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... practice prevailed ; but , on consulting 1 Samuel , vii . 16 , we find this extraordinary confirmation : " And he ( Samuel ) went from year to year in circuit to Bethel , and Gilgal , and Mizpeh , and judged Israel in all those places ...
... practice prevailed ; but , on consulting 1 Samuel , vii . 16 , we find this extraordinary confirmation : " And he ( Samuel ) went from year to year in circuit to Bethel , and Gilgal , and Mizpeh , and judged Israel in all those places ...
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... practice of all the rest , a species of mutual responsibility is created , by which all ( though it is a truth few are willing to own ) are in some degree controlled . Many excesses are prevented by the dread of active malevolence and ...
... practice of all the rest , a species of mutual responsibility is created , by which all ( though it is a truth few are willing to own ) are in some degree controlled . Many excesses are prevented by the dread of active malevolence and ...
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... practice ; they were attempts to commit the crime of suicide . Now there could be no doubt that this was a crime , and one of a very deep character , and an attempt to commit it was a crime of misdemeanour . When that attempt succeeds ...
... practice ; they were attempts to commit the crime of suicide . Now there could be no doubt that this was a crime , and one of a very deep character , and an attempt to commit it was a crime of misdemeanour . When that attempt succeeds ...
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... practice ; and it may be af- firmed , that , in almost every case of this nature , the criminal never committed a like offence before . There have been some few instances of five or six individuals associating for the purpose of ...
... practice ; and it may be af- firmed , that , in almost every case of this nature , the criminal never committed a like offence before . There have been some few instances of five or six individuals associating for the purpose of ...
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... practice of our system , it must be ad- mitted that there is a very formidable exercise of dis- cretionary power . Thus we find , that , of the 3,562 persons charged with offences , 437 , or more than 12 per cent . are discharged by the ...
... practice of our system , it must be ad- mitted that there is a very formidable exercise of dis- cretionary power . Thus we find , that , of the 3,562 persons charged with offences , 437 , or more than 12 per cent . are discharged by the ...
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Page 168 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same ? — The king or queen shall say, I solemnly promise so to do.
Page 141 - All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.