| 单词 | retributive |
| 例句 | Momma and her son laughed and laughed over the white man’s evilness and her retributive sin. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I have gone to each officer of that Regiment demanding that they send a retributive expedition, but none evinces the slightest interest in the undertaking. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z But Ms. Mazzoli and Mr. Vavrek’s final tweak to Ms. Russell’s story, suggesting the initiation — or, perhaps, continuation — of a cycle of resentment and retributive violence, is a chilling touch. Review: An Opera Reaches the American Dream’s Brooding Heart 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z And given that Rooster is in the habit of getting his man, usually with the assistance of a bullet, there’s a measure of retributive violence. Film: The Coen Brothers, Shooting Straight 2010-12-10T19:26:00Z Coming from a victim of Fox’s smears, it feels a little retributive. The Incestuous Relationship Between Donald Trump and Fox News 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z There is a point in all these antihero sagas, around the finale, where the viewing process turns into a kind of moral people’s court, where fans debate the precise retributive price the series should exact. ‘The Americans,’ at Last, Lets Us Exhale 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Subsequent political huggermugger led to the exile of Athenian generals Xanthippus and Aristides, but the two were called back as the Persians mounted a second, retributive invasion almost a decade later. Review | Best audiobooks to listen to now 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z He is a stern and often sensationalist chronicler of the evil that men and women do to one another, and he tends to be as judgmental and retributive as the Old Testament. Review: ‘All the Ways to Say I Love You,’ a Lesson in Guilt 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z From the joyless frenzy of its opening number — which rhymes “velvet rope” with “grind and grope” — “This Ain’t No Disco” wears its retributive grimness like a suffocating, Lycra spandex shroud. Review: A Dirge for Wilting Salad Days in ‘This Ain’t No Disco’ 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Mary Gordon considers this question — and our retributive impulse — in her morally complex novel about a long-ago crime and the modern-day television host determined to seek vengeance for it. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z It’s not just retributive violence, but a strategic way of leveraging power in his standoff with the government. ‘Narcos’ Season 2, Episode 2: The Legend vs. the Monster 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z This coalescence will take something of a supernatural form as the murders continue, the enforcers of “retributive justice” moving as one, making “a collective noise,” chanting one syllable: “rise.” New Southern Fiction By Percival Everett, Wiley Cash and Andrew Siegrist 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z But my retributive fantasies returned as I watched the season finale of “I May Destroy You,” HBO’s summer breakout hit, which aired on Monday. ‘I May Destroy You’ Imagines a Path Back From Sexual Assault 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z There was no sex in The Killing, the 20-part serial from Denmark which reached its retributive climax last night. Rewind TV: Women in Love; The Killing 2011-03-27T00:05:34Z Those plays began with seeming blandness, then took hairpin turns into lands of unsettling, retributive grimness. Review: ‘The Way We Get By’ After a One-Night Stand 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z So an air of retributive justice hangs over this thing like a cloud. ‘The Cherry Bushido’ Review: That Fighting Spirit 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z I am sceptical about the value of retributive justice, but I decided to join the prosecution. ‘I couldn’t deal with it, it tore me apart’: surviving child sexual abuse 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Our interest in the punishment that actually fits the crime — the limits and implications of our retributive impulse — underlies “Payback,” Mary Gordon’s morally complex new novel. What if We Pursued Vigilante Justice on Reality TV? 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z Will the revelation divide them or force them together to defend themselves against a retributive Falcone family? 'Gotham' Recap: The Story of Harvey Bullock 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z Gaza's Health Ministry says retributive bombings by Israeli fighter jets have killed 1,100 people and wounded more than 5,000. Biden warns Iran over Gaza; Israel forms emergency war cabinet 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z “Some term of imprisonment may serve sentencing’s retributive goals. But only a longer-term period of probation is adequate to ensure that Little will not become an active participant in another riot,” he wrote. Court tosses Jan. 6 sentence in ruling that could impact other low-level Capitol riot cases 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z "The House must not now compound its errors by further retributive actions." Justin Jones unanimously reinstated to Tennessee House — as GOP threatens city school funds 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z The QAnon conspiracy cult with its apocalyptic obsession over Trump's retributive act of destruction known as "the Storm" is one example. Treating Trump like Jesus: Indictment proves MAGA is a cult 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Wednesday’s brief, according to the Post report, made other charges about the trial, saying the judge’s “closing remarks demonstrated that Mr. Smollett’s sentencing took on a personal retributive tone.” Jussie Smollett appeals conviction in hate-crime hoax 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z The government pointed to the large backlog of criminal investigations and said it wanted to move away from a “lengthy pursuit of retributive justice.” Opinion | The legacy of the Troubles lingers. But this legislation won’t work. 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z It develops here as an agonizing moral question, one that our retributive correctional culture would rather not have to debate. Review | ‘Downstate’ is a play about pedophiles. It’s also brilliant. 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z The attorneys warned that any "partisan retributive action, such as the discriminatory treatment of elected officials, or threats or actions to withhold funding for government programs, would constitute further unconstitutional action that would require redress." Justin Jones unanimously reinstated to Tennessee House — as GOP threatens city school funds 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z But it was a difficult place to grow up, plagued through the 1980s and early ’90s by retributive violence between the central government and the leftist guerrillas who called themselves the Shining Path. In Lima, a Home and Studio That Remains a Work in Progress 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z A compassionate society must recognize the harm caused by a criminal justice system built on retributive rather than restorative justice. Public safety: More police and reform 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z “Serial relitigation of final convictions undermines the finality that ‘is essential to both the retributive and deterrent functions of criminal law,’ ” Thomas wrote, quoting a previous Supreme Court case. High court restricts federal intervention in ineffective-counsel cases 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, he helped draft the USA Patriot Act and supported Mr. Bush’s retributive wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Orrin Hatch, Seven-Term Senator and a Republican Force, Dies at 88 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z I asked Bhattacharya to explain the nature of the accountability he thought would be appropriate, and for his reaction to the violent or retributive imagery being mustered against advocates of stringent anti-pandemic measures. Column: The anti-vaxxers' campaign against public health advocates gets scarier and more extreme 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z The second emphasizes how the United States and its European allies, through sanctions and other retributive measures, are trying to destroy Russia and must be counteracted with patriotic defiance and self-reliance. Inside Russia’s propaganda bubble: Where a war isn’t a war 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Yet the use of parole denials as an opportunity to resentence individuals according to subjective retributive views or to garner political support continues to happen in Maryland and on parole boards throughout the country. Opinion | Maryland must go further on parole reform 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Downing Street said the UK agrees that "allies must enact swift retributive responses including an unprecedented package of sanctions". Ukraine: What is Nato and why doesn't Russia trust it? 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z “The leaders agreed that, should a further Russian incursion into Ukraine happen, allies must enact swift retributive responses including an unprecedented package of sanctions,” Downing Street said. Biden considers Ukraine options as Pentagon puts US troops on ‘heightened’ alert – live 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z In return for an honest accounting of past crimes, the committee offered amnesty, establishing what Archbishop Tutu called the principle of restorative — rather than retributive — justice. Desmond Tutu, Whose Voice Helped Slay Apartheid, Dies at 90 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z And speaking of retributive justice, I can’t not talk about the one crossover cameo that actually surprised me. Unpacking all the 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' spoilers we couldn't put in the review 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Amplifying the sense of urgency, lawmakers and veterans’ groups working on evacuation efforts said, is an uptick in retributive attacks by the Taliban. Lawmakers Press to Rescue Afghan Relatives of U.S. Service Members 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Federal attorneys disputed the claims, saying two people had described the pilot as having a “violent and retributive nature.” 20 years after unsolved killing of federal prosecutor Thomas Wales in Seattle, details emerge about the FBI’s theory 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z A Second Look approach reflects the true intention of parole: to be an evaluation of rehabilitation and to work toward a criminal justice system that is correctional rather than merely retributive. Opinion | A second look at the D.C. parole discussion 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Equity proponents therefore argue that retributive actions against the majority are necessary to correct those wrongs. Opinion | Ben Carson: Moving our focus from equality to equity won’t defeat racism. It’s another kind of racism. 