 | John Stuart Mill - 1869 - 208 pages
...descending scale are men to whom are committed all the legal powers of a husband. The vilest malefactor has some wretched woman tied to him, against whom...except killing her, and, if tolerably cautious, can do that without much danger of the legal penalty. And how many thousands are there among the lowest classes... | |
 | 1870 - 974 pages
...descending scale are men to whom are committed all the legal powers of a husband. The vilest malefactor has some wretched woman tied to him, against whom...except killing her. and. if tolerably cautious, can do that without much danger of the legal penalty. And how many thousands are there amongst the lowest... | |
 | 1870 - 492 pages
...committed all the legal powers of a husband. The vilest malefactor has some wretched woman tied to hirai against whom he can commit any atrocity except killing her, and, if tolerably cautious, can do that without much danger of the' legal penalty. And how many thousands are there amongst the lowest... | |
 | 1873 - 790 pages
...sure sign of their own degree of education, or of the capacities and acquirements of their own fomale relations. Mr. Mill takes the extravagant instance...be altered by giving the woman legal independence ? A man cannot kill his wife in the exercise of marital authority, nor will her legal independence... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1895 - 404 pages
...descending scale are men to whom are committed all the legal powers of a husband. The vilest malefactor has some wretched woman tied to him, against whom...except killing her, and, if tolerably cautious, can do that without much danger of the legal penalty. And how many thousands are there among the lowest classes... | |
 | John Stuart Mill, Harriet Hardy Taylor Mill - 1970 - 256 pages
...descending scale are men to whom are committed all the legal powers of a husband. The vilest malefactor has some wretched woman tied to him, against whom...except killing her, and, if tolerably cautious, can do that without much danger of the legal penalty. And how many thousands are there among the lowest classes... | |
 | 1976 - 518 pages
...they are fit to be trusted with absolute power over another human being. . . The vilest malefactor has some wretched woman tied to him, against whom...can commit any atrocity except killing her— and even that he can do without too much danger of legal penalty. How many men are there who . . . indulge... | |
 | 1980 - 116 pages
...human society, every woman. . .was found in a state of bondage to some man. . .The vilest malefactor has some wretched woman tied to him, against whom...can commit any atrocity except killing her — and even that he can do without too much danger of legal penalty. EXHIBIT II WHY WOMEN STAY SITU ATI ONAL... | |
 | Lewis Okun - 1986 - 328 pages
...shape alone by the abuse of the institution swells to something appalling. 20 The vilest malefactor has some wretched woman tied to him, against whom...except killing her, and if tolerably cautious, can do that without much danger of the legal penalty. 21 Soon after Mill, Frances Cobbe wrote "Wife Torture... | |
 | Rita-Lou Clarke - 1986 - 136 pages
...they are fit to be trusted with absolute power over another human being. . . . The vilest malefactor has some wretched woman tied to him, against whom...can commit any atrocity except killing her — and even that he can do without too much danger of legal penalty.10 English common-law doctrine allowed... | |
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The vilest malefactor has some wretched woman tied to him, against whom he can commit any atrocity except killing her, and, if tolerably cautious, can do that without much danger of the legal penalty. 
