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<head>39</head><!-- aligned to the right-hand margin, and in pencil --> | <head>39</head><!-- aligned to the right-hand margin, and in pencil --> | ||
<p>"application were made , where applications well founded will | <p>"application were made , <hi rend='underline'>where applications well-founded will | ||
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"never fail of due attention , * that such relief would be | "never fail of due attention</hi> , <add>*</add> <note><hi rend='superscript'>*</hi> What strange place can this be which the worthy Magistrate is speaking of or dreaming of ? - I who have been upon the look out for such a place for above these 8 years have never yet been able to meet with anything like it? Is it any where about the Treasury ? - any such place as the closet of any such person as the "great "person alluded to" presently after by the worthy Magistrate ? Then as to foundation — what sort of a ground is it (I wonder) that "an application" must have to make it a "<hi rend='underline'>well founded</hi>" one ? - An Act of Parliament for example ? applications have been made on such grounds month after month , year after year, to as great persons as any he can have been <del>attending to</del> alluding to , and the "<hi rend='underline'>attention</hi>" <sic>shewn</sic> to them has been worse than none :— it has had every property of refusal , saving only the honesty on<del>e</el> the one part & the <gap/> on the other.</note> that such relief would be | ||
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"obtained , as, without adding to the burthen of the County-rate , | "obtained , as, without adding to the burthen of the County-rate , | ||
29-Aug-2012: under construction by Diane Folan. Please do not amend.
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"application were made , where applications well-founded will
"never fail of due attention , * * What strange place can this be which the worthy Magistrate is speaking of or dreaming of ? - I who have been upon the look out for such a place for above these 8 years have never yet been able to meet with anything like it? Is it any where about the Treasury ? - any such place as the closet of any such person as the "great "person alluded to" presently after by the worthy Magistrate ? Then as to foundation — what sort of a ground is it (I wonder) that "an application" must have to make it a "well founded" one ? - An Act of Parliament for example ? applications have been made on such grounds month after month , year after year, to as great persons as any he can have been attending to alluding to , and the "attention" shewn to them has been worse than none :— it has had every property of refusal , saving only the honesty one</el> the one part & the on the other. that such relief would be
"obtained , as, without adding to the burthen of the County-rate ,
would enable the magistrates to carry the plan
"into effect". —
N<hi rend='underline'>o</hi>.. 3 . Page 44 . "What then may not reasonably be
"expected from one , who certainly feels , as much as any
"man , the importance of restraining vice, & improving
"morals , to the welfare of society(a)2. + It would be impossible, sverily
"(a) This testimony , it is humbly hoped, will not be
"considered as an instance of flattery to the great
"person here alluded to , but a declaration , the truth
"of which , all to whom his character is known, will
"readily confirm".
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panopticon versus new south wales |
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john herbert koe |
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letter was never sent; see note 8 to letter 1747, vol. 7 |
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