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Capital punishment - Early works to 1800
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An essay on crimes and punishments, with a view of, and commentary upon Beccaria, Rousseau, Voltaire, Montesquieu, Fielding, and Blackstone. In Which Are Contained Treatises Of the Idea of God and Religion, (as an incentive to Virtue) -Scepticism and Faith (as conducive to Knowledge) -Heresy and Toleration (as an Enemy to and a Promoter of Hapiness) -Religion in general (as a support to public Peace) Of the Progress of it since the Reformation (as productive of Liberty) -The Idea of Honour, Ambition, and Pride (as the Source of criminal Offences) And of Morality (as the Source of all Good) By M. Dawes, Of The Inner Temple, Esq.
Dawes, M. (Manasseh), -1829.Date: MDCCLXXXII. [1782]- Books
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The Wonders of free-grace, or, A compleat history of all the remarkable penitents that have been executed at Tyburn and elsewhere for these last thirty years : to which is added a sermon preached in the hearing of a condemn'd malefactor immediately before his execution.
Date: 1690- Books
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A short and authentic account of the particular circumstances of the last twenty-four hours of the life and death of William Davies, Who was executed On Wednesday, December 11th, 1776. By the Rev. Thomas Maxfield, Who attended him to the last Period of his Life.
Maxfield, Thomas, -1784.Date: [1776]- Books
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An essay on crimes and punishments, translated from the Italian; with a commentary, attributed to Mons. de Voltaire, translated from the French.
Beccaria, Cesare, marchese di, 1738-1794.Date: MDCCLXVII. [1767]- Books
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A just balance: or, Some considerable querees about Mr Love's case, tryal, & sentence : as likewise, about those that appeared petition-wise on his behalf. Tending, without partiality, to discover what grounds there are, or may be, either in conscience and religion, or in reason and policie of state, to proceed, either with the execution, or perpetual suspension of the said sentence.
Date: 1651