Sketches of the History of Man, Volume 3A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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Page 61
... punishment for the highest mifde- meanor . This fort of flavery is gaining ground in Britain ; and it ought to be dreaded , for fcarce another circumftance will more readily pave the way to abfolute power , if adverfe fate fhall afflict ...
... punishment for the highest mifde- meanor . This fort of flavery is gaining ground in Britain ; and it ought to be dreaded , for fcarce another circumftance will more readily pave the way to abfolute power , if adverfe fate fhall afflict ...
Page 64
... punishment is regarded but what touches the perfon or the purse , it is not unufual to fee a mandarine beaten with many ftripes , fometimes for a very flight tranfgreffion . Let arts be fubdivided into many parts : the more fubdivifions ...
... punishment is regarded but what touches the perfon or the purse , it is not unufual to fee a mandarine beaten with many ftripes , fometimes for a very flight tranfgreffion . Let arts be fubdivided into many parts : the more fubdivifions ...
Page 82
... punishing , idleness and vice . Confider whether a legal pro- vifion for the poor , be fufficient to atone for fo many evils . No man had better opportunity than Fielding to be acquainted with the state of the poor : let us liften to ...
... punishing , idleness and vice . Confider whether a legal pro- vifion for the poor , be fufficient to atone for fo many evils . No man had better opportunity than Fielding to be acquainted with the state of the poor : let us liften to ...
Page 87
... punishment punishment will not compel a man to la- bour : 4 Sk . X. 87 ... The Poor , ...
... punishment punishment will not compel a man to la- bour : 4 Sk . X. 87 ... The Poor , ...
Page 88
Lord Henry Home Kames. punishment will not compel a man to la- bour : he may affume the appearance , but will make no progrefs ; and the pretext of fickness or weakness is ever at hand for an excufe . The only compulfion to make a man ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. punishment will not compel a man to la- bour : he may affume the appearance , but will make no progrefs ; and the pretext of fickness or weakness is ever at hand for an excufe . The only compulfion to make a man ...
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