Harshness

imposed cruel burdens of labor on the Hebrews. [O.T.: Exodus 5]

included severe punishments prescribed by Draco, their codifier. [Gk. Hist.: NCE, 791]

Mentioned in

Alexander Sandro Moissi
Anton Chekhov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Chekhov, Anton
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich
Criminal Code of 1903
Criticism and Self-Criticism
draconian laws
Ecological competition
France
Gale, Zona
gun
internationalism
Japan
Labor
Leonid Leonidov
Leonid Mironovich Leonidov
Leonidov, Leonid
Leonidov, Leonid Mironovich

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