There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination, and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property; or that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in total exclusion... Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books - Page 1by William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1867Full view - About this book
| History - 1800 - 594 pages
...apology for inferting it at length. " There is nothing which fo ge. • -rally ftrikes the imagination, and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property ; or that fole and defpotic dominion which one man claims and exercifes over the external things of the world... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pages
...RIGHT OF EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY EXPLAINED. THERE is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination and engages the affections of mankind, as the right...exercises over the external things of the world, in a total exclusion of the right of any other individual in the universe. And yet there are very few... | |
| sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 626 pages
...and consider it's several objects. THERE is nothing which so generally strikes the imagin- [ 2 ation, and engages the affections of mankind, as the right...individual in the universe. And yet there are very few, that will give themVOL. II. B selves the trouble to consider the original and foundation of this right.... | |
| Law - 1830 - 446 pages
...therein, 8ic, • This subject does not admit of being compressed into a (a) For instance, he speaks of the 'right of property, or that sole and despotic dominion, which one man claims and exercises, &c.' Again, when wishing to contradistinguish a temporary, insecure, or restricted dominion, from one... | |
| William Carpenter - Great Britain - 1833 - 270 pages
...CHAPTER II. PRIVATE PROPERTY IN LAND. THERE is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination, and engages the affections of mankind, as the right...individual in the universe. And yet there are very few, that will give themselves the trouble to consider the original and foundation of this right. Pleased... | |
| Nathaniel Chipman - Constitutional law - 1833 - 404 pages
...universally strikes the imagination, and engages the attention of mankind, as the right of property, that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of this world, in exclusion of every other individual in the universe," and he might have added, nothing... | |
| William Blackstone - Law - 1836 - 852 pages
...distribute and consider its several objects. *There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination, and engages the affections of mankind, as the right...individual in the universe. And yet there are very few, that will give themselves the trouble to consider the original and foundation of this right (2). Pleased... | |
| 1836 - 708 pages
...generally strikes the imagination, and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property; on that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims...the right of any other individual in the universe." — Whether this right of property be natural or conventional, is a speculative question which we leave... | |
| Sir William BLACKSTONE - 1837 - 468 pages
...OF PROPERTY. THERE is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination, and engages the afiections of mankind, as the right of property ; or that sole...individual in the universe. And yet there are very few that will give themselves the trouble to consider the origin and foundation of this right. Pleased... | |
| William Blackstone - Great Britain - 1838 - 910 pages
...consider its several objects. •There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination, [ *2 ] and engages the affections of mankind, as the right...individual in the universe. And yet there are very few that will give themselves the trouble to consider the original and foundation of this right. Pleased... | |
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