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The Subjects of Theft, Malicious mischief < | The Subjects of Theft, Malicious mischief <note>loss or casting away must be <sic>comprized</sic> under mischief - as under the instance of Letters</note> & their aggravations<lb/> are either valuable or invaluable: The former<lb/> description comprehends almost any thing which<lb/> | ||
one should first think of naming: The latter denotes <lb/> | one should first think of naming: The latter denotes <lb/> | ||
a few things which being but as it were exceptions -<lb/> | a few things which being but as it were exceptions -<lb/> | ||
out of the other and must be specified: but are all | out of the other and must be specified: but are all included<lb/> | ||
comprehensible< | <add>comprehensible</add> under the general term of <hi rend='underline'>writings</hi>. Not that all<lb/> | ||
writings are hereby meant: for of these many are susceptible <lb/>of a certain value in virtue of their relation <lb/> | |||
writings are hereby meant: for of these many are | |||
to that which has one. <lb/> | to that which has one. <lb/> | ||
Writings not susceptible of valuation, may be | Writings not susceptible of valuation, may be distinguished<lb/> into: 1<hi rend='superscript'>st</hi> Records, 2<hi rend='superscript'>d</hi> Birth & Marriage <lb/> | ||
Registers- 3<hi rend='superscript'>d</hi> Letters, 4<hi rend='superscript'>thly</hi> Other Writings in general <lb/> | |||
Registers- 3 | of these the two first may without hesitation or difficulty<lb/> be put on a level with the hightest value - the 2<hi rend='superscript'>d</hi><lb/> | ||
of these the two first may without hesitation or | |||
including every thing that a person is worth in point<lb/> | including every thing that a person is worth in point<lb/> | ||
of property, together with his Fame & condition of <lb/> | of property, together with his Fame & condition of <lb/> | ||
LIfe besides; the other, matters of yet higher | LIfe besides; the other, matters of yet higher consideration<lb/> | ||
than all that has been mentioned put together. <lb/> | |||
The other two require more consideration: being | The other two require more consideration: being susceptible<lb/> of a variety of value from almost nothing up to an<lb/> | ||
<pb/> indiscrete sum. The 3<hi rend='superscript'>d</hi> from a letter of compliment up<lb/> to a summons to receive the last words of a dying consort<lb/> the 4<hi rend='superscript'>th</hi> from a School boy's <sic>waist</sic> book to a Work like<lb/> those of Locke & Newton capable of making a Revolution<lb/> in the state of human Nature. <p>paragraph</p> | |||
The last in particular, is apt but too often to become the subject of a Theft which is not the less distressing<lb/> to the party wronged because the injurer is most commonly<lb/> a person above the temptation to any other: and since <lb/> he is not above the temptation to this, there is the same<lb/> reason for terrifying him from his prey by a suitable <lb/> punishment, as the poverty stricken malefactor from his— | |||
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The Subjects of Theft, Malicious mischief loss or casting away must be comprized under mischief - as under the instance of Letters & their aggravations
are either valuable or invaluable: The former
description comprehends almost any thing which
one should first think of naming: The latter denotes
a few things which being but as it were exceptions -
out of the other and must be specified: but are all included
comprehensible under the general term of writings. Not that all
writings are hereby meant: for of these many are susceptible
of a certain value in virtue of their relation
to that which has one.
Writings not susceptible of valuation, may be distinguished
into: 1st Records, 2d Birth & Marriage
Registers- 3d Letters, 4thly Other Writings in general
of these the two first may without hesitation or difficulty
be put on a level with the hightest value - the 2d
including every thing that a person is worth in point
of property, together with his Fame & condition of
LIfe besides; the other, matters of yet higher consideration
than all that has been mentioned put together.
The other two require more consideration: being susceptible
of a variety of value from almost nothing up to an
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indiscrete sum. The 3d from a letter of compliment up
to a summons to receive the last words of a dying consort
the 4th from a School boy's waist book to a Work like
those of Locke & Newton capable of making a Revolution
in the state of human Nature.
paragraph
The last in particular, is apt but too often to become the subject of a Theft which is not the less distressing
to the party wronged because the injurer is most commonly
a person above the temptation to any other: and since
he is not above the temptation to this, there is the same
reason for terrifying him from his prey by a suitable
punishment, as the poverty stricken malefactor from his—
paragraph
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