The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.Hastings, Etheridge, and Bliss, 1809 |
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... law . I could submit to court my mistress herself upon reasonable terms ; but to court her father , her mother , and a long tribe of cousins , aunts , and relations , and then stand the butt of a whole country church ; I would as soon ...
... law . I could submit to court my mistress herself upon reasonable terms ; but to court her father , her mother , and a long tribe of cousins , aunts , and relations , and then stand the butt of a whole country church ; I would as soon ...
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... laws of England , which some erroneously endeavour to suppress ; the laws however seem un- willing to punish the offender , or to furnish the offi- cers of justice with every means of acting with seve- rity . Those who arrest debtors ...
... laws of England , which some erroneously endeavour to suppress ; the laws however seem un- willing to punish the offender , or to furnish the offi- cers of justice with every means of acting with seve- rity . Those who arrest debtors ...
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... laws , therefore , resemble the guards which are sometimes imposed upon tributary princes , appa rently indeed to secure them from danger , but in real- ity to confirm their captivity . Penal laws , it must be allowed , secure property ...
... laws , therefore , resemble the guards which are sometimes imposed upon tributary princes , appa rently indeed to secure them from danger , but in real- ity to confirm their captivity . Penal laws , it must be allowed , secure property ...
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... law which may take away the life of another , in such a case to attain a smaller good , I am guilty of a greater evil ; to ... laws , the wider means , not of satisfying justice , but of satiating avarice . A mercenary magistrate who is ...
... law which may take away the life of another , in such a case to attain a smaller good , I am guilty of a greater evil ; to ... laws , the wider means , not of satisfying justice , but of satiating avarice . A mercenary magistrate who is ...
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... law : laws are made in order to secure present property , but he is possessed of no property which he is afraid to lose , and desires no more than will be sufficient to sustain him ; to enter into compacts with others , would be ...
... law : laws are made in order to secure present property , but he is possessed of no property which he is afraid to lose , and desires no more than will be sufficient to sustain him ; to enter into compacts with others , would be ...
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