An Introduction to the Defence of Abner Kneeland, Charged with Blasphemy: Before the Municipal Court, in Boston, Mass. at the January Term in 1834publisher, 1834 - 43 Seiten |
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... indictment constitute but a very small part . To know the full bearing and import of any paragraph , we must take it in connection with the whole of the article in which it is found . Nothing perhaps would be more disgusting to most ...
... indictment constitute but a very small part . To know the full bearing and import of any paragraph , we must take it in connection with the whole of the article in which it is found . Nothing perhaps would be more disgusting to most ...
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... indictment . I have here concealed the most objectionable word . A. K. Voltaire . Essai sur les Mours . ‡ " 9 In answer to my request , as expressed in the Investigator , " Will the author of the first article be so kind as to furnish ...
... indictment . I have here concealed the most objectionable word . A. K. Voltaire . Essai sur les Mours . ‡ " 9 In answer to my request , as expressed in the Investigator , " Will the author of the first article be so kind as to furnish ...
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... indictment I have put in brackets . TRACTS ! TRACTS !! TRACTS !!! MR . EDITOR .-- The public are under great infinite obliga- tions to the very pious , soul loving , soul saving gentlemen and ladies who furnish them gratuitously with ...
... indictment I have put in brackets . TRACTS ! TRACTS !! TRACTS !!! MR . EDITOR .-- The public are under great infinite obliga- tions to the very pious , soul loving , soul saving gentlemen and ladies who furnish them gratuitously with ...
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... of which there is any complaint set up in the indictment . The letter speaks for itself . I contend that there is nothing blasphemous in it , even accord- ing to the strict letter of the law . It does not deny the existence of God , much ...
... of which there is any complaint set up in the indictment . The letter speaks for itself . I contend that there is nothing blasphemous in it , even accord- ing to the strict letter of the law . It does not deny the existence of God , much ...
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... indicted ; which they cannot know fully unless they see the whole of the articles of which those offensive para- graphs are a part ; but I do it with a decided disapprobation of the style and language , so far as they are a violation of ...
... indicted ; which they cannot know fully unless they see the whole of the articles of which those offensive para- graphs are a part ; but I do it with a decided disapprobation of the style and language , so far as they are a violation of ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
ABNER KNEELAND admit argument Atheist Attorney authority Bill of Rights blasphemous libel Calvinists Catholic charge Christian Religion Church Church of England civil clergy common law Commonwealth condemned conscience considered Constitution contumeliously reproaching convict Court and Jury creed crime cursing dæmon declare defendant denial deny disbelief divine doctrine Ebionites England error established expression faith gallows Gentlemen heresy Holy Ghost Holy Scriptures human indictment infidel infidel books intended Jesus Christ language Legislature letter libel Lord Massachusetts meaning ment mind molested or restrained morality never obscene offence opinions Orthodox penal laws penal prosecutions penal statute persecution person pillory prayer prejudice principles prisoner profession or sentiments Professor Stuart protection published punish reason religion religious profession respecting religion ridicule sect sense soul Statute against Blasphemy subject of religion supposed thing tion toleration trial Trinitarian truth Unitarian Universalists believe verdict violation Voltaire whipping post words worship writer
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 90 - And every denomination of Christians, demeaning themselves peaceably, and as good subjects of the commonwealth, shall be equally under the protection of the law: and no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be established by law.] IV.
Seite 57 - And shall subscribe a profession of their Christian belief in these words — I, AB, profess faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ, his Eternal Son, the true God, and in the Holy Spirit, one God, blessed for evermore ; and do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by divine inspiration.
Seite 126 - And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping GOD in the manner and season most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience; or for his religious profession or sentiments; provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship.
Seite vii - Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press.
Seite 130 - Gul in her bloom ; Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit ; And the voice of the nightingale never is mute ; Where the tints of the earth, and the hues of the sky, In colour though varied, in beauty may vie...
Seite 18 - ALL the laws which have heretofore been adopted, used, and approved in the Province, Colony or State of Massachusetts Bay, and usually practised on in the Courts of law, shall still remain and be in full force, until altered or repealed by the Legislature ; such parts only excepted as are repugnant to the rights and liberties contained in this Constitution.
Seite 14 - And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal ? will ye save him ? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning : if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar.
Seite 93 - It is the right as well as the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the Supreme Being, the great Creator and Preserver of the Universe.
Seite 129 - A victorious line of march had been prolonged above a thousand miles from the rock of Gibraltar to the banks of the Loire; the repetition of an equal space would have carried the Saracens to the confines of Poland and the Highlands of Scotland; the Rhine is not more impassable than the Nile or Euphrates, and the Arabian fleet might have sailed without a naval combat into the mouth of the Thames.
Seite 12 - And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.