... What a lamentable case it is to see so many Christian men and women strangled on that cursed tree of the gallows ; insomuch as if in a large field a man might see together all the Christians, that but in one year throughout England come to that untimely... Considerations on Criminal Law - Page xxivby Henry Dagge - 1772 - 434 pagesFull view - About this book
| Sir Edward Coke - Courts - 1797 - 332 pages
...ftrangled on that curfed tree of the gallows, infomuch as if in a large field a man might fee together alt the Chriftians, that but in one year, throughout England,...would make his heart to bleed for pity and companion. (But here I leave to divines to inform the inward man, who being well informed, vería informante,... | |
| 1865 - 632 pages
...that but in one year in England come to that untimely and ignominious death, if there were any spark of grace or charity in him, it would make his heart to bleed for pity and compassion.' Another argument much insisted on is that the dislike that is felt in many quarters to... | |
| Basil Montagu - Capital punishment - 1809 - 338 pages
...one year, throughout England, come to that untimely and ignominious death, if there were any spark of grace, or charity in him, it would make his heart to bleed for pity and compassion. " But the consideration of this preventing justice were worthy of the wisdom of parliament,... | |
| 1812 - 702 pages
...ftrangleU on that turfed tree of the gallow^, infomiich as if in a brjjü lielJ a man might might ice together all the chriftians, that but in one year,...him, it would make his heart to bleed for pity and compaffion." At the time when this learned author wrote, moft of the ftatutes which infhft the penalty... | |
| John Evans - Baptists - 1819 - 444 pages
...one year, throughout England, came to that untimely and ignominious death — if there were any spark of grace or charity in him, it would make his heart to bleed for pity and compassion ! But the consideration of preventing justice were worthy of the wisdom of PARLIAMENT, and... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1819 - 648 pages
...one year, throughout England, come to that un' timely and ignominious death, if there were any spark of grace ' or charity in him, it would make his heart to bleed for pity and ' compassion. But the consideration of this preventingjustice were ' worthy of the wisdom of parliament,... | |
| Samuel Parr - Theology - 1828 - 796 pages
...Christians that but in one year come to that untimely and ignominious death, if there were any spark of grace or charity in him, it would make his heart to bleed for pity and compassion." His Lordship then proceeds to shew, that the method of preventing crimes is, " first,... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1822 - 866 pages
...but in one year in England come to that ignominious and untimely death — if there were any spark of grace or charity in him, it would make his heart to bleed for pity and compassion. " The consideration of this preventing justice were worthy the wisdom of parliament. Blessed... | |
| Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - Biography - 1833 - 584 pages
...in one year throughout England come to that untimely and ignominious death, if there were any spark of grace or charity in him, it would make his heart to bleed for pity and compassion." He then lays down the rules of " preventing justice," and at the head of these he places... | |
| Lives - 1833 - 588 pages
...in one year throughout England come to that untimely and ignominious death, if there were any spark of grace or charity in him, it would make his heart to bleed for pity and compassion." He then lays down the rules of " preventing justice," and at the head of these he places... | |
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