The Debater: a New Theory of the Art of Speaking: Being a Series of Complete Debates, Outlines of Debates, and Questions for Discussion with References to the Best Sources of InformationLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846 - 294 páginas |
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... Crime with which he is charged ? - - 30. Is it likely that England will sink into the Decay which befell the Nations of Antiquity ? 31. Are Lord Byron's Writings Moral in their Ten- dency ? 273 273 · 274 · 274 · 275 32. Do the ...
... Crime with which he is charged ? - - 30. Is it likely that England will sink into the Decay which befell the Nations of Antiquity ? 31. Are Lord Byron's Writings Moral in their Ten- dency ? 273 273 · 274 · 274 · 275 32. Do the ...
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... the Warrior treads , there spring up foul and pes- tilential weeds which poison the whole atmosphere around , and flower into misery and crime . So much then for our Hero ! - And now what of our Statesman ? I grant 22 THE DEBATER .
... the Warrior treads , there spring up foul and pes- tilential weeds which poison the whole atmosphere around , and flower into misery and crime . So much then for our Hero ! - And now what of our Statesman ? I grant 22 THE DEBATER .
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... crime . I wish , however , to be distinctly understood to admit that it was not always so . That it was at one period of man's history commanded and approved by the Most High , I at once concede . But the proposi- tion I wish to ...
... crime . I wish , however , to be distinctly understood to admit that it was not always so . That it was at one period of man's history commanded and approved by the Most High , I at once concede . But the proposi- tion I wish to ...
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... crime which it seeks to repress . Secondly : the infliction of Death is inconsistent with our advanced state of morality . It was a just and a fit punishment when men were all barbarians ; - because then it appealed to their strongest ...
... crime which it seeks to repress . Secondly : the infliction of Death is inconsistent with our advanced state of morality . It was a just and a fit punishment when men were all barbarians ; - because then it appealed to their strongest ...
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... crimes partake more or less of the nature of insanity ; great crimes more espe- cially and consequently it is felt to be unjust to kill a man for a deed which could only have been conceived and executed under frenzy or infatua- tion ...
... crimes partake more or less of the nature of insanity ; great crimes more espe- cially and consequently it is felt to be unjust to kill a man for a deed which could only have been conceived and executed under frenzy or infatua- tion ...
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Página 181 - Shall be unsaid for me : against the threats Of malice or of sorcery, or that power Which erring men call Chance, this I hold firm, Virtue may be assail'd, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not enthrall'd ; Yea even that which mischief meant most harm, Shall in the happy trial prove most glory...
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