The Works of John Locke, Volume 5Thomas Tegg, 1828 - Philosophy, Modern |
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... wherein Mr. Lowndes's Arguments for it , in his late Report concerning an Essay for the Amend- ment of the Silver Coin , are particularly examined Two Treatises of Government . In the former , the false Principles and Foundation of Sir ...
... wherein Mr. Lowndes's Arguments for it , in his late Report concerning an Essay for the Amend- ment of the Silver Coin , are particularly examined Two Treatises of Government . In the former , the false Principles and Foundation of Sir ...
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... Wherein the skilful , I say , will always so manage it , as to avoid the prohibition of your law , and keep out of its penalty , do what you can . What then will be the unavoidable consequences of such a law ? 1. It will make the ...
... Wherein the skilful , I say , will always so manage it , as to avoid the prohibition of your law , and keep out of its penalty , do what you can . What then will be the unavoidable consequences of such a law ? 1. It will make the ...
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... wherein we overbalance them in trade , must be paid us in money ; and so , at the ten years ' end , their million of money , ( though their law make it death to export it ) will be all brought into England ; as , in truth , by this over ...
... wherein we overbalance them in trade , must be paid us in money ; and so , at the ten years ' end , their million of money , ( though their law make it death to export it ) will be all brought into England ; as , in truth , by this over ...
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... wherein thriving manufactures have erected themselves , land has been observed to sell quicker , and for more years ' purchase , than in other places , as about Halifax in the north , Taunton and Exeter in the west . This is that then ...
... wherein thriving manufactures have erected themselves , land has been observed to sell quicker , and for more years ' purchase , than in other places , as about Halifax in the north , Taunton and Exeter in the west . This is that then ...
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... wherein there is any considerable public charge raised , where the land does not most sensibly feel it , and , in proportion , bear much the greater part of it . We must not , therefore , impute the falling of the rents , or of the ...
... wherein there is any considerable public charge raised , where the land does not most sensibly feel it , and , in proportion , bear much the greater part of it . We must not , therefore , impute the falling of the rents , or of the ...
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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.