...or providence, or contumelious reproaches of our Saviour, Christ. Whither, also, may be referred all profane scoffing at the Holy Scripture, or exposing it to contempt and ridicule." "These offences," he continues, " are punishable at common law by fine and imprisonment, or other infamous...

...imprisonment, or other infamous corporal punishment. The kind of blasphemy which was thus cognizable is described by Blackstone to be " denying the being...to contempt and ridicule" (Commentaries, b. iv. c. iv.). All these heads, except the first, seem to spring immediately from the original sense of the...

...imprisonment, or other infamous corporal punishment The kind of blasphemy which was thus cognizable is described by Blackstone to be "denying the being...contumelious reproaches of our Saviour Christ, profane scoflmg at the Holy Scripture, or exposing it to contempt and ridicule" ( Commentaries, b. iv. c. iv.)....

...providence ; or by contumelious reproaches of our Saviour Christ. Whither also may be referred all profane scoffing at the Holy Scripture, or exposing it to contempt and ridicule : and all seditious words spoken in derogation of the Christian religion. These are offences punishable...

...or providence, or by contumelious reproaches of our Saviour Christ. Whither also may be referred all profane scoffing at the Holy Scripture, or exposing it to contempt and ridicule." Now the slightest acquaintance with Voltaire's works will shew that nearly all the lucubrations of...

...the denial of the being or providence of God ; or contumelious reproaches of our Saviour, Christ ; or profane scoffing at the holy Scripture, or exposing it to contempt and ridicule. Now, sir, if before the disclosures of William Morgan, at the ceremonies of initiation to the several...

...imprisonment, or other infamous corporal punishment. The kind of blasphemy which was thus cognizable is described by Blackstone to be "denying the being or providence of God, contumelious reproaches of onr Saviour Christ, profane scoffing at the Holy Scripture, or exposing it to contempt and ridicule"...

...or providence, or by contumelious reproaches of our Saviour Christ. Whither also may be referred all profane scoffing at the Holy Scripture, or exposing it to contempt and ridicule." If evidence of Voltaire's transgressions in every constitutive element of the crime thus defined, be...

...language, with respect to God and divine things; and the kind of blasphemy cognizable by the law of England is described by Blackstone to be " denying the being...Scripture, or exposing it to contempt and ridicule." The crime of blasphemy is punished by the laws of most civilized nations. In Roman Catholic countries,...

...providence ; or by contumelious reproaches of our Saviour Christ; whither, also, may be referred all profane scoffing at the holy Scripture, or exposing it to contempt and ridicule. These are offences punishable at common law by fine and imprisonment, or other infamous corporal punishment...