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z The measures are intended to send a clear retributive message to Russia and to deter similar acts in the future. Months after hack, US poised to announce sanctions on Russia 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z But the trilogy’s movement from retributive justice to something more democratic remains revelatory — if only we’re willing to discover what may be lurking beneath the offending surface. My dream for theater: Toss the old business model in the dumpster fire of 2020 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z That year, Kenney “engaged in a retributive course of action” that involved hacking into the computer accounts, prosecutors said. Man pleads guilty to hacking into police, town accounts 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Without adequate protection by police, young men in particular seek security in groups and are more likely to seek retributive justice - further driving up gun violence. Kansas City residents: Lack of trust in police drives crime 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z But there, in just six corkscrew turns of retributive rationalizations, we can span two decades of the Senate eating its own tail. The high price of primary politics 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z Though law enforcement is part of the public health infrastructure, the criminal justice system upholds coercive policing, retributive sentencing, and mass incarceration that contributes to adverse health outcomes. How police are causing a public health crisis 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z And it means that the calls for Barr’s impeachment shouldn’t be seen as backward-looking or retributive against an administration that may be on its way out anyway. Perspective | Four ways William Barr is already subverting the 2020 elections 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z “All I was trying to say is: Is the antidote to past discrimination based on skin color more retributive discrimination based on skin color?” How a search for a Black film editor caused a firestorm on Facebook 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z On and on it goes, the retributive violence of these men, violence that is kept alive in the rickety cage of an honour code. Musical notes: Scorsese, Madonna, and the awfulness of millennium pop 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z But many of those who work with lifers will attest to another factor, something that the American punitive, retributive criminal-justice system scarcely seems to believe is possible: lasting change. Can You Talk Your Way Out of a Life Sentence? 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z From Iraq to Zimbabwe, Hong Kong to Chile, demonstrators even in places with ample surveillance and retributive regimes have worked to make their voices heard. Perspective | Five myths about protest movements 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z But when the call for retributive violence arises, Leon’s not quite the shrewd criminal he once was. Review: ‘Albanian Gangster’ delivers a gritty but clichéd look at immigrant thug life 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, his subjects discuss the Alien’s stature as a Fury, an extraterrestrial manifestation of a figure from Greek mythology, exacting retributive violence on behalf of the repressed feminine. Review: What made Ridley Scott's 'Alien' a sci-fi game changer? The documentary 'Memory' has the answer 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Restorative, rather than retributive, justice offers one path forward, a path that begins with an honest discussion about slavery. Servants or slaves? How Africans first came to America matters 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z The move is the latest escalation in a retributive back-and-forth between the two countries, even as President Trump is pushing to readmit Russia into the Group of 7 industrialized nations. Russia Bars 2 U.S. Senators From Entering Country Ahead of Congressional Trip 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z In prior cases laying the foundation for this principle, the Supreme Court justices have reasoned that executing someone who can’t rationally understand his crime or punishment “simply offends humanity” and would serve no “retributive value.” Editorials from around New York 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z It insulates him against the suggestion that he is in some way militant or divisive and makes the focus of his campaign not retributive justice but rather harmony, racial and otherwise. Booker and Harris on a collision course 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z They face weird circumstances — angelic visits, retributive muteness, an unsought pregnancy — with a deep confidence that some divine plan is unfolding. Opinion | A Christmas message: Fear not 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z One of the logics of punishment is that it's retributive – that the eye-for-an-eye function of the criminal justice system is something that has guided our principles of punishment historically. The First Step Act, prison reform and the deep roots of mass incarceration 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z The move was criticized by conservative groups in the United States, who said the Bible allowed the death penalty as a legitimate means of retributive justice. Group close to pope urges California's Brown to commute all death... 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z But Jewish theologians also explained that their tradition, rooted more in the retributive justice of the Old Testament than the turn-the-cheek ethos of the New Testament, takes a different approach to forgiveness. Anguished by ‘Spiral of Hate,’ Charleston Pastor and Pittsburgh Rabbi Grieve as One 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z Anger, according to this view, is almost always retributive; even when it does not seek personal redress, it demands the suffering of others. The Perils and Possibilities of Anger 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z The justification seems connected to some sort of retributive justice combined with concerns that OWM want to restore the 1950s. Opinion | The attempted ruin of Kavanaugh is about more than Ford’s allegations 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z The eventual ending is unforgettably bleak, lamenting the cycle of retributive violence that London gang members are caught in. Move over Bodyguard: how crime drama Shiro's Story became a YouTube hit 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z “Other Christian denominations believe in retributive justice, taking a fundamentalist approach to the biblical statement about an “eye for an eye,” but Pope Francis believes there is nothing that cannot be forgiven,” Marazziti said. Pope's decision to make death penalty 'inadmissible' may face opposition from conservative Roman Catholics 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z But, interestingly, he does so by likening it to authorising a drone strike and by arguing that drone strikes are in part “retributive”. Brexit: Not too late for UK to change its mind and stay in EU on same terms, says French minister - Politics live 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z “There is no ‘honest loyalty’ in using those civilians as surrogates to feed stolen information and memos to the press to achieve a personal, political, and retributive objective of harming a sitting president.” Trump lawyers call Comey ‘Machiavellian’ in note to Mueller 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z For them, this is because, insofar as justice is retributive, it runs the risk of passing over into injustice. Scholar Robert Meister on America: Saying “the past is evil” doesn’t mean the evil is past 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z For people of these political inclinations, policing in the United States is, for good reason, seen as overly punitive and frequently racist, and crime should be addressed through means other than retributive justice. When whisper networks let us down: how communities struggle — and sometimes fail — to stop sexual assault 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z The Oklahoma Board of Corrections is once again telling the Legislature that it must pay the true cost of the state’s retributive sentencing laws. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Oklahoma newspapers 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z But that scarcely masks the reality that killing them is also retributive — payback for the filmed executions of innocent people. Brexit: Not too late for UK to change its mind and stay in EU on same terms, says French minister - Politics live 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Nemesis, an ancient Greek goddess, dealt in retributive justice; it is at the heart of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” and “Titus Andronicus”, as well as westerns and films as diverse as “Gladiator” and “Death Wish”. “The Punisher” is a bloody, thoughtful addition to the Marvel canon 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z Some demanded retributive justice in online comment threads. California Today: How Trump’s Cuts Would Affect California 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z With every reckless civilian death caused by the United States grows the possibility of more retributive violence in the United States. A white supremacist slew a man in Manhattan. Why is the president silent? | Moustafa Bayoumi 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z It will give support to his pro-growth instincts, rather than his retributive ones. Meet Pro-Growth Donald Trump 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z The source who leaked the photographs from Halo alleged the de-mining team was extremely wary of reports of “cluster bombs” discoveries as they feared retributive action by the Rajapaksa regime. Cluster bombs used in Sri Lanka's civil war, leaked photos suggest 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z In all, about 3,000 members of the party, from supporters to presidential candidates, were killed in retributive violence. In a Rebel Camp in Colombia, Marx and Free Love Reign 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z “Some of the farmers are encouraged to keep farming,” says a Syrian agronomist, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to talk about retributive government policies. The most unconventional weapon in Syria: Wheat 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z The “random few” who will be executed “will have languished for so long on Death Row that their execution will serve no retributive or deterrent purpose and will be arbitrary,” Carney said. Federal appeals court upholds California's death penalty 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Mental health experts, evangelical Christians and some former judges and prosecutors have said the execution would cross a moral line and serve no retributive or deterrent value, court documents said. U.S. court hears arguments on Texas death row inmate's mental competency 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z The very scenario that Bill and Denise Richard hoped to avoid—the appeals, the publicity, the endless replay of the city’s trauma in the interests of retributive justice—will come to pass. The Lawyer Who Defended Dzhokhar Tsarnaev 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z The “random few” who are put to death, he said, “will have languished for so long on death row that their execution will serve no retributive or deterrent purpose and will be arbitrary.” California Death Penalty, Struck Down Over Delays, Faces Next Test 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z If this is true, then, although the death penalty still might serve some minimal retributive function in Connecticut, it lacks any retributive justification. A Strong Argument Against Capital Punishment 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z But there seem to be no political escape routes, either, out of the grisly cycle of retributive bombing and beheading. How to think about Islamic State 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Unlike victims, third parties chose the most retributive option in our task, where the victim is compensated and the transgressor is simultaneously punished. Is The Justice System is Overly Punitive? 