A Full Inquiry Into the Subject of Suicide: To which are Added (as Being Closely Connected with the Subject) Two Treatises on Duelling and Gaming ...J. F. and C. Rivington ... J. Robson and W. Clarke ... G. Nicol ... and J. and T. Egerton ... Fletcher, Prince and Cooke, Oxford; Merrills, Lunn, Cambridge; Simmons and Kirby, Canterbury; and Gillman, Rochester., 1790 - Dueling - 405 pages |
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... perfon is faid either to have committed fuicide , or to have been a fuicide . It is a compound [ A ] term , fignifying " a man's killing himself ; " and in ftrictness is applicable to every one , who in any shape volun- tarily shortens ...
... perfon is faid either to have committed fuicide , or to have been a fuicide . It is a compound [ A ] term , fignifying " a man's killing himself ; " and in ftrictness is applicable to every one , who in any shape volun- tarily shortens ...
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... perfon attacked feem united in the fuicide ; he makes a defperate plunge on himfelf , he fucceeds and falls a prey to his own victory . The felf - murderer alfo frequently imitates the fpirit of the highwayman in fhooting himself ...
... perfon attacked feem united in the fuicide ; he makes a defperate plunge on himfelf , he fucceeds and falls a prey to his own victory . The felf - murderer alfo frequently imitates the fpirit of the highwayman in fhooting himself ...
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... perfon in this cafe follows the bent of his own natural temper ; the one by dying , to get rid of his own troublesome feelings ; the other by living , poffibly with the hopes of making fome reparation for his fault . The latter lives ...
... perfon in this cafe follows the bent of his own natural temper ; the one by dying , to get rid of his own troublesome feelings ; the other by living , poffibly with the hopes of making fome reparation for his fault . The latter lives ...
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... perfon , fee that you perform your character to the best of your power : fince this is your business , to act well the cha- " racter affigned you ; but to choofe it belongs to another . " - EPICTETUs's Enchiridion , chap . xxiii . I ...
... perfon , fee that you perform your character to the best of your power : fince this is your business , to act well the cha- " racter affigned you ; but to choofe it belongs to another . " - EPICTETUs's Enchiridion , chap . xxiii . I ...
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... perfon ; " it may be anfwered , that the example of fuffering is alfo one great part of the defign of punishment ; and in proportion as we fly from the exemplarinefs of a patient fubmiffion , we fly from the execution of fuch juftice as ...
... perfon ; " it may be anfwered , that the example of fuffering is alfo one great part of the defign of punishment ; and in proportion as we fly from the exemplarinefs of a patient fubmiffion , we fly from the execution of fuch juftice as ...
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