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Theft

Let the reader figure to himself a man
to points of doctrine among 10 or a dozen writers at
once for points of doctrine who, it's a great chance, do not all agree
all of them upon any one; & behavior where when they disagree there is not any certain
rule of preference; & he will have a
pretty just idea of the situation of any one who
undertakes to write upon this subject Truth & money [as
it stands upon its present footing.
] others on the Law. + + Difficult therefore as it may be to satisfy ones self on this topic what the Law ought to be, it is still not more so difficult as to satisfy one's self how it is.

To one who is paid equally for Truth or Falsehood
This is no great matter: This end is attained if he prod <add>deduces what is plausible:</add> but to me who can
have succeeded no farther than as he can believe,
himself to be in in possession of Truth what is true Who
is put to wor must search for truth of Fact as a foundation
of Truth of Judgement, who knows not
whether Truth of Judgment at apparent to
himself will be so to another others, nor if it be
so whether it will be regarded. The task it
must be owned is rather of an uninviting nature. +
+ A Athenians! what is it that a man pays not for the purchase of your praise?

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Swans.

If taken unmarked and in any other place, it is
to be presumed the taking of them stands upon the
same footing as that of any other Game; that is
without any some special Statute may be practiced with
impunity, -out impunity except by it be according to the the obsolete form of which supposing
it to be treats it as an as encroachment on the prerogative. +
+ & Comm 174. Theft Swans [s]




Identifier: | JB/070/259/002
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 70.

Date_1

Marginal Summary Numbering

Box

070

Main Headings

of laws in general

Folio number

259

Info in main headings field

theft swans

Image

002

Titles

Category

text sheet

Number of Pages

3

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

Penner

jeremy bentham

Watermarks

[[watermarks::gr [crown motif]]]

Marginals

Paper Producer

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

Notes public

ID Number

23374

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