The death of a criminal is a terrible but momentary spectacle, and therefore a less efficacious method of deterring others than the continued example of a man deprived of his liberty, condemned, as a beast of burden, to repair, by his labour, the injury... An Essay on Crimes and Punishments - Page 99by Cesare marchese di Beccaria - 1819 - 239 pagesFull view - About this book
| Cesare marchese di Beccaria - Capital punishment - 1788 - 256 pages
...repeated impreflions. The death of a criminal is a terrible but momentary fpeeTiacle, and therefore a lefs efficacious method of deterring others, than the continued...example of a man deprived of his liberty, condemned as a beaft of burden, to repair, by his labour, the injury he has done to fockty. If I commit fuch a crinit,... | |
| 1794 - 540 pages
...more obdurate. The death of a criminal is a terrible, but momentary fpectacle, and therefore * lefs efficacious method of deterring others, than the continued...of a man deprived of his liberty, condemned, as a beaft of burden, to repair, by his labour, the injury he has done to fociety. t If I commit fuch a... | |
| Patrick Colquhoun - Crime - 1800 - 734 pages
...Elizabeth, Empress of Ruf.ia, be not sufficient, let us consult human nature i proof of my assertion. The death of a criminal is a terrible, but momentary...less efficacious method of deterring others, than th< continued example of a man deprived of his liberty, and condemns to repair, by his labour, the... | |
| Patrick Colquhoun - Crime - 1806 - 736 pages
...Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, be not sufficient, let us consult human nature in proof of my assertion. The death of a criminal is a terrible, but momentary...continued example of a man deprived of his liberty, and condemned to repair by his labour, the injury done to Society. A condition so miserable is a much... | |
| Alexander Fraser Tytler (lord Woodhouselee.) - 1807 - 464 pages
...powerfully affected by weak, but re" peated impressions, than by a violent, but momentary impulse. " The death of a criminal is a terrible, but momentary...continued example of a man deprived of his liberty, condemn" ed as a beast of burden, to repair by his labour the injury he has " done to society. If I... | |
| Basil Montagu - Capital punishment - 1809 - 338 pages
...satisfy our necessities, so the ideas of morality are stamped on our minds by repeated impressions. The death of a criminal is a terrible but momentary...less efficacious method of deterring others, than the continual example of a man deprived of his liberty, condemned as a beast of burthen, to repair by his... | |
| Basil Montagu - Capital punishment - 1812 - 494 pages
...death of a criminal is a terrible, but a momentary impulse; and is therefore a less efficacious mode of deterring others, than the' continued example of a man deprived of his liberty, and condemned, as a species of beast of burthen, to repair by the toils of his whole life the injury... | |
| Honoré-Gabriel de Riqueti comte de Mirabeau - England - 1832 - 730 pages
...by any right." If so, how shall we recognise the maxim, that a man has no right to kill himself? " The death of a criminal is a terrible, but momentary...continued example of a man deprived of his liberty, and condemned to repair, by his labour, the injury done to society." " A condition so miserable is... | |
| Honoré Gabriel Riquetti comte de Mirabeau - 1832 - 520 pages
...by any right." If so, how shall we recognise the maxim, that a man has no right to kill himself? " The death of a criminal is a terrible, but momentary...continued example of a man deprived of his liberty, and condemned to repair, by his labour, the injury done to society." " A condition so miserable is... | |
| Honoré-Gabriel de Riquetti comte de Mirabeau - England - 1832 - 504 pages
...by any right." If so, how shall we recognise the maxim, that a man has no right to kill himself? " The death of a criminal is a terrible, but momentary...continued example of a man deprived of his liberty, and condemned to repair, by his labour, the injury done to society." " A condition so miserable is... | |
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