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Kase said mental health experts, evangelical Christians, and former judges, prosecutors and attorneys general have said the execution would cross a moral line and serve no retributive or deterrent value. Last-ditch appeals made for mentally ill Texas death row inmate 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z Worse still is the equality of what I call “retributive redress” found among some leftists. Defining political equality That it should be “retributive”, a mere expression of society’s rage, is primitive theology. Oscar Pistorius should not be going to jail 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Such a pincer movement raises fears that trapped Kurds could face the kind of retributive killings and abuses that were reported after the Islamic State captured other areas in Iraq and Syria. Islamic State renews push to claim Syrian border town despite widening airstrikes District Judge Cormac J. Carney said the state’s system is so riddled with delays that the death penalty has been stripped “of any deterrent or retributive effect it might once have had.” Federal judge says California’s death penalty system is ‘unconstitutional’ More common are the savage retributive habits of the more tribal elements of the human family. Charles Krauthammer: Revenge, American-style Whatever the reason, Swartz did not expect his actions to attract the full retributive force of the judicial authorities. Aaron Swartz: hacker, genius… martyr? 2013-06-01T23:01:02Z As the Council on Foreign Relations noted, that is bound to generate retributive violence. Boston explosions highlight a frightening new reality 2013-04-15T20:51:00Z Odds are also good that Obama will exact some retributive “justice” for the deaths of Ambassador Chris Stevens and his colleagues, possibly enhancing his Commander in Chief stature. Will the Arab Spring Rain on Obama's Re-election? 2012-09-14T02:35:29Z The sentence preserves the country's image of possessing a rehabilitative rather than a retributive justice system. Anders Breivik Sentence: Why Norway Is Satisfied with the Verdict 2012-08-27T10:35:27Z So if for nothing else, all who advocate for accountability should see Gacaca as some form of justice, except for diehard retributive justice advocates for whom nothing short of a formalized western courtroom suffices. African viewpoint: Grassroots convictions 2012-06-19T16:18:04Z “But there was something disquieting about the prospect of retributive punishment being meted out on behalf of a gay young man.” Some Gay Rights Advocates Uneasy About Long Jail Time for Dharun Ravi 2012-05-21T14:30:03Z There is a hint of retributive justice here. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z And when he became the prey to disease, he became sullen, unsocial, and desponding; evidently the victim of his own self-condemning reflections, and of that retributive justice which never suffers the wicked to go unpunished. Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z It is not certain, however, that the artist had any comic intention in engraving this picture of retributive justice, with which the children of former ages were so familiar. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z They must have an awful reckoning with eternal, retributive justice. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z At Sherborne she is shewn hanged by mice, one of the retributive pieces which point to a confidence in the existence of something called justice, not always self-evident in the olden-time. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z It is to inflict pain for the sake of vindication, or retributive justice. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The blaze of retributive vengeance may awe the propensities to crime into inaction; but it cannot uproot them. Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z Plans to secure his safety, and visions of possible accidents, passed through his mind, weaving themselves in delirious manner into long and complicated histories of his future life—some happy, some terrible with retributive calamity. A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z This kind of retributive crime, by the powerful against the weak, is reported in many Indian states. The Female Factor: In India, a 'Blame the Victim' Mentality 2012-02-28T13:20:13Z A good deal of Boulevard and third-rate Americanism: few retributive relations otherwise. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z To the world, in its divinely inflicted and therefore retributive delusion, he will appear like a god who has come to deliver from woe, and to introduce the long-looked-for age of peace and prosperity. The Roman Empire in the Light of Prophecy The Rise, Progress, and End of the Fourth World-empire 2012-02-01T03:00:10.887Z Yet a purchase of this kind seldom failed to bring its retributive pang the day after. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z These superstitious customs were simply expedients of different nations to evade the punishment of their sins—an attempt to shift their retributive consequences on to other beings. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z Considerable sympathy was in his tone; but Egbert gave no more attention to this view of retributive justice than he had vouchsafed to the question preceding it. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z He has shown us not a retributive mechanical Deity, but a great and wonderful Father who deals with us better than we deserve. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z Amidst it all, however, I could not help being pleased at the thought that retributive justice had overtaken the scoundrel tavern-keeper, the memory of whose bed made me shudder. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z He remembered how Curley's rifle had been leaded by the same cause and fierce joy surged through him at this act of retributive justice. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z Intelligence of his retributive death comes to the rejoicing family at the farm with a sobering shock, but nobody affects to lament. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z Thereupon the thought of that being, in so far as it flits before his fancy as retributive justice, occasions him anxiety. Human, All Too Human A Book for Free Spirits 2011-11-28T03:00:26.030Z The hopeless retributive character of the theory of transmigration seems to militate against our faith in the transcendence of God. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z Is there no retributive justice dogging his heels, from which all the glories and adulations of earth cannot shield him? The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z Punishment in itself is not reformatory; it is retributive; it is deterrent; it plays upon fear. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z "Now you will have an opportunity of witnessing a little piece of retributive justice," she observed; "and also of observing how I treat those who misconduct themselves in my domains." The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z To his unfamiliar eye, it was a dread image, at once a suggestion of suffering and retributive justice. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z It is a retributive system of perfect justice. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z While either of them exists man may well doubt the existence of retributive justice in human affairs. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z Such encroachments on the rights of individuals call aloud for retributive justice, and we trust the call will not long be made in vain. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z Ah, there is a terrible irony in God's retributive justice, which so blinds a man to the true proportions of things. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z But the same retributive justice of which this was an expression was preparing to blight, presently, all the possessions of all the nation. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z The Hindu believes that the world exists for a retributive purpose so that spirits may find embodiment, and suffer pain and joy according to their deserts. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z "Historically, penal systems were born with a purely punitive and retributive role," said her socialist boss Chavez, who is seeking a new six-year term in 2012 despite undergoing chemotherapy for cancer. Analysis: Venezuela tries controversial fix to prisons crisis 2011-08-08T17:32:55Z The case attracted international media attention, and the rights group Amnesty International urged Iran not to inflict the retributive form of punishment. Iran acid victim spares attacker from retribution 2011-07-31T07:13:01Z Since the first impulse of the unwilling or unwitting homicide is usually sharply retributive, the cashier's only thought was to go at once to police headquarters and give himself up. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z There are flourishing empires now which perhaps a keen politician, and certainly a firm believer in retributive justice governing the world, must consider to be doomed. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z The retributive world with its process is eternal and lasts through all ages. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z All outward renown, prosperity, and fame, were his; but there was, at least, retributive justice in his early and tragical death. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. III (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:09.667Z Ever and anon a foaming charger flew swiftly by, bearing some Cavalier to the city, doubly armed for retributive vengeance. The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II 2011-07-18T02:00:20.080Z Long-forgotten bits of brutality and tyranny on Watrous Dunham's part came up to be remembered and, in this retributive aftermath, to be triumphantly crossed off as items in an account finally settled. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z The culprits pleaded guilty; retributive justice was forthwith satisfied at the wagon-wheel. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z Rely upon it, that, if they do not soon sneak away into their graves, a day of retributive justice will most assuredly overtake them.” The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It 2011-05-10T02:00:59.100Z This is closer to a collective reaction to retributive justice. Celebrating bin Laden's death 2011-05-06T21:00:00Z Her harangue was not received with the submission and respect which she expected—many murmured at her defence, and claimed the death of the captive as a prescriptive right and an act of retributive justice. The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II 2011-07-18T02:00:20.080Z It strikes, figuratively speaking, its poisoned teeth into the very vitals of our being, and the effect follows us to the other life with its terrible retributive vengeance. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:15.900Z But beyond the emotional fulfillment that comes from vengeance and retributive justice, there are two points worth considering. Killing of bin Laden: What are the consequences? 2011-05-02T14:30:00Z This striking resemblance of the painter Legard to his dead father was no freak of nature, but a retributive Providence revealing the truth of his birth. Sir Noel's Heir A Novel 2011-04-24T02:00:07.013Z That Irène de Stainville had inflicted on her the humiliation of a terrible public indictment, was reckoned only as retributive human justice. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z "Rather say that retributive justice pursues and overtakes the guilty to the ends of the earth," answered the Recluse, raising his head erect from the table. The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II 2011-07-18T02:00:20.080Z This terminated “the Belmont riot”; but it had a sequel in the retributive death of the negro leader, Zeke High, who boasted that his shot killed Collins. When the Ku Klux Rode 2011-04-06T02:00:03.767Z It was almost fearful to mark the wild gleam in the man’s eye as he spoke his fierce joy in this retributive justice.... With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z Such a reversal is made possible by the theory that justice is partly retributive; that virtue is not its own sufficient reward, nor vice its own sufficient punishment. