Plea by showing great temptation to crime

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Plea by showing great temptation to crime.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever persons and acts. · Cleverness in the law court. · Clever pleading. · view the constellation · filed as J1165

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Filed under Clever pleading.

1 finer motif beneath it

Thieves tell judge walls of houses were so weak they could not resist temptation of breaking in

Filed beside it

Literal pleading: letter of law has been met Plea by admitting accusation and discomfiting accuser Pleading for accused by means of parable Clever pleading: fighting for King of Kings. Knight hailed before king for fighting blasphemer, tells king that he would fight to protect the honor of the king's name so why not for the name of the King of Kings? Plea by shifting blame to another Clever pleading – miscellaneous

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