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" But death was the slightest punishment inflicted by those rebels ; all the tortures which wanton cruelty could devise, all the lingering pains of body, the anguish of mind, the agonies of despair, could not satiate revenge excited without injury, and... "
History of England, by Hume and Smollett; with a continuation by T.S. Hughes - Page 235
by David Hume - 1854
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The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the ..., Volume 5

David Hume - Great Britain - 1810 - 504 pages
...the agonies of despair, could not satiate revenge excited without injury, and cruelty derived from np cause. To enter into particulars, would shock the...delicate humanity. Such enormities, though attested by un» doubted evidence, appear almost incredible. Depraved nature, even perverted religion, encouraged...
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The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the revolution ...

David Hume - 1812 - 604 pages
...pains of body, the anguish of mind, the agonies of despair, could not satiate revenge excited without injury, and cruelty derived from no cause. To enter...even perverted religion, encouraged by the utmost licence, reach not to such a pitch of ferocity ; unless the pity inherent in human breasts be destroyed...
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The History of Ireland, from the Earliest Period to the Present ..., Volume 1

Stephen Barlow - Ireland - 1814 - 504 pages
...pains of body, the anguish of mind, the agonies of despair, could not satiate revenge excited without injury, and cruelty derived from no cause. To enter...particulars would shock the least delicate humanity, bucb, enormities, though attested by undoubted evidence, appear almost incredible. Depraved nature,...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 33

England - 1833 - 1006 pages
...pains of body, the anguish of mind, the agonies of despair, could not satiate revenge excited without injury, and cruelty derived from no cause. To enter...transports men beyond all the usual motives of conduct and behaviour. " The weaker sex themselves, naturally tender to their own sufferings, and compassionate...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 64

England - 1848 - 788 pages
...pains of body, the anguish of mind, the agonies of despair, could not satiate revenge excited without injury, and cruelty derived from no cause. To enter...such. a pitch of ferocity, unless the pity inherent inhuman breasts be destroyed by that contagion of example, which transports men beyond all the usual...
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annals of ireland

the rev john graham - 1817 - 594 pages
...could not satiate revenge, excited without injury, and cruelty derived from no cause. To enter into the particulars would shock the least delicate humanity...enormities, though attested by undoubted evidence, would appear almost incredible. The weaker sex themselves, naturally tender and compassionate, here...
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Annals of Ireland, Ecclesiastical, Civil and Military: From the 19th of ...

John Graham - Ireland - 1819 - 442 pages
...not satiate revenge, excited without injury, and cruelty derived i'rom no cause. To enter into the particulars would shock the least delicate humanity...enormities, though attested by undoubted evidence, would appear almost incredible. The weaker sex themselves, naturally tender and compassionate, here...
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The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine

Arminianism - 1839 - 1092 pages
...pains of body, and anguish of mind, the agonies of despair, could not satiate revenge excited without injury, and cruelty derived from no cause. To enter...enormities, though attested by undoubted evidence, would appear almost incredible. The sacred name of religion sounded on every side, not to stop the...
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The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the ..., Volume 6

David Hume - Great Britain - 1825 - 492 pages
...appear almost incredible. Depraved nature, even perverted religion, encouraged by the utmost licence, reach not to such a pitch of ferocity; unless the pity inherent in human bfeasts be destroyed by that contagion of example, which transports men beyond all the usual motives...
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The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the ..., Volume 8

David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - Great Britain - 1828 - 444 pages
...pains of body, the anguish of mind, the agonies of despair, could not satiate revenge excited without injury, and cruelty derived from no cause. To enter...even perverted religion, encouraged by the utmost licence, reach not to such a pitch of ferocity; unless the pity inherent in human breasts be destroyed...
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