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z Like one who has committed a great crime, and knows that retributive justice is in close proximity to his heels, Simon Rump fled homeward, on foot, a miserable man. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z I doubt not that the Turks and the Chinese make use of retributive justice, and treat us no better than we behave to them. Nuts and Nutcrackers 2011-03-08T03:00:45.687Z The foolish, the careless, and the truculent, can no longer avowedly declare the cries and groans of the miserable multitude to be seditious discontent; nor ascribe their sufferings to the results of retributive justice. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z Yet despite the threat of a retributive fight, taking aim at injured players persists. Despite Link to Concussions, Fighting Is Viewed as Deterrent in N.H.L. 2011-03-03T02:24:47Z For the adjustment of all apparent inequalities of good and evil, suffering and enjoyment here, we must wait for the disclosure of eternity, when strict retributive Justice will hold her even scales. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z But Neil sat still by the fireside, dreaming of Agnes Bradley, and yet finding the dream often invaded by the thought of the retributive scene in the parlor of the King's Arms. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z Others deny the liceity, for sterilization does not achieve the essential purposes of punishment; it is not corrective, preventive, retributive, or emendatory. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z Whilst at Damascus, we heard the following story, characteristic of the manner in which Ibrahim Pasha sometimes administered retributive justice. The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z There must be a retributive scene of existence beyond the grave. The Real Robert Burns 2011-02-18T03:00:20.253Z We are apt to look upon such an agency as an exhibition of retributive justice, rather than of benevolence. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z He saw in that misshapen, gawky form the very embodiment of the god of vengeance, the wielder of the flail of retributive justice which was about to strike the guilty at last. Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z This is intended to reflect the retributive and deterrent punishment appropriate to a crime. When Life in Prison Doesn't Mean Life in Prison 2011-01-25T21:55:00Z Mr. Bynoe, much rain, much snow, blow much;” and this was evidently a retributive punishment for wasting human food. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I 2011-01-17T03:00:49.523Z But how shall a war so long forborne, and so loudly called for by retributive justice, be waged? Red Eagle and the Wars With the Creek Indians of Alabama. 2010-12-20T17:12:28.183Z Infinite benevolence gives him over, and no longer holds back the sword of retributive justice. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z After Stuart’s hit on Fedotenko, the retributive impulse went into overdrive. Rangers 3, Bruins 2 : Unwritten Code Is Scrawled All Over Ice in Rangers? Win 2010-10-24T04:37:00Z One of the Supreme Court judges who disagreed with the decision, Justice Clarence Thomas, openly criticised the court for imposing "its own sense of morality and retributive justice". US changes rule on youth convicts 2010-05-17T16:54:00Z Thomas criticized the majority for imposing "its own sense of morality and retributive justice" on state lawmakers and voters who chose to give state judges the option of life-without-parole sentences. Supreme Court limits life sentences for juveniles 2010-05-17T17:10:00Z Thomas criticized the majority for imposing ''its own sense of morality and retributive justice'' on state lawmakers and voters who chose to give state judges the option of life-without-parole sentences. Justices Bar Life Terms for Youths Who Haven?t Killed 2010-05-17T15:05:00Z Moving towards a more enlightened treatment of bankruptcy will not be easy, particularly for poor countries with inefficient legal systems and retributive attitudes to debt. 2010-01-07T10:42:00Z A retributive power had directed the fatal engines of destruction. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 I alluded just now to those who consider the doctrine of retributive punishment, or of divine vengeance, to be incompatible with the true religion; but I do not see how they can maintain their ground. An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent This was the first act of retributive justice done by the Secret Vigilance Committee of Southern Indiana, an organization as extraordinary as the situation it was created to deal with. True Detective Stories From the archives of the Pinkertons And did not the foul act that had laid waste his property deserve retributive justice? Regina or the Sins of the Fathers At any rate, here was God in a cynical mood, and the divine justice of this retributive situation seemed to hint at something beyond mere luck. Sinister Street, vol. 2 But however different their fortunes may have been, they have also met with a retributive fate. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. Nor must it be forgotten, that, as I have observed above, retributive justice is the very attribute under which God is primarily brought before us in the teachings of our natural conscience. An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent This striking resemblance of the painter, Legard, to his dead father was no freak of nature, but a retributive Providence revealing the truth of his birth. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir The fear of death that curses a godless man is perhaps the most dreadful retributive force in this world or the next, and Dell knew it to the full. Kastle Krags A Story of Mystery Seated upon a bench in a long cart, between two priests, sat the wretched victims of retributive justice. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. And since the fear of disadvantage in war had prompted the murder of the Hebrew children, it was right that the retributive blow should destroy first their children and then their men of war. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus There are those who see in the fate of Poland that retributive justice which Heaven accords to nations as well as to individuals. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia He hailed the boat, lying in wait off the shore, and had, as he stood, the thought that with his father's murderer within reach, duty had denied him the privilege of retributive justice. The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington But the impunity of the feeble and the forbearance of the strong have their limits; and nations, like individuals, are amenable to the laws of retributive justice. History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time We can not regret that some drops of retributive woe were wrung from the heart of that guilty conqueror. Hernando Cortez Makers of History Or we may think of the plagues as retributive, and then we shall discover a wonderful suitability in them all. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus As for your retributive justice, I may be pardoned for not feeling any consolation in the pledge, for certes neither I nor mine will live to witness it.' Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune Its future prevalence, under divine mercy, will arrest the progress of events which would be, as we judge, not remedy, but retributive destruction, on account of slavery. Three Prize Essays on American Slavery It was a curious instance of retributive justice, following out the old law of blood for blood, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant Then another thing happened, almost whimsical in the way of retributive justice where Mrs. Ray's relatives were concerned. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade Hence all punishment would have to be retributive. The Philosophy of Spinoza This time, perhaps, no Sharpsburg will embarrass his progress, and the long longed-for day of retributive invasion may come at last. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital The retributive destruction of some of them and the indignant alarm of the Christian apologists indicate the probability that these works had excited attention. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion In it the moralist beholds the retributive justice of providence. Due South or Cuba Past and Present And yet this retributive end is by no means speedy in every case. Old Groans and New Songs Being Meditations on the Book of Ecclesiastes There was a retributive glee in the whistle of the mocking wind through the rotten rigging, and the ship's timbers groaned to the boom of the heavy tide. Pioneers of the Pacific Coast A Chronicle of Sea Rovers and Fur Hunters The Madonna-faced girl had taken her secret with her to her swiftly retributive grave in the deep. The Crevice Once, when above the faithless town far off The retributive smoke leaped up to heaven, He closed with iron hand on Kenwalk's arm And slowly spake—a whisper heard afar— 'See you that town? Legends of the Saxon Saints The contrary conduct is often visited with a kind of retributive justice in the course of a few years. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Is it all His retributive justice against sin? Old Groans and New Songs Being Meditations on the Book of Ecclesiastes In the last case we had an instance of that 'retributive vengeance' which, though it cannot be 'reduced to a very logical form, speaks in tones of thunder to the imaginations of mankind.' The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice Punish is distinctly retributive in sense; chastise, partly retributive, and partly corrective; chasten, wholly corrective. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions She would have seen retributive justice in every trouble that came upon them, till she must have pined and withered in her remorse. Wee Wifie Nevertheless, though the neighbours might secretly approve of such retributive acts of Providence, the medium through which they descended was liable to be regarded with disfavour. The Silver Maple Here, too, we see an exact, perfect, retributive, discriminating judgment. Old Groans and New Songs Being Meditations on the Book of Ecclesiastes My daughter, I am persuaded, has a revived faith in the operation of retributive justice. The Prairie Child It was the first lesson of my early boyhood in retributive injustice. Somehow Good This is manifestly true in what occurs before his death; and it is true in a still deeper sense afterwards, since his genius then becomes the Nemesis or retributive Providence. The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar The exercise of retributive justice belongs exclusively to the infallible Ruler of the world, and not to frail, erring man, who himself so greatly stands in need of mercy. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject There are those who see in the fate of Poland that retributive justice which Heaven metes out to nations as well as to individuals. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands It cannot properly refer to the retributive justice of God. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory Crime is not punished on earth—as divines teach us it will be punished in heaven—on a principle of retributive justice, and according to our moral deserts. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 The murderers of Cæsar, and those who had either instigated them secretly or applauded them afterwards, were included in a proscription list, drawn by retributive justice on the model of Sulla's. The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar It devolved on Darius to execute the second of these solemn and retributive decrees of heaven. Darius the Great Makers of History It breathes the spirit of karma, which, in its retributive power, has been compared by some to the doctrine of heredity, and by others, to that of fate. