Now here is a new system of bribery, contrary to law, very ingenious in the contrivance, but, I believe, as unlikely to produce its intended effect upon the mind of man as any pretence that was ever used.
Burke critiques a new method of bribery, suggesting it is unlikely to deceive anyone effectively.
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