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<head>NONCON — Why y<hi rend='superscript'>e</hi> object of moral abhorrence</head> | <head>NONCON — Why y<hi rend='superscript'>e</hi> object of moral abhorrence</head> | ||
<p>It <del>may <gap/></del> may be a [matter of] curious speculation<lb/> | <p>It <del>may <gap/></del> may be a [matter of] curious speculation<lb/> | ||
to a <add>the</add> Philosopher to consider, how<lb/> | to a <add>the</add> Philosopher to consider, how<lb/> | ||
it should have <sic>happend</sic> that this taste in<lb/> | it should have <sic>happend</sic> that this taste in<lb/> | ||
particular should <add>so frequently</add> have met with such<lb/> | particular should <add>so frequently</add> have met with such<lb/> | ||
hard measure, <add>from Legislators</add> beyond what <sic>it's</sic> influence<lb/> | hard measure, <add>from Legislators</add> beyond what <sic>it's</sic> influence<lb/> | ||
upon the happiness <add>interests</add> of Society, at least<lb/> | upon the happiness <add>interests</add> of Society, at least<lb/> | ||
beyond <del>t</del> what that influence as recognized<lb/> | beyond <del>t</del> what that influence as recognized<lb/> | ||
by them, appear to make it deserve—<lb/> | by them, appear to make it deserve—<lb/> | ||
how it is that when we hear of the <del>Hottentot</del><lb/> | how it is that when we hear of the <del>Hottentot</del><lb/> | ||
<note>Hottentots who &c</note><unclear>Partan</unclear> who never makes his meal of<lb/> | <note>Hottentots who &c</note><unclear>Partan</unclear> who never makes his meal of<lb/> | ||
Horseflesh till it has served him for a<lb/> | Horseflesh till it has served him for a<lb/> | ||
saddle, all that we say of him is that he<lb/> | saddle, all that we say of him is that he<lb/> | ||
is a nasty fellow, when we are told of a<lb/> | is a nasty fellow, when we are told of a<lb/> | ||
man in whom the amorous appetite has<lb/> | man in whom the amorous appetite has<lb/> | ||
taken this direction, the cry is "To the Gibbet<lb/> | taken this direction, the cry is "To the Gibbet<lb/> | ||
or "To the Stake<lb/> | or "To the Stake<lb/> | ||
</p> | </p> | ||
<pb/> | <pb/> | ||
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<head>Prejudice<hi rend='underline'> against</hi> it X in favor of the Ancie</head><!-- corner of page missing; presumably "Ancients" --> | <div> | ||
<head>Prejudice<hi rend='underline'> against</hi> it X in favor of the Ancie</head><!-- corner of page missing; presumably "Ancients" --> | |||
<p>Another spectacle amusing enough is, to observe<lb/> | |||
the distress men are under to keep the peace<lb/> | <p>Another spectacle amusing enough is, to observe<lb/> | ||
between 2 favourite prejudices that are oft<lb/> | the distress men are under to keep the peace<lb/> | ||
cruelly to jar; The one in disfavor of this<lb/> | between 2 favourite prejudices that are oft<lb/> | ||
vice; the other in favor of antiquity,<lb/> | cruelly to jar; The one in disfavor of this<lb/> | ||
especially <sic>antient</sic> Greece, which [prejudice]<lb/> | vice; the other in favor of antiquity,<lb/> | ||
<add>when close pressed</add> itself cannot deny <add>dissemble</add> to have been <add>so</add> overrun<lb/> | especially <sic>antient</sic> Greece, which [prejudice]<lb/> | ||
with it, as to look upon it without eyes of<lb/> | <add>when close pressed</add> itself cannot deny <add>dissemble</add> to have been <add>so</add> overrun<lb/> | ||
blame.<!-- note symbol --><note><!-- note symbol -->There is no evasion nor contradiction they will not run into</note><del> There is no shift they will not</del>< | with it, as to look upon it without eyes of<lb/> | ||
<del>run into</del> <del><gap/></del> to avoid <del><gap/></del> <add>striking against</add> the one or<lb/> t'other — | blame.<!-- note symbol --><note><!-- note symbol -->There is no evasion nor contradiction they will not run into</note><del> There is no shift they will not</del><add><del> corner they will not attempt</del>to</add><lb/> | ||
