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once, as your Memorialist remembers, it was hinted,
that if there were any other spot that he preferred, he need
not conceive himself as precluded from the change. He was
thankful, but he did not hesitate. Ignorant enough of the
topography of the Country, he had been not inattentive to
the history of the case. The four Counties might have swarmed
with spots which he should have preferred, for aught he
then knew: but the incongruity of his being his own carver,
the perilousness of his quitting his hold, the responsibility
that would have attached upon him in the event
of his hazarding a new choice, where choice had been the
object of so much contest, the indecorum of his setting up
his individual will, without necessity, in opposition to
a choice sanctioned by the 12 Judges, struck him at the
first work. He had seen the portion they had covered
for him: he found it suitable to his purpose: it was
the bird in hand; though, as the event has proved, not
in his hand: it was a fair bird: and he knew better, as
he thought, than to go upon adventures, and beat the
bush for others.

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2. by the tenor of the
Act.

Even without looking to the tenor of the treaty, your
Lordships will find yourselves to stand sufficiently engaged
by the words of the Act, when explained by the
nature of the case. By the words of the Act your
Lordships are required to make choice of a spot for
the purpose: and, by the words of the Act, when the nature
of the transaction comes to be considered, your
Memorialist

Identifier: | JB/118/119/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 118.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	27-28
Box	118	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	119	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d25 / d26 / d27 / d28
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Notes public	see note to letter 988, vol. 5	ID Number	39173
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