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ In truth and in deed, the sinner is just as guilty after the atonement as he was before; and he is just as obnoxious to the inflictions of the retributive justice of God. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory The one relates to the natural and little cultivated feelings of mankind, which demand retaliation for injuries committed—a vindictive or retributive justice. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 But France, which continually paid for all those fearful triumphs in her blood, was still to suffer a final and retributive punishment. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 There was a retributive justice for all those who infracted the rules of the game. 'Firebrand' Trevison They kindled the boy's lively imagination; they represented the large subject of retributive justice, and he resolved to devote his poetic sense to one of these alarming characters. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin There is a class of theologians, we are aware, and a very large class, who regard the sufferings of Christ as a satisfaction to the retributive justice of God. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory Very likely the Virginia farmer had some idea of retributive justice when he saw his hopeful son step out of the fire-place into the very jaws of ruin. The Young Lieutenant or, The Adventures of an Army Officer Pray be a good Christian to me, and don't be retributive in measuring out the time that shall pass before you write to me. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 Jesus declared to the listening disciples the judgments that were to fall upon apostate Israel, and especially the retributive vengeance that would come upon them for their rejection and crucifixion of the Messiah. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan Dead, before any vengeance had overtaken him other than the slow, retributive sufferings of his own breast; dead, slain by too much hope, and an unnatural joy. Emily Brontë He may be most justly punished; for as the claims of retributive justice have not been satisfied, so they may be demanded of him without being a second time exacted. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory She does not love witchery for its own sake; she loves it only as the retributive channel for the requital of a terrible offence. Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti And to that edifying 140assumption, Mr. Feis adds the fantasy that Shakspere dreaded the influence of Montaigne as a deterrent from the retributive slaughter of guilty uncles by wronged nephews. Montaigne and Shakspere Retribution.—For further details concerning the retributive character of the French Revolution, see Thos. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan There is a retributive justice for those that attempt to grasp opportunities. The Snowshoe Trail On the other hand, those who assail the sacrifice of Christ, almost invariably treat it as if it were a satisfaction to the retributive justice of God. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory "They had their request," but God, in his retributive justice, "sent leanness into their souls." A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges It should likewise be done as a matter of retributive justice to the slaveholders and rebels. History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States A spirit of retributive justice had been stirred up, which awed and intimidated the ruling compact. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 His are the dictates of the moral sense, and the retributive reproaches of conscience. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin The term justice has two distinct significations, which I shall designate by the epithets retributive and administrative. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory I was shown the scenes of the terrible events which had occurred, and as retributive measures were still carried on, I saw, in spite of myself, scenes which made me shudder. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 Mr Paton was as deaf as Pluto to all excuses, and as inexorable as Rhadamanthus in his retributive dispensations. St. Winifred's, or The World of School But soon there was a reaction: such power of dislike and resistance as there was within him was beginning to rise against a wife whose voice seemed like the herald of a retributive fate. Romola There had been an ominous note in her voice when she spoke of it, and he remembered what the gambler had told him of her eye-for-an-eye creed of retributive justice. The Fifth Ace This causes us to see the black scourge of retributive justice everywhere, and the hand of fatherly correction nowhere. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory He recalled his emotions in the theatre at Naples when Morabita sang, remembering how wholly welcome had then been to him that imagined approaching-act of retributive justice. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance The wrath of man has worked out the retributive justice of God. The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Some read the Lord's retributive hand again in the form his madness took. Shining Ferry Justice! slow, but still sure and retributive justice! Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac "I am no assassin," replied Luke, "nor have sought the destruction of my deadliest foe—though 'twere but retributive justice to have done so." Rookwood Their purpose in congregating here, whether they were conscious of it or not, was retributive. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance As the destroying angel of God's retributive providence, I was endowed with superhuman powers to walk the earth, to administer His justice and to execute His decrees. Edmond Dantès They fled to the mountains, hid, disguised themselves, changed their names, and did everything they could to escape retributive justice. Frank Merriwell's Bravery Who, if privileged, would be willing to fix a limit to God's retributive justice upon the heads of the infamous, and in many instances cowardly originators of this Rebellion! Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac Destruction had befallen because of wickedness, and the devil was then laughing over the number of the dead and the retributive cause of their destruction. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern Here are no expressions of malice, no invocations even of God's retributive justice, not a complaint of suffering wrongfully! Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs This retributive justice is bound up in the laws of nature. Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time Not having his retributive zeal to support her in this trial, she brooded more over the recent past. Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 Those laws, through which the voice of the Supreme is ever heard, are so intertwined in their action, that the infraction of one leads to the infliction of retributive punishment by the other. Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles Deeply injured as they have been by the whites, the coloured people certainly claim from us some degree of retributive justice. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 Thus slavery established and maintained itself, through individual and national crime and blood, until the day when God's retributive justice should come. Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 He would temper retributive justice with mercy, and would not suffer injury to women or children. The Madman and the Pirate His strong convictions in regard to retributive justice were not to be shaken. The Crew of the Water Wagtail Surely, if these holy men really believed in a just retributive God, they would never dare to utter the word war, without horror and deprecation. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection When the boys came downstairs, there was as comfortless a scene displayed before them as the most retributive justice could have wished to visit on the rebellious. Rattlin the Reefer There could be no doubt that they were the remnant of the pirate crew, whom at length retributive justice had overtaken. Mark Seaworth History cannot afford a more dreadful picture than the retreat of the French from Moscow, or a clearer example of the retributive justice of Heaven. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar Captain Pharo seized Miss Pray, blushing with alarm and amaze at such sudden retributive lightning on the part of her long-delayed charms, and bore her out into the mud. Vesty of the Basins Such is the notion of retributive justice in the Highlands. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I. Every pain, fever, sickness, is a retributive evidence of a violation of these laws; and for every such violation we not only suffer physical evil, but we suffer mentally, morally, socially, and spiritually. Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. Thus the blood-feud appears to have originated from the idea of primary retributive justice between clan and clan. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) There marched the retributive justice of the nation—'carrying the flag and keeping step to the music of the Union.' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Strong indeed must have been the love that triumphed over principle, honor, and truth, that broke the most sacred of human ties, and dared the vengeance of retributive Heaven. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author If it did not result in the death of the one eulogized, retributive justice turned the evil influence back on him who uttered it. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula By the action of retributive fate the point of the weapon pierced the chest of Kosuké. The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) To many of them, death would be a grateful release, even with the fires of retributive justice before their eyes; for hell itself could scarcely be more awful punishment than that which they daily endure. Plain Facts for Old and Young God's retributive justice always has compelled a people to reap exactly what they have permitted to be sown!' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy But he has ministers on earth appointed to do his pleasure, and if they fulfil their task He may not be compelled to reveal himself in flaming fire as the God of retributive justice. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author The people, shocked at the removal of the Druidical works, predicted retributive justice to those who disturbed the sacred relics. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales In the moral elevation of her soul it seemed like an act of retributive justice. The Eternal City These unfortunate beings he meets every day of his life, and listens so often to the same story of shameful abuse and retributive suffering that he dreads to hear it repeated. Plain Facts for Old and Young I experienced a dangerous sense of satisfaction in the conquest of this unsophisticated youth—a conquest not wholly without its retributive pain and intoxication. Cape Cod Folks For p. 773this last curious reason no lawyer could, consistently with his own best interests, inaugurate a movement likely to involve the whole referee system in its retributive effects. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City The awful reflections on retributive justice which the fate of this unprincipled man excited, were interrupted by the return of Humphreys, who ushered in some of his divines. