Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1895 |
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Pagina 118
... passed prohibiting the celebration of the rites of the Romish Church , on pain of forfeiture for the first offence , of a year's imprisonment for the second , and of per- petual imprisonment for the third . A law was next made in 1562 ...
... passed prohibiting the celebration of the rites of the Romish Church , on pain of forfeiture for the first offence , of a year's imprisonment for the second , and of per- petual imprisonment for the third . A law was next made in 1562 ...
Pagina 121
... passing any law , however severe , against overt acts of sedition . But to argue that , because a man is a Catholic , he must think it right to murder a heretical sovereign , and that because he thinks it right he will attempt to do it ...
... passing any law , however severe , against overt acts of sedition . But to argue that , because a man is a Catholic , he must think it right to murder a heretical sovereign , and that because he thinks it right he will attempt to do it ...
Pagina 123
... passed against the Puritans had not even the wretched excuse which we have been con- sidering . In this case , the cruelty was equal , the danger infinitely less . In fact , the danger was created solely by the cruelty . But it is ...
... passed against the Puritans had not even the wretched excuse which we have been con- sidering . In this case , the cruelty was equal , the danger infinitely less . In fact , the danger was created solely by the cruelty . But it is ...
Pagina 138
... passed . Every thing but death was inflicted . Yet the treatment which Lord Ely experienced was still more scandalous . That nobleman was thrown into prison , in order to compel him to settle his estate in a manner agreeable to his ...
... passed . Every thing but death was inflicted . Yet the treatment which Lord Ely experienced was still more scandalous . That nobleman was thrown into prison , in order to compel him to settle his estate in a manner agreeable to his ...
Pagina 141
... Hallam is of opinion that a bill of pains and penalties ought to have been passed ; but he draws a distinction less just , we think , than his distinctions usually are . His opinion , so far as we HALLAM'S CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY . 141.
... Hallam is of opinion that a bill of pains and penalties ought to have been passed ; but he draws a distinction less just , we think , than his distinctions usually are . His opinion , so far as we HALLAM'S CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY . 141.
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