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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 edition. Excerpt: ... Alarm, a branch of the secondary mischief of an act, 153. -- none, when the person the object of attack not determinate, 162. -- due to the apparent mental attitude of the actor at the time of an sct, 164. -- goodness of the motive of an act does not remove, 165. -- nature of the motive, how it affects, 167. -- disposition of the actor, how it affects, 168. -- and danger, distinguished, 157. their branches, 157. to what causes due, 157. -- sometimes, danger always contingent, 159. Alien, the condition of an, how constituted, 294. Ambassador, the trust of an, or presbeutic trust, offences affecting, 289 n. -- injuries to an, 286 n. Ambition, under what class of motives it falls, 109. -- its relation to love of power and to love of reputation, ill. Amity, or self-recommendation, the pleasures of, their nature, 35. -- or self-recommendation, the pleasures of, motives corresponding to, 108. -- the desire of, placed in the class of good motives, 119. how far coincident with that of benevolence, 123. with that of the love of reputation, 123. conformable to utility, 123. classed as a semi-social as well as a self-regarding motive, 121. as a standing tutelary motive, considered, 144. -- the motive of, commonly associated with that of benevolence or sym- pathy, 108. its varying effects illustrated, 108. how far coincident with that of benevolence, 123. -- the pleasures and pains of, and those of benevolence, distinguished, 41 n. Anglo-Saxon Wer-geld, see Wer-geld. Animals, cruelty to, see Cruelty. Ammo malo, meaning of the expression, 95 n. Antipathetic bias and sensibility, explained, 51. Antipathy, occasionally causes actions with good effects, 23. -- never a right ground of action, 23. -- resentment merely a modification of, 23. -- as...