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is so great of leaving it off— The very enormity of the evil <add>becomes <add>[turns into]</add></add><lb/> | is so great of leaving it off— The very enormity of the evil <add>becomes <add>[turns into]</add></add><lb/> | ||
is a reason <add>a cause of</add> for its continuance.</p> | is a reason <add>a cause of</add> for its continuance.</p> | ||
The Act 2<hi rend='superscript'>d</hi> <!-- symbol --> 3<hi rend='superscript'>d</hi> Ed.6.33 denouncing punishment upon those who<lb/> | <p>The Act 2<hi rend='superscript'>d</hi> <!-- symbol --> 3<hi rend='superscript'>d</hi> Ed.6.33 denouncing punishment upon those who<lb/> | ||
should steal one Horse one Mare or one Gelding after that of Ed. <add>of the</add><lb/> | should steal one Horse one Mare or one Gelding after that of Ed. <add>of the</add><lb/> | ||
6.C.12 <add>same reign</add> had denounced the same on persons stealing Horses Mares or<lb/> | 6.C.12 <add>same reign</add> had denounced the same on persons stealing Horses Mares or<lb/> | ||
Geldings is well known [to all those who reflect upon and lament<lb/> | Geldings is well known [to all those who reflect upon and lament<lb/> | ||
the garrulity of the Law.]<note>If the framers of that Act had possessed <add>that</add> [extent of intentions, &] <del>less</del> <add>that</add> spirit of <unclear>gene</unclear> salvation which we are even yet to look for, they would from the compilation of the Grammatical difficulty exemplified as it <sic>happen'd</sic> to be in that subject, have taken occasion to remove it from every other subject once for all. The gravity of a Statute manufacturer would hardly stand against his turn of Synonyms dragging at every turn after the specific appellative.</note> | the garrulity of the Law.]<note>If the framers of that Act had possessed <add>that</add> [extent of intentions, &] <del>less</del> <add>that</add> spirit of <unclear>gene</unclear> salvation which we are even yet to look for, they would from the compilation of the Grammatical difficulty exemplified as it <sic>happen'd</sic> to be in that subject, have taken occasion to remove it from every other subject once for all. The gravity of a Statute manufacturer would hardly stand against his turn of Synonyms dragging at every turn after the specific appellative.</note></p> | ||
<p>Because "Horses" in the plural was by the supplemental Act implicitly<lb/> | |||
supposed not to include "one Horse" in the singular, hence<lb/> | |||
it is that Dr. Burn <add>takes occasion to suggest</add> [considers it as a matter <add>question</add> that may be put<lb/> | |||
in doubt] whether the word Dog in the Stat. 10 G.3.6.18 called<lb/> | |||
the Dog Act would be understood to include [Bitch] the Female<lb/> | |||
of that species, which when spoken of in contradistinction to the<lb/> | |||
males has another name.</p> | |||
<p>With <sic>defference</sic> to this judicious writer, the case is different.</p> | |||
<p>Without contending that the actual [real] intention admitted much<lb/> | |||
more difficulty in the ancient Act, than in the modern because in<lb/> | |||
the same Act the ineffectual anxiety of the <sic>composor</sic> had prompted<lb/> | |||
him to insert "Geldings" after the word "Horses": & because it is<lb/> | |||
not usual, where a man has stolen a Mare to indict <add>him</add> for stelaing<lb/> | |||
a Horse.</p> | |||
One great mischief attending this abusive excessive consumption of words, like
that of strong Liquors, is, that when once begun, the difficulty
is so great of leaving it off— The very enormity of the evil becomes <add>[turns into]</add>
is a reason a cause of for its continuance.
The Act 2d 3d Ed.6.33 denouncing punishment upon those who
should steal one Horse one Mare or one Gelding after that of Ed. of the
6.C.12 same reign had denounced the same on persons stealing Horses Mares or
Geldings is well known [to all those who reflect upon and lament
the garrulity of the Law.]If the framers of that Act had possessed that [extent of intentions, &] less that spirit of gene salvation which we are even yet to look for, they would from the compilation of the Grammatical difficulty exemplified as it happen'd to be in that subject, have taken occasion to remove it from every other subject once for all. The gravity of a Statute manufacturer would hardly stand against his turn of Synonyms dragging at every turn after the specific appellative.
Because "Horses" in the plural was by the supplemental Act implicitly
supposed not to include "one Horse" in the singular, hence
it is that Dr. Burn takes occasion to suggest [considers it as a matter question that may be put
in doubt] whether the word Dog in the Stat. 10 G.3.6.18 called
the Dog Act would be understood to include [Bitch] the Female
of that species, which when spoken of in contradistinction to the
males has another name.
With defference to this judicious writer, the case is different.
Without contending that the actual [real] intention admitted much
more difficulty in the ancient Act, than in the modern because in
the same Act the ineffectual anxiety of the composor had prompted
him to insert "Geldings" after the word "Horses": & because it is
not usual, where a man has stolen a Mare to indict him for stelaing
a Horse.
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