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<p>"application were made , <hi rend='underline'>where applications well-founded will | <p>"application were made, <hi rend='underline'>where applications well-founded will | ||
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"never fail of due attention</hi> , | "never fail of due attention</hi>, <hi rend='superscript'>*</hi> that such relief would be | ||
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"obtained , as, <hi rend='underline'>without adding to the burthen of the County-rate</hi> , | "obtained, as, <hi rend='underline'>without adding to the burthen of the County-rate</hi>, | ||
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would enable the magistrates to carry the plan | would enable the magistrates to carry the plan | ||
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<p><!-- indented -->N<hi rend='superscript'><hi rend='underline'>o</hi></hi>.. 3 . Page 44. "What then may not reasonably be | <p><!-- indented -->N<hi rend='superscript'><hi rend='underline'>o</hi></hi>.. 3. Page 44. "What then may not reasonably be | ||
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"expected from <hi rend='underline'>one</hi> , <hi rend='underline'>who</hi> certainly <hi rend='underline'>feels</hi> , as much as any | "expected from <hi rend='underline'>one</hi>, <hi rend='underline'>who</hi> certainly <hi rend='underline'>feels</hi>, as much as any | ||
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"man , t<hi rend='underline'>he importance of restraining vice, & improving | "man, t<hi rend='underline'>he importance of restraining vice, & improving | ||
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"morals</hi> , to the welfare of society | "morals</hi>, to the welfare of society? <hi rend='superscript'>(a)?</hi><hi rend='superscript'>+</hi> It would be impossible, <add>verily<!-- added from beneath ?, or addition for the line below? --></add> | ||
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<p><!-- indented -->"<hi rend='superscript'>(a)</hi> This testimony , it is <hi rend='underline'>humbly | <p><!-- indented -->"<hi rend='superscript'>(a)</hi> This testimony, it is <hi rend='underline'>humbly hoped</hi>, will not be | ||
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"considered as an instance of <hi rend='underline'> | "considered as an instance of <hi rend='underline'>flattery</hi> to the <hi rend='underline'>great</hi> | ||
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"<hi rend='underline'>person</hi> here alluded to , but a declaration , the truth | "<hi rend='underline'>person</hi> here alluded to, but a declaration, the truth | ||
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"of which , all to whom his <unclear>character</unclear><!-- the ending of the word is amended, though it's difficult to see, from what! --> is known, will | "of which, all to whom his <unclear>character</unclear><!-- the ending of the word is amended, though it's difficult to see, from what! --> is known, will | ||
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"readily confirm". | "readily confirm". | ||
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<p><note><hi rend='superscript'>*</hi> What strange place can this be which the worthy Magistrate is sp<del>a</del>eaking of or dreaming of? - I who have been upon the look out for such a place for above these 8 years have never yet been able to meet with anything like it? Is it any where about the Treasury? - any such place as the closet of any such person as the "great "person alluded to" presently after by the worthy Magistrate ? Then as to foundation — what sort of a ground is it (I wonder) tha<del>n</del>t "<hi rend='underline'>an application</hi>" must have to make it a "<hi rend='underline'>well founded</hi>" one? - An Act of Parliament for example? applications have been made on such grounds month after month, ye<del>ea</del>ar after year, to as great persons as any he can have been <del>attending to</del> alluding to, and the "<hi rend='underline'>attention</hi>" <sic>shewn</sic> to them has been worse than none:— it has had every property of refusal, saving only the honesty on<del>e</del> the one part & the quietus on the other.</note></p> | |||
<p><note><hi rend='superscript'>+</hi> If what the worthy Magistrate really looks for is a person great or otherwise, who by what he "feels" about "the "importance of restraining vice and improving morals" is to afford him such provision for his prisoners as shall <add>not</add></note></p> | |||
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"application were made, where applications well-founded will
"never fail of due attention, * that such relief would be
"obtained, as, without adding to the burthen of the County-rate,
would enable the magistrates to carry the plan
"into effect". —
N<hi rend='underline'>o</hi>.. 3. Page 44. "What then may not reasonably be
"expected from one, who certainly feels, as much as any
"man, the importance of restraining vice, & improving
"morals, to the welfare of society? (a)?+ It would be impossible, verily
"(a) This testimony, it is humbly hoped, will not be
"considered as an instance of flattery to the great
"person here alluded to, but a declaration, the truth
"of which, all to whom his character is known, will
"readily confirm".
* What strange place can this be which the worthy Magistrate is spaeaking of or dreaming of? - I who have been upon the look out for such a place for above these 8 years have never yet been able to meet with anything like it? Is it any where about the Treasury? - any such place as the closet of any such person as the "great "person alluded to" presently after by the worthy Magistrate ? Then as to foundation — what sort of a ground is it (I wonder) thant "an application" must have to make it a "well founded" one? - An Act of Parliament for example? applications have been made on such grounds month after month, yeeaar after year, to as great persons as any he can have been attending to alluding to, and the "attention" shewn to them has been worse than none:— it has had every property of refusal, saving only the honesty one the one part & the quietus on the other.
+ If what the worthy Magistrate really looks for is a person great or otherwise, who by what he "feels" about "the "importance of restraining vice and improving morals" is to afford him such provision for his prisoners as shall not
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john herbert koe |
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letter was never sent; see note 8 to letter 1747, vol. 7 |
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