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" A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake : just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat ; if every man should buy, or if there were many buyers, they would never agree ; one would buy what the other liked not,... "
Anecdotes of Some Distinguished Persons: Chiefly of the Present and Two ... - Page 48
by William Seward - 1795
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Table-talk: the discourses of J. Selden [ed. by R. Milward.].

John Selden - 1716 - 156 pages
...as in a Family One Man is appointed to buy the Meat; if every Man fliould buy what the other lik'd not, or what the other had bought before , fo there...charge being committed to one , he according to his Discretion pleafes all; if they haye not what they would have one Day, they fhall have it the; nexr,...
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Table Talk: Being the Discourses of John Selden, Esq., Or His Sense of ...

John Selden - Table-talk - 1786 - 196 pages
...the . meat ; if every man should buy, or if there weit many buyers they would never agree, one would .buy what the other liked not, or what the other . had bought before, so there would be a confu. sion : 'but that charge being committed to one, 'he according to discretion...
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Table Talk: Being the Discourses

John Selden - Early printed books - 1786 - 190 pages
...to buy the meat; if every man should buy.or if there were manybuyers they would neveragree.oncwould buy what the other liked not, or what the other had bought before, so there would be a confusion : but that charge being committed to one, he according to discretion...
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Anecdotes of Some Distingushed Persons: Chiefly of the Present and ..., Volume 2

William Seward - Anecdotes - 1796 - 430 pages
...quietnefs fake, juil as in a family H one man is appointed to buy die meat. If ** every man fhould buy wh^t the other liked not, " or what the other had bought before, fo, there " would be^a confuftpji, ^ut that charge being *c committed to one, he, according to his dif<c cretion, pleafes...
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Seldeniana, Or, The Table-talk of John Selden, Esq;: Being His Sense of ...

John Selden - Anecdotes - 1798 - 166 pages
...as in a Family one Man is appointed to buy the Meat ; if every Man fhould buy what the other lik'd not, or what the other had bought before, fo there would be a rontulioa. But that charge being committed to one, he aecotdipg to his Diferetion pleafes all ; if...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the ..., Volume 2

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 970 pages
...the meat; if every man sboijd buy, or if there were manv buyers, they would never agree; one would buy what the other liked not, or what the other had bought before, so there would fce a confusion. But that charge beii g committed to one, he, according to his discretion,...
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Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the ..., Volume 2

George Burnett - 1807 - 528 pages
...the meat ; if every man should buy, or if there were many buyers, they would never agree; one would buy what the other liked not, or what the other had bought before, so there would fce a confusion. Bui that charge being committed to one, he, according to his discretion,...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 528 pages
...the meat ; if every man should buy, or if there were many buyers, they would never agree; one would buy what the other liked not-, or •what the other had bought before, so there would fce a confusion. But that charge being committed to one, he, according to his discretion,...
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The Table Talk of John Selden

John Selden - Religion and state - 1818 - 678 pages
...the meat; if every man should buy, or if there were many buyers, they would never agree; one would buy what the other liked not, or what the other had bought before ; so there would be a confusion. But that charge being committed to one, he according to his discretion...
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Seldeniana, or The table-talk of John Selden

John Selden - 1818 - 230 pages
...the meat; if every man should buy, or if there were many buyers, they would never agree; one would buy what the other liked not, or what the other had bought before ; so there would be a confusion. But that charge being committed to one, he according to his discretion...
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