The Works of John Locke, Volume 5Thomas Tegg, 1828 - Philosophy, Modern |
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... , which they lent to the several tradesmen and inhabitants of the country , who living above their gains , had spent ten thousand pounds of this money , and it " were gone out of the island ; it is and raising the Value of Money . 9.
... , which they lent to the several tradesmen and inhabitants of the country , who living above their gains , had spent ten thousand pounds of this money , and it " were gone out of the island ; it is and raising the Value of Money . 9.
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... suppose must rest constantly in each man's hands , as requisite to the carrying on of trade . First , therefore , the labourers , living generally but • from hand to mouth ; and , indeed , and raising the Value of Money . 23.
... suppose must rest constantly in each man's hands , as requisite to the carrying on of trade . First , therefore , the labourers , living generally but • from hand to mouth ; and , indeed , and raising the Value of Money . 23.
Page 59
... living is commended , because he will give any rate for it : and a man will give any rate rather than pass for a poor wretch , or a penurious curmudgeon , that is not able , or knows not how to live well , nor use his friends civilly ...
... living is commended , because he will give any rate for it : and a man will give any rate rather than pass for a poor wretch , or a penurious curmudgeon , that is not able , or knows not how to live well , nor use his friends civilly ...
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... living of our ancestors ( content with our native conveniencies of life , without the costly itch after the materials of pride and luxury from abroad ) were brought in fashion and coun- tenance again amongst us ; this alone would do ...
... living of our ancestors ( content with our native conveniencies of life , without the costly itch after the materials of pride and luxury from abroad ) were brought in fashion and coun- tenance again amongst us ; this alone would do ...
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... living to show me any other . The one of them is re- moved only by a regular just coin , kept equal to the standard ; be that what it will , it matters not , as to the point of melting down of the money . The other is to be removed only ...
... living to show me any other . The one of them is re- moved only by a regular just coin , kept equal to the standard ; be that what it will , it matters not , as to the point of melting down of the money . The other is to be removed only ...
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Page 230 - And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Page 299 - Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
Page 232 - Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands ; thou hast put all things under his feet : All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field ; The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
Page 394 - MEN being, as has been said, by nature all free, equal, and independent, no one can be put out of this estate, and subjected to the political power of another, without his own consent.
Page 340 - To understand political power right, and derive it from its original, we must consider, what state all men are naturally in, and that is, a state of perfect freedom to order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons, as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of nature, without asking leave, or depending upon the will of any other man.
Page 354 - The labour of his body, and the work of his hands, we may say, are properly his. Whatsoever then he removes out of the state that nature hath provided and left it in, he hath mixed his labour with, and joined to it something that is his own, and thereby makes it his property.
Page 246 - Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Page 339 - Political power, then, I take to be a right of making laws -with penalties of death, and consequently all less penalties, for the regulating and preserving of property, and of employing the force of the community in the execution of such laws, and in the defence of the commonwealth from foreign injury; and all this only for the public good.
Page 314 - And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly, and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
Page 418 - ... the obligations of the law of Nature cease not in society, but only in many cases are drawn closer, and have, by human laws, known penalties annexed to them to enforce their observation. Thus the law of Nature stands as an eternal rule to all men, legislators as well as others.