The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volumen 22A. Constable, 1814 |
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... never in a distinct and separate form . It is delightful to follow this investigation from the clearness and facility with which its steps succeed one another , and the copiousness with which every part of the outline is filled up . But ...
... never in a distinct and separate form . It is delightful to follow this investigation from the clearness and facility with which its steps succeed one another , and the copiousness with which every part of the outline is filled up . But ...
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... never can be any other legitimate objects in punishing , be- side those now laid down . The expense or cost ( depense ) of any punishment , is , in the language of this system , the whole evil of every kind occasion- ed by it ...
... never can be any other legitimate objects in punishing , be- side those now laid down . The expense or cost ( depense ) of any punishment , is , in the language of this system , the whole evil of every kind occasion- ed by it ...
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... never occurs again , we observe , in the whole treatise ; while it may be suspected that the quality of be- ing exemplary , comprehends analogy and simplicity . It is evi- dent that these qualities are not enumerated as all requisite to ...
... never occurs again , we observe , in the whole treatise ; while it may be suspected that the quality of be- ing exemplary , comprehends analogy and simplicity . It is evi- dent that these qualities are not enumerated as all requisite to ...
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... never to be justified , except in the case , scarcely supposeable , of the offenders being un- known , and the evil of their impunity being greater than that of punishing the innocent . The class of fortuitous punishments is more ...
... never to be justified , except in the case , scarcely supposeable , of the offenders being un- known , and the evil of their impunity being greater than that of punishing the innocent . The class of fortuitous punishments is more ...
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... never to complain of this . Nor does he meet with the frequent substitution of epigrams and neat sayings for deli- berate philosophical positions . Indeed a plain , manly , even homely sense , is one peculiar characteristic of his ...
... never to complain of this . Nor does he meet with the frequent substitution of epigrams and neat sayings for deli- berate philosophical positions . Indeed a plain , manly , even homely sense , is one peculiar characteristic of his ...
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