 Thus also a vine or other tree might be said to be in common, as all men were equally entitled to its produce ; and yet any private individual might gain the sole property of the fruit, which he had gathered for his own repast. A doctrine well illustrated...  The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal - Page 2601766Full view - About this book
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...the fole property of the fruit, which he had gathered for his own repair. A doctrine well iliuftrated by Cicero, who compares the world to a great theatre,...is for the time his own. But when mankind increafed и number, craft, and ambition, it became neceflary to entertain conceptions of more permanent dominion;... | |
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 | History - 1800 - 594 pages
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 | History - 1800 - 596 pages
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 | Edmund Burke - History - 1800 - 600 pages
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 | William Blackstone - Law - 1807 - 698 pages
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 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pages
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