 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 630 Seiten
...ineffectual, unless some will inform, and some will prosecute ; but till we mitigate the penalties for mere resolved not to condemn myself to such another summer,...myself with happiness. Yet I have heard, Mr. Rambler, The obligations to assist the exercise of public justice are indeed strong ; but they will certainly... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 630 Seiten
...ineffectual, unless some will inform, and some will prosecute ; but till we mitigate the penalties for mere violations of property, information will always be...another crime, from which he was restrained only by liis remaining virtue. The obligations to assist the exercise of public justice are indeed strong;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 334 Seiten
...ineffectual, unless some will inform and some will prosecute; but, till we mitigate the penalties for mere violations of property, information will always be...another crime, from which he was restrained only by hi* remaining virtue. The obligations to assist the exercise of public justice are indeed strong, but... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 624 Seiten
...ineffectual, unless some will inform, and some will prosecute ; but till we mitigate the penalties for mere violations of property, information will always be...punishing a slight injury with death ; especially when he remember« that the thief might have procured safety by another crime, from which he was restrained... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1842 - 620 Seiten
...some will inform, and some will prosecute ; but till we mitigate the penalties for mere v iciliit ions of property, information will always be hated, and...man cannot but recoil at the thought of punishing a alight injury with death ; especially when he remembers that the thief might have procured safety by... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 624 Seiten
...ineffectual, unless some will inform, and some will prosecute; but till we mitigate the penalties for mere violations of property, information will always be...remembers that the thief might have procured safety bv another crime, from which he was restrained only by his remaining virtue. The obligations to assist... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 624 Seiten
...ineffectual, unless some will inform, and some will prosecute ; but till we mitigate the penalties for mere violations of property, information will always be hated, and prosecution dreaded. The heart of a poid man cannot but recoil at the thought of punishing a slight injury with death ; especially when... | |
 | 1841 - 804 Seiten
...suow-w*ter." Affecting CircumstanceDu. Johnson says, " the heart of a good man cannot but recoil at tlif thought of punishing a slight injury with death ;...safety by another crime, from which he was restrained onlr by his remaining virtue." The following sufficiently exempline* the truth of this observation.... | |
 | Robert Rantoul (Jr.) - 1854 - 890 Seiten
...ineffectual, unless some will inform, and some will prosecute ; but till we mitigate the penalties for mere violations of property, information will always be...which he was restrained only by his remaining virtue. been sooner prosecuted, they would have suffered death before they deserved it. The celebrated Sir... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1855 - 328 Seiten
...ineffectual, unless some will inform and some will prosecute ; but, till we mitigate the penalties for mere violations of property, information will always be...remembers that the thief might have procured safety by anotffer crime, from which he was restrained only by his remaining virtue. The obligations to assist... | |
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All laws against wickedness are ineffectual, unless some will inform, and some will prosecute; but till we mitigate the penalties for mere violations of property, information will always be hated, and prosecution dreaded. The heart of a good man cannot... 
