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Which he should have preferred for aught he then
knew: but the incongruity of his being his hold, the responsibility
that would have attached upon him in the
event of his hazarding a new Choice, when choice had
been the Object of so much Contest, the indecorum of
his setting up his Individual Will, without necessity, in
opposition to a choice sanctioned by the 12 Judges,
struck him at the first word. He had seen the portion
they had Carved for him: he found it suitable to
his purpose: it was the Bird in hand: though,
as the Event has proved, not in his hand: it was
a fair Bird: and he knew better as he thought than to
go upon Adventures, and beat the Bush for others —

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2. by the tenor
of the Act

Even without looking to the tenor of the
treaty, your Lordships will find yourselves to
stand sufficiently Engaged by the Words of
the Act, when explained by the nature of the
Case. By the words of the Act your Lordships
are "required" to make choice of a spot for the
purpose, and, by the words of the Act, when
the nature of the Transaction comes to be
considered, your Memorialist has a necessary negative,
as your Lordships will find, upon any other
choice. An option is given to your Lordships

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	28
Box	118	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	058	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f31 / f32
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::[britannia with shield emblem]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	patrick colquhoun
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	see note to letter 988, vol. 5	ID Number	39112
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