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' | A View of the Hard-Labour Bill.<lb/> sound the temper of that capricious body and feel<lb/>his way before him by experiment. Twas in<lb/>this view only, if I understand aright, that the<lb/>establishment on the <hi rend="underline">Thames</hi> was originally set<lb/>on foot. To have begun at once and stocked the <lb/>whole nation with a vast establishment of<lb/><hi rend="underline">Labour-houses</hi>, of which perhaps neither the<lb/>expence nor the regimen would have been endu-<lb/>red, would have been at any rate a bold step,<lb/>and to a judicious eye, viewing <del>deleted text</del> it, from<lb/>the station from which he view'd it, probably an<lb/> imprudent one. <p>paragraph</p>I I myself,<unclear>apuredly</unclear> have no antipathy<lb/>to innovation, and who on the contrary have devo-<lb/>ted myself to the "promoting" of political <unclear>"novethes"</unclear><lb/>in as far as my situation will permit me, <lb/>have no reason to be apured, but that the like oc-<lb/>casion might lead me to betake myself to that<lb/>kind of discourse, which <del>deleted text</del>from another it gives<lb/>me pain to see. In <hi rend="underline">me</hi> perhaps, it might be <lb/><hi rend="underline">prudent</hi>, in order to screen me from that con-<lb/>tempt, which men of narrow mind <del>are</del> will <lb/> ever be ready enough to throw on those, <lb/>whose activity, they apprehend, may shame<lb/>their indolence. To <hi rend="underline">him</hi> perhaps and through him | ||
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A View of the Hard-Labour Bill.
sound the temper of that capricious body and feel
his way before him by experiment. Twas in
this view only, if I understand aright, that the
establishment on the Thames was originally set
on foot. To have begun at once and stocked the
whole nation with a vast establishment of
Labour-houses, of which perhaps neither the
expence nor the regimen would have been endu-
red, would have been at any rate a bold step,
and to a judicious eye, viewing deleted text it, from
the station from which he view'd it, probably an
imprudent one.
paragraph
I I myself,apuredly have no antipathy
to innovation, and who on the contrary have devo-
ted myself to the "promoting" of political "novethes"
in as far as my situation will permit me,
have no reason to be apured, but that the like oc-
casion might lead me to betake myself to that
kind of discourse, which deleted textfrom another it gives
me pain to see. In me perhaps, it might be
prudent, in order to screen me from that con-
tempt, which men of narrow mind are will
ever be ready enough to throw on those,
whose activity, they apprehend, may shame
their indolence. To him perhaps and through him
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preface a view of the hard-labour bill |
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jeremy bentham |
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c. hamilton |
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