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 - 1807Full view - About this book
| William Blackstone - Law - 1794 - 700 pages
...diflribute and confidcr it's feveral objects. VOL. II. B TMSRK THERE is nothing which fo generally flrikes the imagination, and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property ; of that fole and deipotic dominion which one mjii claims and exercifes over the external tilings... | |
| History - 1800 - 594 pages
...need make no 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
...pardon the length of my present letter. Addison. THE ORIGIN AND RIGHT OF EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY EXPLAINED. THERE is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination...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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 1836 - 708 pages
...thy father, God! ^; ' 3. H, r. AKT. VI.— LITERARY PROPERTY. "There is nothing," says Blackstone, "which so 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 and exercises over the external things of the... | |
| Sir William BLACKSTONE - 1837 - 468 pages
...Corporations ? In how many ways may a Corporation be dissolved ? THE ORIGIN AND GROWTH 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 and despotic dominion which one man... | |
| John Taylor - Quotations - 1839 - 274 pages
...various unknown causes eat it all our lives Jeng in bitterness. — Sterne. Right of Property. — There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination...the affections of mankind, as the right of property ; of that sole and despotic dominion wJiich one man claims and exercises over the external things of... | |
| Materials - 1846 - 478 pages
...unknown causes eat it all our lives long in bitterness. — Sterne. CCCLXXIII. Right of Property. — There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination...the affections of mankind, as the right of property ; of that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of... | |
| Thomas Alcock - Farm tenancy - 1848 - 46 pages
...possessions by the force of arms alone, have no claim to the title of civilized beings ; and until that " sole and despotic dominion which one man claims...external things of the world, in total exclusion of the rights of any other individual in the universe," which Blackstone defines as "the right of property,"... | |
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