 These acts continued in force till lately, to the terror of all ancient females in the kingdom: and many poor wretches were sacrificed thereby to the prejudice of their neighbours, and their own illusions; not a few having, by some means or other, confessed...  The Staple of News - 第 163 頁Ben Jonson 著 - 1905 - 276 頁完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | William Richards - 1812 - 632 頁
...and many poor wretches were sacrificed to the prejudice of their neighbours and their own illusion; not a few having, by some means or other, confessed the fact at the gallows. But (he adds,) all executions for this dubious crime are now at an end. Accordingly it is with us enacted... | |
 | Abiel Holmes - 1813 - 478 頁
...wretches were sacrificed thereby to the prejudice of their neighbours, and their own illusions ; not a lew having, by some means or other, confessed the fact at the gallows. But all executions for this dubious crirhe are now at an end." The statute 9 Geo. II. ch. 5, enacts,... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 576 頁
...the kingdom ; and many poor wretches were sacrificed thereby to the prejudice of their neighbours, and their own illusions ; not a few having, by some...means or other, confessed the fact at the gallows. But all executions for this dubious crime are now at an end ; our legislature having at length followed... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 584 頁
...the kingdom ; and many poor wretches were sacrificed thereby to the prejudice of their neighbours, and their own illusions ; not a few having, by some...means or other, confessed the fact at the gallows. But all executions for this dubious crime are now at an end ; our legislature having at length followed... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1836 - 704 頁
...few (i) Cod. I. 9, t la (m) Sp. L. b. 12, c. 5. (fc) Exod. xxii. 18. (n) Mr. Addison, Spect. No. 117. having, by some means or other, confessed the fact at the gallows. But all executions for this dubious crime are now at an end ; our legislature having at length followed... | |
 | John Gideon Millingen - 1838 - 456 頁
...Blackstone observes, " that many poor wretches were sacrificed thereby to the prejudice of their neighbours, and their own illusions ; not a few having, by some...means or other, confessed the fact at the gallows." Nothing could be more absurd, nay atrocious, than the means judicially resorted to at that period to... | |
 | Henry Mead - 1846 - 254 頁
...Blackstone observes, "that many poor wretches were sacrificed thereby to the prejudice of their neighbours, and their own illusions ; not a few having, by some...means or other, confessed the fact at the gallows." Nothing could be more absurd, nay atrocious, than the means judicially resorted to at that period to... | |
 | John Timbs - 1858 - 296 頁
...in the kingdom : and many poor wretches were sacrificed thereby to the prejudice of their neighbours and their own illusions ; not a few having, by some...means or other, confessed the fact at the gallows. — Commentaries, Christian's edition, book iv. chap. 4. But the misdemeanor of persons pretending... | |
 | Henry John Stephen - 1863 - 770 頁
...the kingdom : and many poor wretches were sacrificed, thereby, to the prejudice of their neighbours and their own illusions ; not a few having, by some...means or other, confessed the fact at the gallows. But all executions for this dubious crime are now at an end: our legislature having at length followed... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1865 - 642 頁
...eighteenth century; many poor wretches being sacrificed thereby to the prejudice of their neighbours and their own illusions; not a few having, by some means or other, been led to confess their supposed offence at the gallows. Our legislature at length, in the reign... | |
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