 THE first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying This is mine, and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society.  The Fortnightly Review - Page 5041872 - 28 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1795 - 432 pages
...--••:'ORIGIN OF EVIL. i , first person, who, having inclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying, This is mine, and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society. • From how many crimes, battles, and murders, from how many horrors... | |
 | 1839 - 870 pages
...first person," says ho, " who, having VOL, XLV1. NO, CCLXXXV. enclosed a hit of ground, thought proper to say ' This is mine,' and found people simple enough...the true founder of civil society. How many crimes, wars, murders, miseries, and horrors, would not the human race have been spared, if some one, tearing... | |
 | Voltaire - 1824 - 434 pages
...in a magisterial style expresses himself: — " The first who, having enclosed an estate, took upon himself to say — This is mine — and found people...simple enough to believe him, was the true founder of society. What crimes, wars, murders, miseries, and horrors, might have been spared to mankind, if some... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1833 - 270 pages
...Blackstone. ****** The first person, who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying, This is mine, and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society. From how many enemies, battles, and murders, from how many horrors and... | |
 | 1837 - 352 pages
...of Evil. — The first person who, having inclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying, " This is mine," and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society. From how many crimes, battles, and murders ; from how many horrors and... | |
 | 1839 - 880 pages
...of property. " The first person," says he, " who, having a* enclosed a bit of ground, thought proper to say ' This is mine,' and found people simple enough...the true founder of civil society. How many crimes, wars, murders, miseries, and horrors, would not the human race have been spared, if some one, tearing... | |
 | Louis Blanc - 1848 - 596 pages
...residence of mankind, and its indivisible domain ? " The first who having inclosed a piece of ground, chose to say this is mine, and found people simple enough...believe him, was the true founder of civil society. What armies, wars and murders ; what miseries and horrors would not have been spared the human race,... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - 1849 - 367 pages
...consecration of that spoliation. "The first man who, having enclosed a piece of land, took it into his head to: say, ' This is mine,' and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society. What crimes, what battles, what murders, and what horrible miseries,... | |
 | Félix Bungener - 1854 - 572 pages
...Hence those famous lines : " The first man who, after enclosing a piece of ground, thought of saying, This is mine, and found people simple enough to believe him, was the true founder of civil society." No. The true founder of civil society was He who thought fit, in His wisdom, that those simple folks... | |
 | Félix Bungener - 1854 - 580 pages
...Hence those famous lines : " The first man who, after enclosing a piece of ground, thought of saying, This is mine, and found people simple enough to believe him, was the true founder of civil society." No. The true founder of civil society was He who thought fit, in His wisdom, that those simple folks... | |
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