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C 7

Offences against Condition — Adultery. Reasons

while he labours under it is the same thing to him
as if it were ever so just well grounded. As little
is it material upon of what circumstances it founds itself:
whether on the his deficiency in that
power of pleasing, which should have prevented
her forming an to his prejudice: in
the

The case seems to be, that In one or other of these points he is found to
have been deficient: in the power of pleasing,
which should have saved her from
forming harbouring an inclination to his prejudice: in the
sagacity which should have prevented her discover'd it when formed:
or in the management which should have prevented
her from [gratifying it]. But be this as
it may, be the contempt just as unjust, let it
proceed from one cause or another, the mischief
to him while he labours under it is the same.
Should his acquaintance the people he has to do with be more reasonable
than people in general are apt to be, should they
be more reasonable than to regard him with contempt,
this is more than he can know: his
apprehension of it will be suited to the well-known
and prevailing desperation of the unthink- unreflecting
multitude.

7. Loss of her affection to his children 7. Another mischief is that which his children
of the marriage are exposed to suffer, and the husband
himself in the persons of his children, from
that abatement in her affection for them which is
apt to take be produced by such a connection
with a stranger. One A powerful cement corroberative to the
affection of a mother for her children is her affection for

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Identifier: | JB/071/099/003"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 71.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	071	Main Headings	penal code
Folio number	099	Info in main headings field	offences against condition - adultery
Image	003	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		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	23502
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