<note>as the generality of men cannot stake a character for the <del>bedizen out the</del> object of their affections <add>but they must bedizen it out</add>with all imaginable ornaments in their own <sic>stile</sic> | <del>run into</del> <del><gap/></del> to avoid <del><gap/></del> <add>striking against</add> the one or<lb/> t'other — | ||
</note> Sometimes they will dissemble<lb/> | <note>as the generality of men cannot stake a character for the <del>bedizen out the</del> object of their affections <add>but they must bedizen it out</add>with all imaginable ornaments in their own <sic>stile</sic> | ||
& shut their eyes against the fact - sometimes<lb/> | </note> Sometimes they will dissemble<lb/> | ||
they will attempt to <add>question</add> it; at others<lb/> | & shut their eyes against the fact - sometimes<lb/> | ||
they will <add>attempt</add> set up a distinction between times<lb/> | they will attempt to <add>question</add> it; at others<lb/> | ||
of simplicities & <add>imagined</add> virtue, & times of <del>Luxury</del> effeminacy<lb/> | they will <add>attempt</add> set up a distinction between times<lb/> | ||
& vice <add>declension</add>: tho' in the times of greatest strength<lb/> | of simplicities & <add>imagined</add> virtue, & times of <del>Luxury</del> effeminacy<lb/> | ||
it may be <sic>shewn</sic> to have been prevalent | & vice <add>declension</add>: tho' in the times of greatest strength<lb/> | ||
<add>prevented</add>: <lb/> | it may be <sic>shewn</sic> to have been prevalent | ||
& <del>that in</del> <add><sic>thoughe</sic></add> the times of greatest weakness <sic>followd</sic><lb/> | <add>prevented</add>: <lb/> | ||
long after <sic>it's</sic> extinguishment. At any | & <del>that in</del> <add><sic>thoughe</sic></add> the times of greatest weakness <sic>followd</sic><lb/> | ||
long after <sic>it's</sic> extinguishment. At any | |||
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<sic>it's</sic> being for the most part extinguished.</note><lb/></p> | <note> | ||
<sic>it's</sic> being for the most part extinguished.</note><lb/></p> | |||
NONCON — Why ye object of moral abhorrence
It may may be a [matter of] curious speculation
to a the Philosopher to consider, how
it should have happend that this taste in
particular should so frequently have met with such
hard measure, from Legislators beyond what it's influence
upon the happiness interests of Society, at least
beyond t what that influence as recognized
by them, appear to make it deserve—
how it is that when we hear of the Hottentot
Hottentots who &cPartan who never makes his meal of
Horseflesh till it has served him for a
saddle, all that we say of him is that he
is a nasty fellow, when we are told of a
man in whom the amorous appetite has
taken this direction, the cry is "To the Gibbet
or "To the Stake
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Prejudice against it X in favor of the Ancie
Another spectacle amusing enough is, to observe
the distress men are under to keep the peace
between 2 favourite prejudices that are oft
cruelly to jar; The one in disfavor of this
vice; the other in favor of antiquity,
especially antient Greece, which [prejudice]
when close pressed itself cannot deny dissemble to have been so overrun
with it, as to look upon it without eyes of
blame.There is no evasion nor contradiction they will not run into There is no shift they will not corner they will not attemptto
run into to avoid striking against the one or
t'other —
as the generality of men cannot stake a character for the bedizen out the object of their affections but they must bedizen it outwith all imaginable ornaments in their own stile
Sometimes they will dissemble
& shut their eyes against the fact - sometimes
they will attempt to question it; at others
they will attempt set up a distinction between times
of simplicities & imagined virtue, & times of Luxury effeminacy
& vice declension: tho' in the times of greatest strength
it may be shewn to have been prevalent
prevented:
& that in thoughe the times of greatest weakness followd
long after it's extinguishment. At any
it's being for the most part extinguished.
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