...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,...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...