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<head>Hard-labour Bill Preface</head><lb/> | |||
<p><del>to depend</del> known sometimes to depend: as if the whole | <p><del>to depend</del> known sometimes to depend: as if the whole | ||
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stock of understanding (to say nothing of | stock of understanding (to say nothing of probity) as | ||
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well as the whole map of power in the nation were | well as the whole map of power in the nation were | ||
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circle.</p> | circle.</p> | ||
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<p>Such a notion, I must comply, <del>(</del> were it ^ < | <p>Such a notion, I must comply, <del>(</del> were it ^ <add>even</add> seriously | ||
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entertained <del>)</del> is but too well warranted (as well as | |||
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usage can warrant notions so ill-suited to the spirit | usage can warrant notions so ill-suited to the spirit | ||
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of the constitution) by the privacy with < | of the constitution) by the privacy with <add>which seems always</add> which all | ||
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< | parliamentary proceedings have always been endeavoured <add>to have been so much affected in parliamentary proceedings</add> | ||
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at least to be <sic>envelopped</sic>. For my own part | |||
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however I must | however I must confess that without any disparagement | ||
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to it's representatives I can not bring myself | |||
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to think quite so unfavourably of the great body of | to think quite so unfavourably of the great body of | ||
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the nation. | the nation. These Judges, one would imagine, did | ||
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not think | not think to who in their circuits have recommended | ||
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the Bill <add><del><gap/></del></add> while thus in embryo to the general | |||
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attention of the country gentlemen. It is some | attention of the country gentlemen. It is some consolation | ||
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to me to have the authority and example | |||
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of those repectable magistrates on my side. If < | of those repectable magistrates on my side. If <add>indeed</add> | ||
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the <hi rend="underline">few</hi> are < | the <hi rend="underline">few</hi> are <add><del>indeed</del></add> to <hi rend="underline">decide</hi> (as in truth it seems best they | ||
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should) on the interests of the <hi rend="underline">many</hi>, it can | should) on the interests of the <hi rend="underline">many</hi>, it can scarcely | ||
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<add>one should think</add> be improper that the many should at least | |||
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be permitted to debate.</p> | be permitted to debate.</p> | ||
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An example may perhaps on this occasion be of use. <hi rend="underline"> | <p>An example may perhaps on this occasion<lb/> | ||
be of use. <hi rend="underline">M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Howard</hi>, whom every county and | |||
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every<pb/> | <add>every</add></p><pb/> | ||
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Castrations
Hard-labour Bill Preface
to depend known sometimes to depend: as if the whole
stock of understanding (to say nothing of probity) as
well as the whole map of power in the nation were
doomed for ever to be confined within that narrow
circle.
Such a notion, I must comply, ( were it ^ even seriously
entertained ) is but too well warranted (as well as
usage can warrant notions so ill-suited to the spirit
of the constitution) by the privacy with which seems always which all
parliamentary proceedings have always been endeavoured to have been so much affected in parliamentary proceedings
at least to be envelopped. For my own part
however I must confess that without any disparagement
to it's representatives I can not bring myself
to think quite so unfavourably of the great body of
the nation. These Judges, one would imagine, did
not think to who in their circuits have recommended
the Bill while thus in embryo to the general
attention of the country gentlemen. It is some consolation
to me to have the authority and example
of those repectable magistrates on my side. If indeed
the few are indeed to decide (as in truth it seems best they
should) on the interests of the many, it can scarcely
one should think be improper that the many should at least
be permitted to debate.
An example may perhaps on this occasion
be of use. M<hi rend="superscript">r Howard</hi>, whom every county and
every
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