 | English literature - 1786 - 558 pages
...wholelome kind;" our Obferver, in reply, after qu.iticg Judge Biacklti-.jï's rcm.iik, that " it к л melancholy truth, that among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no lefs ilian 160 have beca declared, by Act of Ku hament, to IK ibknies without beneh«. of clergy ; or, in... | |
 | 482 pages
...found therein; inflicted (perhaps inattentively) by a multitude of lucceSfive independent Statutes, upon crimes very different in their natures. It is...of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no lcl» than one hundred and fixty have been declared by afts of parliament to be felonies without benefit... | |
 | Robert John Thornton - Economics - 1799 - 852 pages
...the frequency of capital punifhment, inflicted (perhaps inattentively) by a multitude of fucceffive independent ftatutes, upon crimes very different in...which men are daily liable to commit, no lefs than 160 have been declared by adls of parliament to be felonies without benefit of clergy; or, in other... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1800 - 620 pages
...found therein ; infficted (perhaps inattentively; by a multitude of fucceffive independent Itatutes, upon crimes very different in their natures. It is...truth, that among the Variety of actions which men ate daily liable to commit, no lefs than an hundred and fixty have been declared by act of parliament... | |
 | 1821 - 608 pages
...found therein ; inflicted (perhaps inattentively) by a multitude of snccessive independent statutes, upon crimes very different in their natures. It is...of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than an hundred and sixty have been declared by act of Parliament to be felonies without benefit... | |
 | Alexander Fraser Tytler (lord Woodhouselee.) - 1807 - 464 pages
...civilized nations in Europe? " It is a melancholy truth," (says the commentator on the laws of England*), " that among the variety of " actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than a hun" dred and sixty have been declared by act of Parliament to be • " fekmies, without... | |
 | Basil Montagu - Capital punishment - 1809 - 338 pages
...inattentively) byamultitudeof successive independent J Beccar. c. 6. § Sp. L. b. 6. c. 15. statutes, upon crimes very different in their natures. It is...of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than an hundred and sixty have been declared, by a6l of parliament $, to be felonies without benefit... | |
 | Basil Montagu - Capital punishment - 1812 - 494 pages
...has attached the punishment of death. " It is a melan" choly truth," says Mr. Justice Blackstone, " that among the " variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no " less than one hundred and sixty have been declared by act of " parliament, to be felonies without... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1813 - 716 pages
...that of Draco of old, is written in letters of blood. " It is a melancholy truth," says Blackstone,* " that among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, not less than one hundred and sixty have been declared by act of parliament, to be fellonious without... | |
 | English literature - 1814 - 698 pages
...hand, and! injustice on the other. " It is a melancholy truth," says Sir William Blackstone, '•* that among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than one hundred and sixty have been declared by act of parliament to be felonies without benefit... | |
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It is a melancholy truth, that, among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than a hundred and sixty have been declared, by act of parliament, to be felonies without benefit of clergy ; or, in other words, to be worthy of... 
