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<note>3<lb/>v</note> | |||
<p>If there be an abomination in the country of <add>more </add> peculiar<lb/> | <p>If there be an abomination in the country of <add>more </add> peculiar<lb/> | ||
<add>enormity</add> foulness, be assured <add>the peerage Lord: must have a</add> that a Lord must have<lb/> | <add>enormity</add> foulness, be assured <add>the peerage Lord: must have a</add> that a Lord must have<lb/> | ||
<add> | <add>more than proportionate share in it</add> a chief share in it: it is for this that Lords<add>the order was</add> were<lb/> | ||
instituted, <del>and</del> so abundantly filled and so carefully<lb/> | instituted, <del>and</del> so abundantly filled and so carefully<lb/> | ||
kept up: to do that mischief in the gross<lb/> | kept up: to do that mischief in the gross<lb/> | ||
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<p>One course there is which of this company<add>gang</add> of<lb/> | <p>One course there is which of this company<add>gang</add> of<lb/> | ||
Lords would take they would shew themselves<lb/> | Lords would take they would <sic>shew</sic> themselves<lb/> | ||
real benefactors to their country: if they would<lb/> | real benefactors to their country: if they would<lb/> | ||
<add>join themselves</add> associate with | <add>join themselves</add> associate with one gang <add>fraternity</add> whatever of unlicensed<lb/> | ||
plunderers <del>no matter</del> choosing if they would the<lb/> | plunderers <del>no matter</del> choosing if they would the<lb/> | ||
most abandoned and the most desperate. The utmost<lb/> | |||
mischief they would do in that <add>perpetrate in that form<del>er</del></add> <del>shape</del> would bear<lb/> | |||
no proportion to that which they do in their present<lb/> | no proportion to that which they do in their present<lb/> | ||
shape, and <del>in</del> sooner or later the country would<lb/> | shape, and <del>in</del> sooner or later the country would<lb/> | ||
be <unclear>disburthened</unclear> <add>eased</add> of them: as it is; they <add>fasten</add> <sic> | be <unclear>disburthened</unclear> <add>eased</add> of them: as it is; they <add>fasten</add> <sic>burrough</sic><lb/> | ||
<add>themselves</add> for everlasting in the vitals of justice | <add>themselves</add> for everlasting in the vitals of justice like the <note>or a a medical<lb/> | ||
politician came licensed<lb/> | politician came licensed<lb/> | ||
them not inaptly in<lb/> | them not inaptly in<lb/> | ||
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immortal vultures in the liver of Prometheus</p> | immortal vultures in the liver of Prometheus</p> | ||
<note>Think of a set of<lb/> | |||
men, whose sole occupation<lb/> | |||
if an occupation<lb/> | |||
it can be called<lb/> | |||
is to do mischief, and<lb/> | |||
that without the trouble<lb/> | |||
of a thought! to do<lb/> | |||
mischief and mischief<lb/> | |||
in the extreme</note> | |||
<p>These are the men that with much more <lb/> | |||
truth than a set of miserable insolvents may be<add>might</add><lb/> | |||
said in the language of the old lawyers, <unclear>giverecaput</unclear><lb/> | |||
<foreign>lupinum</foreign>, to carry a wolf's head on their<lb/> | |||
shoulders. And were any one out of compassion to<lb/> | |||
the distressed and indignation against wickedness to <add>trial</add></p> | |||
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Law Taxes
3
v
If there be an abomination in the country of more peculiar
enormity foulness, be assured the peerage Lord: must have a that a Lord must have
more than proportionate share in it a chief share in it: it is for this that Lordsthe order was were
instituted, and so abundantly filled and so carefully
kept up: to do that mischief in the gross
which a man of vulgar mould is allowed to do
only in retail.
One course there is which of this companygang of
Lords would take they would shew themselves
real benefactors to their country: if they would
join themselves associate with one gang fraternity whatever of unlicensed
plunderers no matter choosing if they would the
most abandoned and the most desperate. The utmost
mischief they would do in that perpetrate in that former shape would bear
no proportion to that which they do in their present
shape, and in sooner or later the country would
be disburthened eased of them: as it is; they fasten burrough
themselves for everlasting in the vitals of justice like the or a a medical
politician came licensed
them not inaptly in
his own language
Ascardes in ano
Justitia.|
immortal vultures in the liver of Prometheus
Think of a set of
men, whose sole occupation
if an occupation
it can be called
is to do mischief, and
that without the trouble
of a thought! to do
mischief and mischief
in the extreme
These are the men that with much more
truth than a set of miserable insolvents may bemight
said in the language of the old lawyers, giverecaput
lupinum, to carry a wolf's head on their
shoulders. And were any one out of compassion to
the distressed and indignation against wickedness to trial
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