Two Treatises on Civil GovernmentG. Routledge and sons, limited, 1887 - 320 pages |
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... consider what is the foundation of law . His purpose was to prove that laws are the product of man's reason , means adapted to an end ; maintained by the majority so long as they attain their end , and subject to change with change of ...
... consider what is the foundation of law . His purpose was to prove that laws are the product of man's reason , means adapted to an end ; maintained by the majority so long as they attain their end , and subject to change with change of ...
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... consider that at first kings had no such large dominions as they have nowadays . We find in the time of Abraham , which was about 300 years after the Flood , that in a little corner of Asia nine kings at once met in battle , most of ...
... consider that at first kings had no such large dominions as they have nowadays . We find in the time of Abraham , which was about 300 years after the Flood , that in a little corner of Asia nine kings at once met in battle , most of ...
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... Consider whether the cruelty of all the tyrannical emperors that ever ruled in this city did ever spill a quarter of the blood that was poured out in the last hundred years of her glorious commonwealth . The murders by Tiberius ...
... Consider whether the cruelty of all the tyrannical emperors that ever ruled in this city did ever spill a quarter of the blood that was poured out in the last hundred years of her glorious commonwealth . The murders by Tiberius ...
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... consider not ( 1 ) That the prerogative of a king is to be above all laws , for the good only of them that are under the laws , and to defend the peoples ' liberties , as his Majesty graciously affirmed in his speech after his last ...
... consider not ( 1 ) That the prerogative of a king is to be above all laws , for the good only of them that are under the laws , and to defend the peoples ' liberties , as his Majesty graciously affirmed in his speech after his last ...
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... consider the nature of parliaments , because in them only all statutes are made . 12. Though the name of " parliament " ( as Mr. Camden saith ) be of no great antiquity , but brought in out of France , yet our ancestors , the English ...
... consider the nature of parliaments , because in them only all statutes are made . 12. Though the name of " parliament " ( as Mr. Camden saith ) be of no great antiquity , but brought in out of France , yet our ancestors , the English ...
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