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without regard to extent is this supposed.

Fulfilled, at all times, upon every
crime which was within the grasp of it.
Every crime of the description in question being
thus provided for at the time in question, -
whatever that time was - the time at which
this was writing - what could have been
left for the wisdom and vigilence of succeeding
legislations; and yet this same
chancemedly work has been going on ever
since still scanty as well as still exuberant.

"It sweeps into the net" (viz: into the
net of Capital Punishment) "every crime"
(says he) which under any possible
"circumstances may merit the punishment
"of death". On this occasion a prophecy
may be pointed out and that prophecy
be fulfilled, which unless it be by Lord
Bacon seems scarce as yet to have
been aggregated to the 'Catalogue of Prophecies
Pluit supercos. Fishing of the
of him is to be believed
was among the Reverend Doctors favourite
diversions



Identifier: | JB/107/294/002
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 107.

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Marginal Summary Numbering

Box

107

Main Headings

law versus arbitrary power (a hatchet for dr paley's net)

Folio number

294

Info in main headings field

Image

002

Titles

Category

copy/fair copy sheet

Number of Pages

2

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

Penner

Watermarks

[[watermarks::[simplified hanoverian royal arms] 1821]]

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Paper Producer

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

1821

Notes public

ID Number

35285

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