hand hath Herminius honour Horatius horse imprisonment imputation India inflicted King Lars Porsena Latin legislation liable Livy Lord Lordship in Council Lucius Sextius Manius Curius Dentatus means ment murder o'er offence opinion pain penal code penal law person Plebeians poem Porsena Post 8vo propose proud provision public servant punishment Regillus Roman Rome rule rupees Saturnian Second Punic War severe Sextus slave society song spake sufferer sword Terentianus Maurus thee theft thou tion trespass tribunals truth vols voluntarily caused voluntary culpable homicide
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 235 - Then none was for a party ; Then all were for the state ; Then the great man helped the poor, And the poor man loved the great ; Then lands were fairly portioned ; Then spoils were fairly sold : The Romans were like brothers In the brave days of old.
Seite 245 - Curse on him!" quoth false Sextus — " Will not the villain drown ? But for this stay, ere close of day We should have sacked the town ! " "Heaven help him!" quoth Lars Porsena, " And bring him safe to shore; For such a gallant feat of arms Was never seen before.
Seite 246 - Could plough from morn till night : And they made a molten image, And set it up on high, And there it stands unto this day To witness if I lie.
Seite 246 - And in the nights of winter, When the cold north winds blow, And the long howling of the wolves Is heard amidst the snow; When round the lonely cottage Roars loud the tempest's din, And the good logs of Algidus Roar louder yet within...
Seite 238 - Herminius smote down Aruns; Lartius laid Ocnus low; Right to the heart of Lausulus Horatius sent a blow. "Lie there," he cried, "fell pirate! No more aghast and pale, From Ostia's walls the crowd shall mark The track of thy destroying bark. No more Campania's hinds shall fly To woods and caverns when they spy Thy thrice accursed sail." XLI. But now no sound of laughter Was heard among the foes, A wild and wrathful clamor From all the vanguard rose. Six spears...
Seite 228 - The harvests of Arretium This year old men shall reap; This year young boys in Umbro Shall plunge the struggling sheep; And in the vats of Luna This year the must shall foam Round the white feet of laughing girls Whose sires have marched to Rome.
Seite 227 - East and west and south and north The messengers ride fast, And tower and town and cottage Have heard the trumpet's blast. Shame on the false Etruscan Who lingers in his home, When Porsena of Clusium Is on the march for Rome.
Seite 338 - tis he, boys, Bear up another minute ! brave Oliver is here. Their heads all stooping low, their points all in a row, Like a whirlwind on the trees, like a deluge on the dykes, Our cuirassiers have burst on the ranks of the Accurst, And at a shock have scattered the forest of his pikes.
Seite 243 - Tiber! father Tiber! To whom the Romans pray, A Roman's life, a Roman's arms Take thou in charge this day!" So he spake, and speaking, sheathed The good sword by his side, And with his harness on his back Plunged headlong in the tide.