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel Great delight was given by the thought that Westlake's still unexploded bombs would receive consecration also for any retributive work that awaited them. The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad Such, in their bare outline, were the awful evidences of that retributive justice which so tragically afflicted ‘Abdu’l-‘Azíz, his successors, his throne and his dynasty. The Promised Day Is Come Shadows of God’s retributive act are fast gathering. Messages to America So potent, so august a personage was the first among the sovereigns of the world to receive the Divine Summons, and the first among Oriental monarchs to sustain the impact of God’s retributive justice. God Passes By Huge bonfires were lit, and the party, secure that, for twenty-four hours at least, the Spaniards could attempt no retributive measures, sat down to enjoy the banquet. Under Drake's Flag A Tale of the Spanish Main Nature, however, being a Dame, won’t stand being slighted, or having her admonitions disregarded, and the way she asserted herself on the morrow was retributive in the extreme. Sword and Gown A Novel ON the one extreme, a large majority of Christian scholars have asserted that the doctrine of a retributive immortality is clearly taught throughout the Old Testament. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Or rather a mere retributive punishment decreed by an eternal justice? Man to Man These sentimentalities are apt to slip from under him who would embark on them, like a birch canoe under the clumsy foot of a cockney, and leave him floundering in retributive commonplace. Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O My purpose in writing upon this subject is to investigate God's disciplinary and retributive economy in races and nations, with a hope of arriving at some clear conclusion concerning the Negro as a Christian. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro This war so commenced, costing a million of lives and countless millions of treasure, has not been expiated by one drop of retributive blood. Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z The conviction that there is a retributive life hereafter is the moral cement of the social fabric. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Time has no grudge against her for personal wrongs, no retributive justice to be meted out—instead, the quiet happiness of a contented mind is lavished with true delight. Lady Rosamond's Secret A Romance of Fredericton The threat to refuse quarter to these defenders of invaded rights would, he said, bring about inevitable reprisal, for "the national character of Britain was not less distinguished for humanity than retributive justice." The Story of Isaac Brock Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812 Interested marriages, vicious habits, perhaps account for the fact; but retributive justice, though it be presumptuous to trace its course, is everywhere. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 Can it be that everything must be paid for in this world, and that a splendid retributive justice rules the destiny even of super-men and punishes them for committing base actions? The Schemes of the Kaiser There are in some quarters faint traces of a single purgatorial or retributive conception. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life There is a world of pathos in this helpless cry of pain, with its suggestion of retributive fate. Types of Weltschmerz in German Poetry In it the retributive justice of God shines forth, like the lightning, from one end of heaven to the other. Companion to the Bible The justice was retributive, but it was very complete. Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' But public feeling was so bitter and retributive that the practice was speedily discontinued. Greenwich Village And in the present case the fundamental thought is that of repeated births of the soul, each birth trailing retributive effects from the foregone. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Thus retributive justice, in the end, overtook these unjust and cruel men. Peter Parley's Tales About America and Australia It is one of the most striking instances of retributive justice that I ever knew. Black and White Land, Labor, and Politics in the South The Scottish kings had, for some time, been attempting to annex the islands, and, in 1263, Hakon of Norway invaded Scotland as a retributive measure. An Outline of the Relations between England and Scotland (500-1707) Talk about retributive justice, this is the most direct piece of retribution I ever heard of. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 The Calvinistic dogma makes it denote the satisfaction of the law of retributive justice by a substitutional anguish. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life I stood—a culprit caught red-handed—and let the boat drift me down upon retributive justice. Poison Island Thus tonight Maison's conscience had more ghastly evidence to confront him with, and conscience is a pitiless retributive agent. Square Deal Sanderson They represent the gods as irresistible, retributive, favoring the good and punishing the bad, though sometimes very tardily. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Passive acceptance of her predicament—perhaps indeed a retributive feeling of its fitness for her folly. The Palace of Darkened Windows When the disembodied soul had endured a sufficient quantity of retributive and purifying pain, it was loosed, and sent on earth in a new body. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life This, to a man possessing the feelings and education of a gentleman, amounted to something like retributive justice upon his prodigality. Jane Sinclair; Or, The Fawn Of Springvale The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two In the history of nations, as of individuals, there is often singular retributive mercy as well as retributive justice. Three Years in Europe Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met Perhaps we rather led them a dance; and I daresay those we didn't like came in for a good deal of retributive justice. Grey Roses Jim Courtot had dwelt with the desert Indians; he had come to know in what savage manner they meted out their retributive justice. The Desert Valley The tremendous fact that all the inwrought elements and workings of our being are self retributive, their own exceeding great and sufficient good or evil, independent of external circumstances and sequences, is rarely appreciated. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life He had, however, the pleasure of assisting at her execution, when some years afterwards retributive justice overtook her. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest It would be startling to many to know with what intelligence and accuracy motives are penetrated, inconsistencies remarked, and treasured up with retributive or imitative projects, as may best suit the purpose of the moment. The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends But we have a right to severely call an author to task for representing vice in an attractive aspect, for condoning offences against morality, for depicting licentiousness as unattended by retributive consequences. A History of English Prose Fiction But fortunate for society, the hand of retributive justice has overtaken them; and not one that was known to be concerned has escaped. The Confessions of Nat Turner The Leader of the Late Insurrections in Southampton, Va. As Fully and Voluntarily Made to Thomas R. Gray, in the Prison Where He Was Confined, and Acknowledged by Him to be Such when Read Before the Court of Southampton; With the Certificate, Under Seal of the Court Convened at Jerusalem, Nov. 5, 1831, For His Trial. Also, an Authentic Account of the Whole Insurrection. Suffering is the retributive result and accumulated merit of iniquity; while enjoyment is the gift of God and the fruit of conformity to his law. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Thus Baptista had sense enough to see the retributive fairness of this issue. Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Successful Marriages "Does your stomach hurt you?" he demanded in a practical though sympathetic tone of voice, for so far in his journey along life's road his sleep had only been disturbed by retributive digestive causes. Rose of Old Harpeth This man who had so ruthlessly set a pitfall for his neighbor had suddenly tumbled into one which retributive justice had dug deep for himself! The Redemption of David Corson The chief city, the metropolis, is the Divine Logos, next come the two powers already considered, and then three secondary powers, the retributive, the law-giving, and the prohibitive. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria An evil soul is not thrust into a physical and fiery hell, fenced in and roofed over from the universal common; but it is revealed to itself, and consciously enters on retributive relations. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life No doom retributive attends the deed That wreaks prevenient wrong. The Seven Plays in English Verse Let there be no relaxation of the solemnity and imposing aspect of the law in such cases, whatever there be of its retributive severity. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 For the real culprits, the evil counselors who have misled the Imperial judgment and diverted the sovereign authority to their own guilty ends, full expiation becomes imperative within the rational limits of retributive justice. A Supplement to A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Lawless and rebellious deeds are sometimes their subjects; but they end mostly with an act of retributive justice. Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations So to a wicked soul all objects, operations, and influences of the moral creation become hostile and retributive, making a hell of the whole universe. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life His death was generally regarded as an act of retributive justice. Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam Eager, leviathan, his cap doffed with a sweeping gesture as he made a low bow, Stransky was the very spirit of retributive victory returning to claim the ground that he had lost. The Last Shot But happiness and misery are so broadly marked, that this Mardi may be the retributive future of some forgotten past.—Yet vain our surmises. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II He has made me his heir, partly out of an odd feeling of retributive justice, and partly because, as he says, none of his own family or friends know how to enjoy such an estate. Tales of a Traveller It has often been argued that with the denial of a retributive life beyond the grave all restraints are taken off from the passions, free course given to every impulse. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life We must look upon it then as an exercise of God's retributive justice for our Sins as a people, or, that He designs that He shall ultimately be the more glorified by the separation. Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Youngest Sister, 1857-78 The sergeant, who now had time to think of Stransky, was seized with a spasm of retributive rage. The Last Shot The sentiment expressed in the penult couplet is not uncommon, the idea of retributive justice, of others performing the last offices for the clerk who had so often done the like for his neighbours. The Parish Clerk Alfgar had seen the apostate in his moment of retributive agony, and he shuddered. Alfgar the Dane or the Second Chronicle of Aescendune Hell is the retributive reflex or return of disarranged order experienced when in the hieriarchy of man higher grades of faculty and motive are subordinated to lower ones. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Perhaps the long dead mother, who was never a lawful wife, had, by some retributive turn of justice, endowed him wholly with her own qualities. Out of the Ashes Remember that you have often started back, when the holy and retributive eternity dawned like the day of doom upon you,—but you are impenitent still. Sermons to the Natural Man God's ways, she was aware, were sometimes inscrutable, and seemed to fall short of justice, but she knew that sooner or later they invariably worked out retributive justice more terrible than man's. The Rising of the Red Man A Romance of the Louis Riel Rebellion He was followed by shouts and jeers from the miners, who enjoyed this act of retributive justice. Joe's Luck Always Wide Awake Instantly the celestial scenery about him was changed into infernal, and, by the radiation and return of his own bad spirit, he found himself plunged into hell and writhing under its retributive experience. