Two Treatises on Civil GovernmentG. Routledge and sons, limited, 1887 - 320 pages |
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Page 18
... succession to paternal government . And whensoever He made choice of any special person to be king , He intended that the issue also should have benefit thereof , as being comprehended sufficiently in the person * I Kings xx . 16 . { of ...
... succession to paternal government . And whensoever He made choice of any special person to be king , He intended that the issue also should have benefit thereof , as being comprehended sufficiently in the person * I Kings xx . 16 . { of ...
Page 30
... succession , conquest , or usurpation , may be said to be elected by the people , which inference is too ridiculous ; for in such cases the people are so far from the liberty of specification that they want even that of contradiction ...
... succession , conquest , or usurpation , may be said to be elected by the people , which inference is too ridiculous ; for in such cases the people are so far from the liberty of specification that they want even that of contradiction ...
Page 42
... succession of kings from the Conquest now for above 600 years ( a time far longer than ever yet any popular State could continue ) , we reckon to the number of twenty - six of these princes since the Norman race , and yet not one of ...
... succession of kings from the Conquest now for above 600 years ( a time far longer than ever yet any popular State could continue ) , we reckon to the number of twenty - six of these princes since the Norman race , and yet not one of ...
Page 54
... succession , or by any other means ; for it is still the manner of the government by supreme power that makes them properly kings , and not the means of obtaining their crowns . Neither doth the diversity of laws , nor contrary customs ...
... succession , or by any other means ; for it is still the manner of the government by supreme power that makes them properly kings , and not the means of obtaining their crowns . Neither doth the diversity of laws , nor contrary customs ...
Page 81
... succession in paternal government . " This is his business from pp . 15-19 . And then , obviating an objection , and clearing a difficulty or two with one half reason ( p . 20 ) , " to confirm the natural right of regal power , " he ...
... succession in paternal government . " This is his business from pp . 15-19 . And then , obviating an objection , and clearing a difficulty or two with one half reason ( p . 20 ) , " to confirm the natural right of regal power , " he ...
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