 The earth therefore and all things therein are the general property of all mankind, exclusive of other beings, from the Immediate gift of the Creator. And while the earth continued bare of inhabitants it is reasonable to suppose that all was in common...  Annual Register of World Events - Page 2861800Full view - About this book
 | Literature - 1826 - 450 pages
...been ftarted by fanciful writers upon this fubject. The earth therefore, and all things therein, are the general property of all mankind, exclufive of...while the earth continued bare of inhabitants, it is reafon. able to fuppofe that all was in common among them, and that every one took from the public... | |
 | William Carpenter - Great Britain - 1833 - 270 pages
...subject. The earth, therefore, and all things therein, are the general property of all mankind, exclusive of other beings, from the immediate gift of the Creator....while the earth continued bare of inhabitants, it is reasonable to suppose, that all was" in common among them, and that every one took from the public... | |
 | Sir William BLACKSTONE - 1837 - 468 pages
...subject. The earth, therefore, and all things therein, are the general property of all mankind, exclusive of other beings, from the immediate gift of the Creator....while the earth continued bare of inhabitants, it is reasonable to suppose, that all was in common among them, and that every one took from the public stock... | |
 | William Blackstone - Great Britain - 1838 - 910 pages
...subject. The earth, therefore, and all things therein, are the general property of all mankind, exclusive of other beings, from the immediate gift of the Creator....while the earth continued bare of inhabitants, it is reasonable to suppose that all was in common among them, and that every one took from the public stock... | |
 | Henry John Stephen - English law - 1841 - 626 pages
...(a). The earth, therefore, and all things therein, are the general property of all mankind, exclusive of other beings, from the immediate gift of the Creator....while the earth continued bare of inhabitants, it is reasonable to suppose that all was in common among them, and that every one took from the public stock,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...subject. The earth, therefore, and all things therein, are the general property of all mankind, exclusive ideas, reasonable to suppose that all was in common among them, and that every one took from the public stock... | |
 | William Blackstone, James Stewart - Personal property - 1844 - 684 pages
...subject. The earth, therefore, and all things therein, are the general property of all mankind, exclusive of other beings, from the immediate gift of the Creator....while the earth continued bare of inhabitants, it is reasonable to suppose that all was in common among them, and that every one took from the public stock... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...therefore, and all things therein, are the general property of all mankind, exclusive of other being«, s show, but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on. * ¡jardons." inhabitant», it is reasonable to suppose that all was in common among them, and that every one took... | |
 | John Pickering - Business & Economics - 1847 - 222 pages
...the subject. The earth, therefore, and all things therein, are the general property of all mankind, from the immediate gift of the Creator. And while the earth continued not densely populated, it is reasonable to suppose, that all was in common among them, and that every... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...subject. The earth, therefore, and all things therein, are the general property of all mankind, exclusive of other beings, from the immediate gift of the Creator....while the earth continued bare of inhabitants, it is reasonable to suppose that all was in common among them, and that every one took from the public stock... | |
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