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Expressions et termes fréquentsaccuse Almighty appears apprehend aristocracy assassinations assault atoned barbarians barbarity Beccaria caused to suffer causes of duelling christian Cicero circumstances citizens civil society committed concur consider correspond criminal actions criminal laws cruel Decemviri deemed deprived deter duellist enacted evils executed fatal fear feel fighting a duel fought guilty habits happiness heart hence honest honor hope human impunity inefficacious infamy inflicted injury Italy labor legislators Leviticus liable liberty live Macchiavelli magistrates means ments mind mode Montesquieu moral murder national discipline nature necessary never obtain offence passions penal code penal laws penalties established perpetrated person political crime poor positive laws practice of duelling preserve prevent crimes prison protect public opinion punishment of death received regard religion republic revenge rich right of defence right of pardon Roman speak thing tion Universities of Padua violators virtue wherefore whole wicked wicked effects wise wish wont wretch Fréquemment citésPage 159 - Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord. Page 162 - A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death : they shall stone them with stones ; their blood shall be upon them. Page 162 - And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire. Page 28 - ... to the plan of the great family which comprehends them all. If the people in general have a principle, their constituent parts, that is, the several families, will have one also. The laws of education... Page 83 - Joseph's brethren could not bring themselves to slay him ; while Judas, a cool, hypocritical, calculating villain, betrayed his master. A philosopher has affirmed that men are born wicked ; it would be both difficult and idle to attempt to discover whether the assertion be true. This, at least, is certain, that the great mass of society is not wicked ; for if the majority were determined to be criminal and to violate the laws, who would have the power to restrain or prevent them... Page 163 - And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. Page 22 - Another advantage their education possessed over ours was that it never could be effaced by contrary impressions. Epaminondas, the last year of his life, said, heard, beheld, and performed the very same things as at the age in which he received the first principles of his education. Page 162 - Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth : as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again. Page 139 - Law. Admirable is that law of Geneva which excludes from the magistracy, and even from the admittance into the great council, the children of those who have lived or died insolvent, except they have discharged their father's debts. It has this effect: it creates a confidence in the merchants, in the magistrates, and in the city itself. There the credit of the individual has still all the weight of public credit. Page 29 - This virtue may be defined as the love of the laws and of our country. As such love requires a constant preference of public to private interest, it is the source of all private virtues; for they are nothing more than this very preference itself. Informations bibliographiques
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