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" 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. [Another] - Page vii
by sir William Blackstone - 1825
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Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 2

William Blackstone - 1791 - 566 pages
...diftribute and confider it's feveral objects. THERE is nothing which fo generally 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,...
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Annual Register of World Events, Volume 10

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...
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Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 2

William Blackstone - 1807 - 698 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...universe. And yet there are very few, that will give themselves the trouble to consider the original and foundation of this right. Pleased as we are with...
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Elegant extracts: a copious selection of passages from the most ..., Volume 6

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...
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Commentaries on the Laws of England, Volume 1

William Blackstone - 1827 - 916 pages
...consider its several objects. There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination, and [ 2 ] roost pernicious. A lawyer now is nothing more, I...use "ome of Tally's words, nisi legvleius quidem cau thingsof the world, in total exclusion of the right of any other individual in the universe. And yet...
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The American Jurist and Law Magazine, Volume 4

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...
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The Political Text Book: Comprising a View of the Origin and Objects of ...

William Carpenter - 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...universe. And yet there are very few, that will give themselves the trouble to consider the original and foundation of this right. Pleased as we are with...
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Principles of Government: A Treatise on Free Institutions, Including the ...

Nathaniel Chipman - 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...
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Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books ; with an ..., Volume 2

William Blackstone - 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...universe. And yet there are very few, that will give themselves the trouble to consider the original and foundation of this right (2). Pleased as we are...
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The Western Messenger: Devoted to Religion, Life, and Literature, Volume 1

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...
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