The Works of John Locke, Volume 5Thomas Tegg, 1828 - Philosophy, Modern |
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... worth really more than six per cent . most of those that had not the skill to let it for more than six per cent . and secure them- selves from the penalty of the law , put it in the bankers ' hands , where it was ready at their call ...
... worth really more than six per cent . most of those that had not the skill to let it for more than six per cent . and secure them- selves from the penalty of the law , put it in the bankers ' hands , where it was ready at their call ...
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... worth , ( for more they cannot ) as the landlord has to let his land for as much as it will yield . To fine men one - third of their estates , without any crime , or offence committed , seems very hard . 2. As it will be a considerable ...
... worth , ( for more they cannot ) as the landlord has to let his land for as much as it will yield . To fine men one - third of their estates , without any crime , or offence committed , seems very hard . 2. As it will be a considerable ...
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... worth of goods can nowhere pay two hundred pounds in money . This being that which I find many men de- ceive themselves with in trade , it may be worth while to make it a little plainer . Let us suppose England peopled , as it is now ...
... worth of goods can nowhere pay two hundred pounds in money . This being that which I find many men de- ceive themselves with in trade , it may be worth while to make it a little plainer . Let us suppose England peopled , as it is now ...
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... worth of commodi- ties more than we export , and there being no foreigners that will give us one hundred thousand pounds every year for nothing , it is unavoidable that one hundred thousand pounds of our money must go out every year ...
... worth of commodi- ties more than we export , and there being no foreigners that will give us one hundred thousand pounds every year for nothing , it is unavoidable that one hundred thousand pounds of our money must go out every year ...
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... worth , which three or four lines writ in paper cannot be . If such bills have an intrinsic value , and can serve instead of money , why do we not send them to market , instead of our cloth , lead , and tin , and at an easier rate ...
... worth , which three or four lines writ in paper cannot be . If such bills have an intrinsic value , and can serve instead of money , why do we not send them to market , instead of our cloth , lead , and tin , and at an easier rate ...
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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.