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Analogy.
Ins

punished with ordinary death, and is in France by
burning but one, of a much deeper die. The offence
of attempted by the Canaanites if it had been perpetrated would have carried with it two enormous aggravations. 1st the hos a violation of hospitality, an offence
of much greater enormity malignity and more strongly
reprobated in a rude ages than in a civilized state
of society: 2dly Actual Personal violence: by which circumstance
alone the offence stood raised as much above
the level of the offence that which under the name in
question men ordinarily have in view, as Rape is
stands lies above that of simple Fornication.

From p.7 Inundation
By ind inundation I mean the act of him who
with a mischievous intent, is a means of laying
a country under water.

NOTE continued.
From p.7.

upon the footing of ordinary devastation. If mischief a loss of property to such a value be done measured, whether it is by fire
or any other agent makes no difference. If there
be any reason why devastation committed by
fire should be more final than if com devastation
committed by other means, it is because
by fire mischief may be done to a greater amount may be a committed than by any other means excepting
that of inundation. But in this case not the instrument, but the amount
of the mischief is the as it ought to be the measure of the punishment;
and not the instrument.


Identifier: | JB/159/126/003
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 159.

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Marginal Summary Numbering

Box

159

Main Headings

punishment

Folio number

126

Info in main headings field

analogy

Image

003

Titles

note / inundation

Category

text sheet

Number of Pages

4

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

f1 / f2 / f3 / f4

Penner

jeremy bentham

Watermarks

[[watermarks::l v g propatria [britannia motif]]]

Marginals

Paper Producer

caroline vernon

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

Notes public

ID Number

53949

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