| John Selden - 1716 - 156 pages
...„'•;•.•.!. fting. i . A King is a thing Men have made for their own Jt\. Sakes , for quieenefs-fake. Juft 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 would be a confufion.... | |
| John Selden - Early printed books - 1786 - 190 pages
...what they have by positive law, it might be as well taken from them as given to them. KING. I. A King is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for...is appointed 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... | |
| John Selden - Table-talk - 1786 - 196 pages
...they have by positive law, it might be as well taken from them 'as given to them. . .. KING. I. A King is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake. Just an :in a family one man is appointed to buy the . meat ; if every man should buy, or if there weit... | |
| William Seward - Anecdotes - 1795 - 684 pages
...he fays, " A King # is a thing which Meri have made for their ct own fakes, for quietnefs fake, juft as in a ** family one man is appointed to buy the meat. *' If every man fhould buy what the other liked ** not, or what the other .had bought before, fo, *' there would be... | |
| John Selden - Anecdotes - 1798 - 166 pages
...them. / Ktng. 1. A King is a thing Men have made for their own .ilk. Sakes, for quietnefs-fak* Jnft 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.... | |
| Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - English essays - 1819 - 378 pages
...acknowledge what they hare by positive law, it might be as well taken from them as given to them. 1. A ling is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for...as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat ; ifeveryman should buy, or if there were many buyers, they would never agree ; one would buy what... | |
| Scottish periodicals - 1832 - 952 pages
...LITTLE DAVY, in MEHOIÏS or Мк ОЛУШ BROWN, \V. & ELEMENTS OF THOUGHT. Kisos, THEIB USE. — A King is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness' sake. Just aa in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat ; if every man should buy, or if there were many... | |
| George William Johnson - Great Britain - 1835 - 426 pages
...even put him to death — the answer might be reasonably in the affirmative. "A king," said Selden, "is a thing men have made for their own sakes ; — for quietness' sake." They grant him certain high privileges and powers ; but it is upon the condition that he shall guard... | |
| George William Johnson - Great Britain - 1835 - 398 pages
...even put him to death — the answer might be reasonably in the affirmative. "A king," said Selden, "is a thing men have made for their own sakes ; — for quietness' sake." They grant him certain high privileges and powers ; but it is upon the condition that he shall guard... | |
| Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...eating, nor it is not the drinking, that is to be blamed, but the excess. So in pride. King. A king 844 n family one man is appointed to buy the meat : if every man should buy, or if there were many buyers,... | |
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