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life This justification of pain as a needful part of an education is, however, inapplicable to never-ending retributive punishment. Robert Browning Among other customs which these people invariably practise, is one that is highly deserving of notice, as it carries with it some idea of retributive justice. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From The Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King. It was a case of retributive justice with a vengeance. The Rising of the Red Man A Romance of the Louis Riel Rebellion The prisoners in the county jail appeared to sense this wave of retributive hatred, for they paced their cells like caged beasts. Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts As thou sayest in thy first letter, something strangely retributive seems to be working. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 9 Moreover, there was retributive justice in the sentence, that doomed him to undergo tortures similar to those he had so often inflicted on others. The Star-Chamber, Volume 2 An Historical Romance The thought stung him with keen self-contempt, yet think he must and did, that a woman might be spotted not a little, and yet be good enough for him in the eyes of retributive justice. Paul Faber, Surgeon Not to them alone has Time hastened to bring that retributive justice which falls alike on empires and individuals. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 07, May, 1858 Particularly retributive were the punishments visited upon Messrs. Mays and Prevatt—generally recognized as the most vicious slave drivers of the section. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Florida Narratives He could never succeed in hiding that crime and retributive justice would of a surety overtake him then, without any help from her. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk I need hardly say that neither Eric nor his friends took any part in this retributive act. Eric It is interesting to note how the punishments are devised to balance in truly retributive fashion the crimes mentioned. Crime: Its Cause and Treatment This center of consciousness is thereupon drawn to the newly forming body, the life environment of which will rightly and justly—perhaps retributively—bring the tendencies and characteristics of the conscious center into objectivity again. Four-Dimensional Vistas Robert felt that it had been overtaken by retributive justice, and, despite the chill that was shaking him, he was shaken also by a great thrill of joy. The Shadow of the North A Story of Old New York and a Lost Campaign But there was something retributive in his death, for it is believed he died by swallowing a draught of poison, designed by him for another person. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction It was a striking scene of retributive justice, On our entering the apartment where Digby lay, the wretched man raised himself upon his elbow. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII Aaron looked the least mite retributive, as he said,— "Anna, there are mysteries in life." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 This was evidently a retributive punishment for wasting human food. The Voyage of the Beagle Never more, after winning that fatal prize, did he escape the retributive imposition, or the avenging birch. Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices But now, while fortune smiled upon them; while they revelled in the rewards of successful villany, retributive justice came upon them in a shape they had not anticipated. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 But fortune or some divine retributive power threw him down the in close of his life, like a successful runner who stumbles at the goal. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans They called the cruelty "retributive justice," and a God without it would certainly have struck them as not "sovereign" enough. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature I don't know, however, but it's retributive justice. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 Dirty Jamie the Sixth of Scotland and First of England, under mask of retributive justice, could exercise a vein of cruelty that might have turned a Red Indian green with envy. She Stands Accused And all this, again, in the name of eternal and retributive justice. Criminal Sociology I see the hand of retributive justice in that, Inspector. The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu So had no desire whatever to hand him over to retributive justice. The Pawns Count Thine eye, O Lord, is piercing and retributive. Female Scripture Biographies, Volume II It is necessary, however, to remark, that we are not authorized always to expect the strict exercise of retributive justice in the present state. Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I And all in the name of eternal retributive justice. Criminal Sociology Any sympathy I might have felt for him, any feeling I may have had that my father-in-law's retributive scheme was of too drastic a nature, vanished before he had finished the first three sentences. An Amiable Charlatan Not but I should have imagined the swelling volumes of injuries I have communicated would have lighted up a sympathetic flame of retributive vengeance even in you, which not all your phlegm could have quenched. Anna St. Ives And now it seemed as though Fate itself were conspiring with the conspirators, for the watch kept upon them by Andrew Larkspur was perforce delayed, and Lady Eversleigh's designs of retributive punishment were suspended. Run to Earth A Novel We cannot, however, forget that the history of races, as of nations and individuals, is retributive. East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne She must have died of grief if she had not been kept alive to be the instrument of retributive justice. The Delicious Vice If I could not help indulging myself in this retributive cruelty towards the chief, and leaving him to the tender mercies of Mike, I ordered the others to rise and form in line before me. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 The murderers of Caesar, and those who had either instigated them secretly or applauded them afterward, were included in a proscription list, drawn by retributive justice on the model of Sylla's. Caesar: a Sketch Hal! if you ever prove ungrateful or a traitor to me, and there be a state retributive hereafter, terrible will be thy punishment. Jane Talbot Submission to His retributive hand is the only way to escape being crushed by it. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke It was the retributive justice of Heaven against a band of cruel and remorseless murderers and robbers, who had spread desolation and sorrow through their once happy homes. Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched Here the word ingwa is used especially in the retributive sense. In Ghostly Japan But it does not punish sin retributively as sin, nor even medicinally. Moral Philosophy I watched her pale face and glowing eyes; she held me breathless and frowning, but her strange vindictive, or at least retributive, passion irresistibly imposed itself. Louisa Pallant The deepest meaning of the answer is that love, pity, healing, are the true signs, not judicial, retributive, destructive energy. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke It was in accordance with the solemn law of God's retributive justice that offers rejected should be withdrawn; and from them that had not, even that which they had should be taken away. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark So, then, the destructive act is a manifestation of Righteousness, which in such a connection means retributive justice. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah But there is asserted a third function, which is retrospective: punishment is said to be retributive. Moral Philosophy And therefore the pardon of God comes to us through that channel, without, in the slightest degree, trenching on the awfulness of the divine holiness or weakening the sanctities of God's righteous retributive law. Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms He was troubled by no retributive emotions of shame or remorse, in contemplating this second sacrifice to his own interests of the daughter whom he had deserted in her infancy. The Fallen Leaves Most of us, I suppose, believe in the life continuous through and after death retributive in a greater degree than life here. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes Current ideas of the love of God distort it by pitting it against His retributive righteousness. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah If punishment is never retributive, the human race in all countries and ages has been the sport of a strange illusion. Moral Philosophy Even his female friends are apt to think his position retributive: he should have chosen some one else. Daniel Deronda Our own consciences attest it as perfectly within the scope of the divine retributive justice that our enormous sin should bring down a tremendous punishment. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII But there is a very important and wide region in which our actions here must automatically bring consequences hereafter of joy or sorrow, without any special retributive action of God's. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes His reign is retributive, and that not merely as penally recompensing evil, but as rewarding the faith and hope of those who waited for Him. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah Such an essential, positive evil in human nature would vengeance be, a natural thing for which there was no natural use, unless punishment may in some measure be retributive. Moral Philosophy The village was spoiled and fired, and thus retributive justice done to those who had wantonly murdered two white men and destroyed their property. Tropic Days So that we have here suggested the solemn thought of the right that divine justice, acting according to strict retributive law, has over each of us. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII Now this fall of Jerusalem is like an object-lesson to teach everlasting truth as to the retributive providence of God. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes So then, if we would rightly conceive of His righteousness, we must give it a wider extension than that of retributive justice or cold, inflexible aloofness from sinners. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah Such another enormity would be the affection of vengeance, if punishment could never rightly be retributive. Moral Philosophy Having destroyed the other good and evil works the results of which had begun to operate by retributive experience he, subsequently to the termination of such retributive enjoyment, becomes one with Brahman. The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 The grave of Agamemnon is the murky gloom from which retributive vengeance issues; his discontented shade, the soul of the whole poem. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature The thought came to her: was it retributive justice pursuing her for having bartered herself for rank? A Terrible Secret God's holiness is not retributive justice but moral perfectness, which to a good man will be joy, and to a bad man, intolerable. