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A Chinese torturer pushes a sharp instrument into the eardrum of a prisoner. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 582349iPart of: A Chinese methods of torture and punishment- Pictures
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Two Chinese prisoners with their ankles bound to a metal bar, squat on the ground. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 582355iPart of: A Chinese methods of torture and punishment- Pictures
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Two Chinese torturers twist the ears of a kneeling man. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 582357iPart of: A Chinese methods of torture and punishment- Pictures
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A Chinese man heats up sections of a metal chain over a flame in order to torture a prisoner. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 582333iPart of: A Chinese methods of torture and punishment- Pictures
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A Chinese man tortures a prisoner bound at the stake. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 582345iPart of: A Chinese methods of torture and punishment- Pictures
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Three Chinese men torture a prisoner by extracting a vein from his lower leg . Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 582341iPart of: A Chinese methods of torture and punishment- Pictures
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A man, held by two Chinese torturers, has the soles of his feet beaten with a stick. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 582352iPart of: A Chinese methods of torture and punishment- Pictures
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The execution by sword of a Chinese man. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 582365iPart of: A Chinese methods of torture and punishment- Pictures
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A man, bound at the stake, is disemboweled by a Chinese man with a sword. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 582350iPart of: A Chinese methods of torture and punishment- Pictures
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A Chinese man interrogates a prisoner who is on his knees, while his ears twisted by a torturer. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 582348iPart of: A Chinese methods of torture and punishment- Books
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A brief account of the island of Antigua, together with the customs and manners of its inhabitants, as well white as black: Also, AN Accurate Statement Of The Food, Cloathing, Labor, And Punishment, Of Slaves. In letters to a friend. Written in the years 1786, 1787, 1788. By John Luffman.
Luffman, J. (John), 1756-1846.Date: [1789?]- Books
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An enquiry into the causes of the frequent executions at Tyburn: and A Proposal for some Regulations concerning Felons in Prison, and the good Effects to be Expected from them. To which is Added, A Discourse on Transportation, and a Method to render that Punishment more Effectual. By B. Mandeville, M. D.
Mandeville, Bernard, 1670-1733.Date: MDCCXXV. [1725]- Books
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Of the torments of Hell: the foundation and pillars thereof discovered, searched, shaken, and removed. With Many Infallible Proofs, that there is not to be a Punishment after this Life, for any to endure, that shall never End. To the Glory of God, and Comfort of those in fear of the Torments of hell, and for the furtherance of a Holy Life.
Richardson, Samuel, active 1643-1658.Date: 1720- Books
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Of the torments of Hell: the foundation and pillars thereof discovered, searched, shaken and removed. With Many Infallible Proofs, that there is not to be a Punishment after this Life, for any to endure, that shall never end. To the Glory of God, and Comfort of those in Fear of the Torments of Hell, and for the Furtherance of a Holy Life.
Richardson, Samuel, active 1643-1658.Date: 1754- Books
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A charge of publishing a palpable falsity, exhibited against, and fully proved upon, the authors of the Monthly Review, in a letter to those gentlemen: Wherein is contained a Defence of the Vindication of Divine Justice, in the Infliction of endless Punishment for Sin, in answer to an anonymous pamphlet, intitled, The scripture-account of a future state considered. By John Brine.
Brine, John, 1703-1765.Date: 1755- Books
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An epistolary discourse, proving, from the scriptures and the first fathers, that the soul is a principle naturally mortal; But Immortalized Actually by the Pleasure of God, to Punishment; or, to Reward, by its Union with the Divine Baptismal Spirit. Wherein is Proved, That None have the Power of Giving this Divine Immortalizing Spirit, since the Apostles, but only the Bishops. By Henry Dodwell, A.M.
Dodwell, Henry, 1641-1711.Date: 1706- Books
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Irish tales: or, instructive histories for the happy conduct of life. Containing the following Events. Viz. I. The Captivated Monarch. II. The Banish'd Prince. III. The Power of Beauty. IV. The Distrest Lovers. V. The Perfidious Gallant. VI. The Constant Fair-One. Vii. The Generous Rival. Viii The Inhuman Father. IX. The Depos'd Usurper. X. The Punishment of Ungenerous Love. By Mrs. Sarah Butler.
Butler, Sarah, Mrs.Date: [1716]- Books
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The memoire of M. Louis-Philip-Joseph (duke) D'Orleans; accused of high-treason, before the tribunal of the Chatelet in Paris: with the very interesting advice of his counsel, as to the Punishment of his Accusers. In which is Contained, an Authentick Detail of Many Curious Facts Concerning the Late Revolution in France. Translated from the original, Published at Paris by the Duke of Orleans.
Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793.Date: M.DCC.XCI. [1791]- Books
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The case of bankrupts and insolvents consider'd. Wherein it is shewn, I. That the Most Criminal of all Insolvents do not, by the Laws now in Being, meet with any Punishment. II. That their Creditors have no Proper Relief. III. That all other Insolvents are too severely Punished. IV. That the truly Unfortunate are most Inhumanly dealt with. And, V. That the present Method of treating Insolvents in general is inconsistent with the Laws of Nature, and the Maxims of True Polity. Together with the Draught of a Bill for Amending the Law in every one of these Particulars: I. By Distinguishing Insolvents into their Proper and Natural Classes. II. By allotting a Proportional Punishment to each. III. By granting Mercy in a proper Way to the truly Unfortunate. And, IV. By giving Relief to the Creditors of fraudulent Insolvents. Part I.
Date: [1734]- Books
Inferno : an anatomy of American punishment / Robert A. Ferguson.
Ferguson, Robert A., 1942-2017Date: 2014- Books
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Divine benevolence: or, an attempt to prove that the principal end of the divine providence and government is the happiness of his creatures: being an answer to a Pamphlet, entitled, Divine rectitude; or, An Inquiry concerning the Moral Perfections of the Deity. With a refutation of the notions therein advanced concerning beauty and order, the Reason of Punishment, and the Necessity of a State of Trial antecedent to perfect Happiness.
Bayes, Thomas, -1761.Date: MDCCXXXI. [1731]- Books
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An act for the better adjusting and more easy recovery of the wages of certain servants, and for the better regulation of such servants, and of certain apprentices; And for the Punishment of all such Owners of Coal and their Agents, as shall knowingly Employ and set at Work Persons retained in the Service of other Coal Owners; And also that mutual Debts between Party and Party be set one against the other.
Ireland.Date: MDCCLII. [1752]- Books
Reports from select committees and from physicians on the state of the General Penitentiary at Millbank, with minutes of evidence and appendices, 1823-24.
Date: 1970- Books
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An epistolary discourse, proving, from the Scriptures and the first fathers, that the soul is a principle naturally mortal: But Immortalized Actually: by the Pleasure of God to Punishment; or, to Reward by its Union with the Divine Baptismal Spirit Wherein is Proved, That None have the Power of Giving this Divine Immortalizing Spirit, since the Apostles, but only the Bishops. With an Hypothesis concerning Sacerdotal Absolution. The second edition corrected. By Henry Dodwell, A.M.
Dodwell, Henry, 1641-1711.Date: MDCCVI. [1706]- Books
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A sermon preach'd to a congregation of dissenters, on Jan. XXXth, 1713: being the anniversary of the murther of K. Charles the First. Wherein The Guilt of that Fact is fairly represented, the Innocent are clear'd, and the Causes of those Calamitous Times are, from the most Celebrated Historians, truly discover'd. With an appendix, containing the London ministers vindication of themselves, from Unjust Aspersions, as to any hand in bringing that King to Capital Punishment.
Date: [1714]