 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1789 - 488 pages
...repeals feveral of the moft rigorous laws that ever had pafled in England were annulled ; and fome dawn, both of civil and religious liberty, began to appear to the people. Herefy, however, was ftill a capital crime by the common law, and was fubjected to the penalty of burning.... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1807 - 480 pages
...these repeals several of the most rigorous laws that ever had passed in England were annulled ; and some dawn, both of civil and religious liberty, began...no precise standard by which that crime • . could could be defined or determined: A circumstance CH A P. which might either be advantageous or hurtful... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1819 - 368 pages
...these repeals several of the most rigorous laws that ever had passed in England were annulled; and some dawn, both of civil and religious liberty, began...remained no precise standard by which that crime could be denned or determined: a circumstance which might either be advantageous or hurtful to public security,... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1826 - 426 pages
...these repeals several of the most rigorous laws that ever had passed in England were annulled ; and some dawn, both of civil and religious liberty, began...was subjected to the penalty of burning. Only there res Rymer, vol. xv. p. 164. b 1 Fxlward VI. c. 12. 1547. mained no precise standard by which that crime... | |
 | John Platts - Biography - 1826 - 830 pages
...says-Hume, " several of the most rigorous laws that were ever passed in England were annulled, and some dawn, both of civil and religious liberty, began to appear to the people. About this time, most violent differences subsisted between the protector and his brother, Thomas Seymour,... | |
 | David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - Great Britain - 1828 - 420 pages
...these repeals several of the most rigorous laws that ever had passed in England were annulled ; and some dawn, both of civil and religious liberty, began to appear to the people. Heresy, however, was slill a capital crime by the common law, and was subjected to the penalty of burning. Only there remained... | |
 | Jean Louis de Lolme, Archibald John Stephens - Constitutional history - 1838 - 718 pages
...capital crime by the common law, Heresy a capital and was subjected to the penalty of burning, but there remained no precise standard by which that crime could be defined or determined,—a circumstance which might either be ! 7 Uj-mer, 158. 2 Burnct, App. 93. 4 Lingard, 374.... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1856 - 550 pages
...these repeals several of the most rigorous laws that ever had passed in England were annulled ; and some dawn, both of civil and religious liberty, began...remained no precise standard by which that crime could be defmed or determined ; a circumstance which might either be advantageous or hurtful to public security,... | |
 | David Hume - 1859 - 228 pages
...and religious liberty, began to appear ti the people. Heresy, however, was still a capital crime ty the common law, and was subjected to the penalty of...defined or determined : a circumstance which might cither be advantageous or hurtful to public security, according to the disposition of the jndges. A... | |
 | John Reeves, William Francis Finlason - Law - 1869 - 842 pages
...ni to widen the breach between England and Rome, and render a coalition impracticable (Ibid.) Heresy was still a capital crime by the common law, and was subjected »•• the penalty of burning. It was also enacted that all who denied the king's supr^iri асу,... | |
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... against Lollardy or heresy, together with the statute of the six articles. None were to be accused for words, but within a month after they were spoken. By these repeals several of the most rigorous laws that ever had passed in England were annulled;... 
