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<head>DEFAMATION Words</head> | <head>DEFAMATION. Words.</head> | ||
<p>According to the doctrine which for a long time<lb/> | <p>According to the doctrine which for a long time<lb/> | ||
prevailed, | prevailed, a man who would vent Scandal<lb/> | ||
against another so as to subject himself to<lb/> | against another so as to subject himself to<lb/> | ||
the chastisement of the Law, must <add>have</add> <sic>studyed</sic> <add>hard</add> that<lb/> | the chastisement of the Law, must <add>have</add> <sic>studyed</sic> <add>hard</add> that<lb/> | ||
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of heightening was formed, when subjected to<lb/> | of heightening was formed, when subjected to<lb/> | ||
the absurd lists which the Lawyers of those<lb/> | the absurd lists which the Lawyers of those<lb/> | ||
days, had set up, < | days, had set up, <del>only</del> to have utterly destroyd<lb/> | ||
the effect | the effect | ||
</p> | </p> | ||
<p><add>While these continued</add> it was mere | <p><add>While these continued</add> it was mere fraud & imposition upon the subject<lb/> | ||
to tell him that the Law gave <add>would give</add> him<lb/> | to tell him that the Law gave <add>would give</add> him<lb/> | ||
compensation for <del>the loss of</del> <add>an injury to</add> his good name,<lb/> | compensation for <del>the loss of</del> <add>an injury to</add> his good name,<lb/> | ||
when for one case in which this <del>injury</del> <add>compensation</add> could be<lb/> | when for one case in which this <del>injury</del> <add>compensation</add> could be<lb/> | ||
<add><del>given</del> obtained</add> in ten others the injury would be aggravated<lb/> | <add><del>given</del> obtained</add> in ten others the injury would be aggravated<lb/> | ||
by the <sic>expences</sic> of a fruitless application </p> | by the <sic>expences</sic> of a fruitless application <lb/> | ||
<note><add>Major</add> If ever there was a perjur'd man in England, thou art one: <add>Minor</add> but there has been a <sic>perjurd</sic> man in England; in <del><gap/></del> <add>Conclusion</add> Therefore thou art one. I do not know whether even this would have satisfied all of them: they might want his name.</note></p> | |||
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DEFAMATION. Words.
According to the doctrine which for a long time
prevailed, a man who would vent Scandal
against another so as to subject himself to
the chastisement of the Law, must have studyed hard that
Law for words, to do it in, & then it would be a great chance whether he would succeed.
The emphaticalness of the expression instead
of heightening was formed, when subjected to
the absurd lists which the Lawyers of those
days, had set up, only to have utterly destroyd
the effect
While these continued it was mere fraud & imposition upon the subject
to tell him that the Law gave would give him
compensation for the loss of an injury to his good name,
when for one case in which this injury compensation could be
given obtained in ten others the injury would be aggravated
by the expences of a fruitless application
Major If ever there was a perjur'd man in England, thou art one: Minor but there has been a perjurd man in England; in Conclusion Therefore thou art one. I do not know whether even this would have satisfied all of them: they might want his name.
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