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah Add to this the warning given to the commonwealth by the example that is made of the offender, and we have the three functions of punishment, medicinal, deterrent, and retributive. Moral Philosophy It was clear that he enjoyed the prospect as an opportunity for retributive enlightenment. Over the Pass His retributive death was by the hand of an assassin in 1488. The Tragedies of the Medici The first outburst of the retributive storm fell upon the head of Shadwell. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 Then came the bloody hand of what was impiously termed retributive justice. An Englishman's Travels in America His Observations of Life and Manners in the Free and Slave States As it is medicinal, it serves the offender: as it is deterrent, it serves the commonwealth: as it is retributive, it serves the offended party, being a reparation offered to him. Moral Philosophy That we have become the 'Pariahs of the Empire' is, in Gokhale's language, the retributive justice meted out to us by a just God. Freedom's Battle Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings and Speeches on the Present Situation It was rumored that an act of retributive justice was about to take place, for the peace of the town and the protection of the citizen. The Bravo This was in February, 43; and thus two of Cæsar's murderers, in less than a year's time, felt the blow of retributive justice. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) I wait, Enduring thus, the retributive hour Which since we spake is even nearer now. The House of the Whispering Pines Civil punishment, besides being deterrent, is retributive for the breach of social order. Moral Philosophy The vengeance he had so subtly planned had turned into retributive justice. The Iron Game A Tale of the War No. The latest facts of science present this universe as not only progressive, but as retributive. The Warriors And whatever may have been the effects of this retributive policy in other states, its results here were salutary and important. The Rangers; or, The Tory's Daughter A tale illustrative of the revolutionary history of Vermont For all these sins condign punishment is threatened; and yet, after these retributive woes are past, there is promise of a better day. Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People This peculiar violation draws after it a peculiar consequence of suffering, penal and retributive. Moral Philosophy In his works we find the fundamental idea of the Greek drama--retributive justice. Mosaics of Grecian History The world is abandoned to fear, misery, and despair, and there is no help, for retributive justice marches on with impressive solemnity. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. "I'm sure, sister, I can't help myself," she said, urged by the fear lest her anticipated misfortunes might be held retributive, to take comprehensive review of her past conduct. The Mill on the Floss Instantly the public thought turned to a protective tariff, not only to save the manufactures, but as a retributive measure against England. The United States of America, Part 1 But it is not properly punishment: no natural law has been really broken: there has been no guilt, and the suffering is not retributive and compensatory. Moral Philosophy The benefits conferred by free access to a large collection of standard books is incalculable, and certainly if there is such a thing as retributive justice, it is about time it showed its hand. Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago Personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian But let us not conceive ourselves the agents of that retributive vengeance which Heaven has, in a peculiar degree, declared to be its own attribute. Waverley Novels — Volume 12 The day of stern retributive justice was not the time for unseemly triumph. Self-Raised Or, From the Depths Memories of Tory confiscations and penalties were sufficiently fresh to give credence to a rumour that the President-elect contemplated such retributive measures toward his political opponents. The United States of America, Part 1 Punishment is medicinal to him who suffers it, or deterrent on behalf of the community, or retributive in the way of vengeance. Moral Philosophy Yet, when interpreted in this broadest meaning, retributive justice loses all ethical significance. The Principles of Aesthetics But there is a retributive justice in this world. Nature and Human Nature The recoil of a blow struck at another's interests has often the retributive wrath of heaven in it, and the selfish soul that would destroy a fellow-creature for its own pleasure is itself destroyed. What Can She Do? Mrs. Oswald knew there was nothing that annoyed the old lady so much as any allusion to her increasing age or infirmities, and she took her revenge out of her in that simple retributive fashion. Philistia A stern, a terrible image of retributive justice presented itself before my thoughts. Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story Later, of course, when the gods retreated into the background of human life, retributive justice was conceived more abstractly. The Principles of Aesthetics For lawyers repeat their own incredible commonplaces about the absolute perfection of English law so often that at last, by a sort of retributive nemesis, they really almost come to believe them. What's Bred in the Bone It has its pleasures and its pains, not necessarily retributive or rewarding, but dim. Travels in West Africa Would the jury say that this retributive justice, inflicted by an outraged, and deluded woman, rendered irrational by the most cruel wrongs, was in the nature of a foul, premeditated murder? The Gilded Age, Part 7. It must be the judgment of a retributive Deity upon her idolatrous affection that she was bearing—her worship of Frederic. At Last This is always true in life, and Shakespeare holds the mirror up to nature—but is it consistent with the theory of retributive justice? The Principles of Aesthetics On the other hand, every one has heard how the Spaniards, almost all except the absent leader, expiated their murderous cruelty in April 1568, under the retributive justice of De Gourgues. Thomas Hariot, the Mathematician, the Philosopher and the Scholar But who can understand the ways of Providence or where the finger of retributive Justice will point. Dark Hollow Tom was tired enough to swoon, but he refused to close his eyes before the rain came—what purpose was served by retributive justice unless a fellow stayed on the job to enjoy it? The Winds of Chance Sadly and prayerfully while she slept lifted he the retributive mallet and beat in her brittle pate. The Fiend's Delight "Not from arrest at present, by human officers of retributive justice." At the Mercy of Tiberius After performing this little act of retributive justice, I pushed on towards the Stony Athi. The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures The Mariposa court, when the presiding judge was cold sober, and it had the force of public opinion behind it, was a terrible engine of retributive justice. Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town "Well, if there's a law of compensation, if there's such a thing as retributive justice—you have a bad piece of ground." The Winds of Chance Then that keen-sighted monitor, conscience, by reminding them of the retributive justice of all they had endured, goaded them rather to turn the tables on their enemies than to accuse themselves. The Deerslayer Now, like the face of Medusa it glared at her, and that which her father's lips had sanctified, became the polluted medium of a retributive curse upon his devoted child. At the Mercy of Tiberius The mighty passion that became your cause, Still burns its lengthening path across the years; We feel its raptures, and we see its tears And ponder on its retributive laws. Poems of Progress Thus Baptista had sense enough to see the retributive fairness of this issue. A Changed Man; and other tales Nurse and physician fled at the sight of me; but my father, though thrilling with horror, bore the shock, and bowed to the retributive justice of the angry Deity she had invoked. The Midnight Queen The man fled to the forest, haunted by a remorseful conscience, and died a retributive death: he fell sick, and was devoured by wolves. The Golden Dog The general belief that Johnson, after possessing himself of the muleteer's pistol, could have run amuck, gave a certain retributive justice to this story, which rendered it acceptable to the camp. Mrs. Skagg's Husbands and Other Stories If the latter view is taken, by abandoning punishment when it can no longer be expected to prevent an act, the law abandons the retributive and adopts the preventive theory. The Common Law It was not her husband but her conscience that forced her to this retributive act. The Filigree Ball Being a full and true account of the solution of the mystery concerning the Jeffrey-Moore affair I found it an example of poetic, of absolutely retributive justice; so that my desire grew great to work it, as we say, on those lines. The Beldonald Holbein Then, if he is not seen to kill, the law is powerless and the murderer can snap his finger in the face of retributive justice. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American Oswald, raised in a moment from the desponding invalid to a terrifying ministrant of retributive justice. Initials Only I always feel a peculiar satisfaction when I hear of your enjoying yourself, because it proves that there really is such a thing as retributive justice even in this world. Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1 Indeed, for any maltreatment of the dear boy Love by man or by woman, coming under your cognizance, you, if you be of common soundness, shall behold the retributive blow struck in your time. The Egoist Was ever retributive justice more signally illustrated than in the place in which they were imprisoned pending Count von Waldersee's approval of the sentence? New Forces in Old China An Inevitable Awakening She thought she saw clearly, that their unnatural bereavement was a blow dealt in retributive justice; but she found it not in her heart to exult or rejoice over them. The Narrative of Sojourner Truth But there was something retributive in his death, if, according to an account very generally received, it took place from his swallowing a draught of poison which was designed by him for another person. Kenilworth He described the retributive voices of the mother and the brother of the murdered man ringing incessantly in the ears of the homicide. The Black Robe A retributive Providence will unerringly and speedily search out all wrong-doing; hence, right is always the best in the long run. The Life of Phineas T. Barnum We know that the doctrine of retributive justice or vengeance, was plainly disavowed by the Saviour. Miscellaneous Papers There may be black ingratitude in the thing, and the punishment may be retributive and well deserved; but that it is a miserable thing, I can testify. Great Expectations And ask, whether Wisdom is born of blood-heat; Or of other than Wisdom comes victory here; - Aught more than the banquet and roundelay, That is closed with a terrible terminal wail, A retributive black ding-dong? Poems — Volume 3 Accordingly, convoking their chiefs, he inveighed against their craven policy, and urged the necessity of vigorous and retributive measures that would check the confidence and presumption of their enemies, if not inspire them with awe. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West It was the retributive justice not always to be found in the affairs of this world. History of the Conquest of Peru; with a preliminary view of the civilization of the Incas Had he exerted a little of the Lynch law of the wilderness, and hanged those dexterous horsemen in their own lasos, it would but have been a well-merited and salutary act of retributive justice. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West Rarely has retributive justice been meted out in fuller measure to offenders so high in authority, - most rarely in Castile. History of the Conquest of Peru; with a preliminary view of the civilization of the Incas |
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