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11.
C
Of Unlawful Reproach.
and communicated only to a few, than in print and
in a coaurse of indiscriminate circulation. [26 For, in writing, the computation is as fixd, as on print — and the difference is less extensive For in the former
case he has all the advantages and those in an equal
degree, which he has in the latter [and the defamation
is not refered so much in the former case as in
the latter,] and that without being subject in an equal
degree to the disadvantageous circumstance. The nature
of the change is as much fixed by writing as by printing:
and he sees as precisely what he has to defend himself
against. At the same time the circulation of it is not so
extensive.
27 2— when in verse than when in prose.] It is evident also for the same reasons that a defamatory
discourse must be apt to do a man more mischief
when in Verse than when in Prose 28 For it is easier to remember and communicate. The circumstance
of its being in Verse gives him no advantage, and it
renders it more easy to remember and communicate.
29 3 — Embellished by wit — in which case it is called strategic. Whether it be in verse or in prose, it may be rendered
much more mischievous by being embellished by those turns of
Identifier: | JB/072/036/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 72.
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072 |
penal code |
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036 |
of unlawful reproach / of offences against reputation in general |
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001 |
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copy/fair copy sheet |
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recto |
f11 / f12 |
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myears |
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caroline fox |
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