| William H. Loyd, William Henry Lloyd - 1910 - 312 páginas
...spectators, they don't answer their purpose. The old method was most satisfactory to all parties; the public was gratified by a procession; the criminal was supported by it. Why is all this to be swept away?" Boswell's Life of Johnson, chapter 56. tinuance in office; but they shall receive no fees or perquisites... | |
| Behramji Merwanji Malabari - 1910 - 530 páginas
...less an authority than Dr. Johnson denounced the change. " Executions," he observed quite seriously, " are intended to draw spectators ; if they do not draw spectators they lose their reason. The old method was more satisfactory to all parties. The public was gratified by... | |
| Sir Edward Abbott Parry - 1912 - 342 páginas
...eagerly,) it is not an improvement : they object that the old method drew together a number of spectators. Sir, executions are intended to draw spectators. If...supported by it. Why is all this to be swept away ? " Of course the old fellow was only pulling young Boswell's leg. These were not his real opinions... | |
| 1901 - 930 páginas
..." it is not an improvement : they object that the old method drew together a number of spectators. Sir, executions are intended to draw spectators. If...old method was most satisfactory to all parties. The public was gratified by a procession ; the criminal was supported by it. Why is all this to be swept... | |
| John Marshall Gest - 1913 - 276 páginas
...Men are to be hanged in a new way. The old method was most satisfactory to all parties ; the public was gratified by a procession, the criminal was supported by it. Why is all this to be swept away?" The celebrated George Selwyn never missed a hanging without some legitimate excuse. When Hackman was... | |
| Sir Spencer Walpole - 1913 - 470 páginas
...The old method was most satisfactory to all parties ; the public was gratified by a procession, and the criminal was supported by it. Why is all this to be swept away?" — Boswell's Johnson, iv. 204. J Denman, vol. ip 253, and vol. ii. p. 320. classes of convicts. To... | |
| Sir Spencer Walpole - 1913 - 478 páginas
...The old method was most satisfactory to all parties ; the public was gratified by a procession, and the criminal was supported by it Why is all this to be sw1'pt away?" — Boswell's Johnson, iv. 204. 3 Denman, vol. ip 253, and vol. ii. p. 320. classes of... | |
| Sir Edward Abbott Parry - 1914 - 346 páginas
...eagerly), it is not an improvement ; they object that the old method drew together a number of spectators. Sir, executions are intended to draw spectators. If...method was most satisfactory to all parties ; the public was gratified by a procession ; the criminal was supported by it. Why is all this to be swept... | |
| Canada. Parliament. House of Commons - 1914 - 1088 páginas
...eagerly), it is not an improvement ; they object that the old method drew together a number of spectators. Sir, executions are intended to draw spectators. If...they don't answer their purpose. The old method was satisfactory to all parties ; the public was gratified by a procession, and the criminal was supported... | |
| James Boswell - 1917 - 606 páginas
...eagerly,) it is not an improvement: they object that the old method drew together a number of spectators. Sir, executions are intended to draw spectators. If...Why is all this to be swept away?' I perfectly agree 1783l PRECISION IN EXPRESSION 487 with Dr. Johnson upon this head, and am persuaded that executions... | |
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