...Gulliver a penal policy that li whlto-collnr offenses more harshly than common thefts : The r/IIllpiitlans look upon fraud as a greater crime than theft, and therefore seldom fall to punish it with death ; for they allege that care and vigiInnce, with a very common understanding,...

...some publick mark of his favour; and proclamation is made of his innocence through the whole city. They look upon fraud as a greater crime than theft,...therefore seldom fail to punish it with death: for, they alledge, that care and vigilance, with a very common understanding, may preserve a man's goods from...

...becomes possible then, to locate the ironic force of Gulliver's account of Lilliputian laws and customs: They look upon Fraud as a greater Crime than Theft,...therefore seldom fail to punish it with death: For they alledge, that Care and Vigilance, with a very common Understanding, may preserve a Man's Goods from...

...him some public Mark of his Favour, and Proclamation is made of his Innocence through the whole City. They look upon Fraud as a greater Crime than Theft,...preserve a Man's Goods from Thieves, but Honesty has no fence76 against superior Cunning: and since it is necessary that there should be a perpetual Intercourse...

..."They look upon fraud as a greater crime dian theft, and therefore seldom fail to punish it with deadi; for they allege, that care and vigilance, with a very...preserve a man's goods from thieves, but honesty has no defense against superior cunning; and, since it is necessary that there should be a perpetual intercourse...

...Jonathan Swift to locate an ancient Hebrew tradition in a land visited by Gulliver: [The Lilliputians] look upon fraud as a greater crime than theft, and...common understanding, may preserve a man's goods from theft, but honesty has no defense against superior cunning. 31 In the United States, the law of fraud...

...journeys, an air of authenticity and realism and many contemporary readers believed them to be true. "They look upon fraud as a greater crime than theft,...may preserve a man's goods from thieves; but honesty had no fence against superior cunning: and since it is necessary that there should be a perpetual intercourse...

...predators upon the corpus capitalisti itself. XI. Towards a Theory of Long-Firm Fraud (The Lilliputians) look upon fraud as a greater crime than theft, and...may preserve a man's goods from thieves; but honesty hath no fence against superior cunning; and since it is necessary that there should be a perpetual...

...Jonathan Swift thought it necessary to give his countrymen this reminder 3 : They (the Lilliputians) look upon fraud as a greater crime than theft, and...common understanding, may preserve a man's goods from theft, but honesty has no defence against superior cunning. However, this otherwise useful reminder...

...fome publick Mark of his Favour ; and Proclamation is made of. his Innocence, through the whole City. THEY look upon Fraud as a greater Crime than Theft, and therefore feldom fail to punifh it with. Death : For they alledge, that Care and Vigilance, with a very common...