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take the measures actually taken for circulating publications<lb/> | |||
among the people, he acted as of course under the <lb/> | |||
influence of Parliamentary habits. For this publication <lb/> | influence of Parliamentary habits. For this publication <lb/> | ||
I am speaking of has nothing to distinguish it from <lb/> | I am speaking of has nothing to distinguish it from <lb/> | ||
Bills printed in course for the members of the Houses, <lb/> | Bills printed in course for the members of the Houses, <lb/> | ||
except the preface | except the preface (which must ever distinguish it with <lb/> | ||
advantage among all publications of this kind) and the <lb/> | advantage among all publications of this kind) and the <lb/> | ||
circumstance of its being printed <hi rend="underline">before</hi>, instead of <hi rend="underline">after</hi> <lb/> | circumstance of its being printed <hi rend="underline">before</hi>, instead of <hi rend="underline">after</hi> <lb/> | ||
its being introduced in form.<lb/> | its being introduced in form.<lb/></p> | ||
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There is one passage more in the same paragraph <lb/> | There is one passage more in the same paragraph <lb/> | ||
which, I must confess, I had rather not have seen. I mean <lb/> | which, I must confess, I had rather not have seen. I mean <lb/> | ||
that which disclaims "any disposition either to propose<lb/> | that which disclaims "any disposition either to propose<lb/> | ||
or promote novelties in the executive "justice of the <lb/> | or promote novelties in the executive "justice of the <lb/> | ||
nation." <hi rend="superscript">+</hi>— I shall be understood | <note>+ Preface page 5.</note><lb/> | ||
nation." <hi rend="superscript">+</hi> — I shall be understood, I hope, to refer <lb/> | |||
solely to what I apprehended may be the <hi rend="underline">effects</hi> and by no <lb/> | |||
means the i<hi rend="underline">intention</hi> of this passage, if I venture <lb/> | |||
to observe, that discourses of this complexion can never <lb/> | |||
upon the whole do good, and may not improbably do harm. <lb/> | |||
The meaning of the passage is not very explicit: but <lb/> | |||
the tendency of it (in the way in which it is natural to <lb/> | |||
understand it) seems to be, to throw a stumbling-block<lb/> | |||
in the way of political improvements. As to this motive<lb/> | |||
which it is thought proper to disclaim, I must confess</p> | |||
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A View of the Hard-Labour Bill.
take the measures actually taken for circulating publications
among the people, he acted as of course under the
influence of Parliamentary habits. For this publication
I am speaking of has nothing to distinguish it from
Bills printed in course for the members of the Houses,
except the preface (which must ever distinguish it with
advantage among all publications of this kind) and the
circumstance of its being printed before, instead of after
its being introduced in form.
There is one passage more in the same paragraph
which, I must confess, I had rather not have seen. I mean
that which disclaims "any disposition either to propose
or promote novelties in the executive "justice of the
+ Preface page 5.
nation." + — I shall be understood, I hope, to refer
solely to what I apprehended may be the effects and by no
means the iintention of this passage, if I venture
to observe, that discourses of this complexion can never
upon the whole do good, and may not improbably do harm.
The meaning of the passage is not very explicit: but
the tendency of it (in the way in which it is natural to
understand it) seems to be, to throw a stumbling-block
in the way of political improvements. As to this motive
which it is thought proper to disclaim, I must confess
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