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In March, with that reckless and irresponsible talk which the Anglo-Irish were
prone to use to prod the more phlegmatic English into action, Burke told the
House of Commons that there were one hundred thousand languishing in
English gaols.
In March, with that reckless and irresponsible talk which the Anglo-Irish were
prone to use to prod the more phlegmatic English into action, Burke told the
House of Commons that there were one hundred thousand languishing in
English gaols.
Page 92
The Scots criminal law differed from the English, however, in two ways.
Sentences, in the main for three, five or ten years, were milder, the judges being
given discretionary power to modify the sentence according to the youth, the
condition or ...
The Scots criminal law differed from the English, however, in two ways.
Sentences, in the main for three, five or ten years, were milder, the judges being
given discretionary power to modify the sentence according to the youth, the
condition or ...
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Froude, J. A.: The English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century. 3 vols. 2nd ed.
London, 1881. Graham, H. G.: The Social Life of Scotland in the Eighteenth
Century. London, 1937. Halevy, E.: A History of the English People in the
Nineteenth ...
Froude, J. A.: The English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century. 3 vols. 2nd ed.
London, 1881. Graham, H. G.: The Social Life of Scotland in the Eighteenth
Century. London, 1937. Halevy, E.: A History of the English People in the
Nineteenth ...
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