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Offences against Condition — Adultery

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Facility of the Romans Among the Romans in the earlier ages of the Commonwealth a man's wife was considered
upon the of as his property, [just] as in most respects his children were considered
as his property. He might sell his children
He might repudiate his wife — He might lend her
to another man. Cato, the virtuous Cato lent his
wife to his friend .... Such sort of
[friendship] complaisance generosity is not now in fashion
Were such a kindness favour done a man
out of generosity, it would not be imputed
a gener that principle but to some meaner
motive.

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Facility It may seem inconsistent that while with
respect to every other kind of possession, a facility
in communicating it to a friend should be
deemed an act of generosity a merit, a facility of the same cost shewn
with regard to a wife should ordinarily be deemed an act
of meanness, a vice.

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The case is that []

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— why suspected The selfishness of mankind which can give
way for a while with regard to every other kind
of possession can not near so often give way with regard to a
possession which if it be dear at all is apt to
be so much dearer than any other.

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In other cases the moral sanction is
an assistant and a most powerful one to
the principle of sympathy in disposing men to acts of generosity
It is even able to produce acts of apparent generosity
in a multitude of cases, instances where the power of sympathy

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Identifier: | JB/071/094/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 71.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	21-32
Box	071	Main Headings	penal code
Folio number	094	Info in main headings field	offences against condition - adultery
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f5 / f6 / f7 / f8
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::gr [crown motif] [britannia with shield motif]]]
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	23497
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