The Works of William Paley: With a Life, Volume 2F. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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... reason , that crimes are not by any government punished in proportion to their guilt , nor in all cases ought to be so , but in proportion to the dif ficulty and the necessity of preventing them . Thus the stealing of goods privately ...
... reason , that crimes are not by any government punished in proportion to their guilt , nor in all cases ought to be so , but in proportion to the dif ficulty and the necessity of preventing them . Thus the stealing of goods privately ...
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... reason for aggravating the punishment . Thus , sheep - stealing , horse - stealing , the stealing of cloth from tenters or bleaching - grounds , by our laws , subject the offenders to sentence of death : not that these crimes are in ...
... reason for aggravating the punishment . Thus , sheep - stealing , horse - stealing , the stealing of cloth from tenters or bleaching - grounds , by our laws , subject the offenders to sentence of death : not that these crimes are in ...
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... reason why a different measure of punishment should be ex- pected from God , and observed by man ; why that rule , which befits the absolute and perfect justice of the Deity , should not be the rule which ought to be pursued and ...
... reason why a different measure of punishment should be ex- pected from God , and observed by man ; why that rule , which befits the absolute and perfect justice of the Deity , should not be the rule which ought to be pursued and ...
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... reason upon which the justice or the necessity of rigorous measures can be founded ; and with respect to the last circum- stance , it may be observed , that when thieves and robbers are once collected into gangs , their vio- lence ...
... reason upon which the justice or the necessity of rigorous measures can be founded ; and with respect to the last circum- stance , it may be observed , that when thieves and robbers are once collected into gangs , their vio- lence ...
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... reasons do not apply to frauds which circumspec- tion may prevent ; which must wait for opportu- nity ; which can proceed only to certain limits ; and by the apprehension of which , although the business of life be incommoded , life ...
... reasons do not apply to frauds which circumspec- tion may prevent ; which must wait for opportu- nity ; which can proceed only to certain limits ; and by the apprehension of which , although the business of life be incommoded , life ...
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