 | John Locke - Liberty - 1764 - 438 pages
...telligent agent to his proper intereft, and prefcribes no farther than is for the general good of thofe under that law : could they be happier without it, the law, as an ufelefs thing, would of itfelf vanifh ; and that ill deferves the name of confinement which hedges... | |
 | Mrs. Chapone (Hester) - 1807 - 372 pages
...dren, being notpresently as soon as born un" der this law of reason, were not presently " free. For Law in its true notion, is not so '' much the limitation...direction of a " free and intelligent agent to his proper in" terest, and prescribes no farther than is for " the general good of those under that law. " So... | |
 | Benjamin Flower - 1811 - 578 pages
...children, heing not presently as soon as horn under this law of reason, were not presently free : for law, in its true notion., is not so much the limitation as tkf direction of a free and intelligent agent to his proper interest, and prescrihes no farther than... | |
 | Mrs. Chapone (Hester) - Conduct of life - 1808 - 240 pages
...being not presently as soon as born un" der this law of reason, were not presently " free. For Jaw in its true notion, is not so " much the limitation...direction of a " free and intelligent agent to his proper in" terest, and prescribes no farther than is for " the general good of those under that law. " So... | |
 | Mrs. Chapone (Hester) - Conduct of life - 1809 - 342 pages
...children, being not presently as soon ^ as born under this law of reason, were not presently free. For law in its true notion, is not so much the limitation as the direction of a free and intelligent agentYo his proper interest, and prescribes no farther than is for the general good of those under... | |
 | John Locke - 1823 - 516 pages
...as the direction of a free and intelligent agent to his proper interest, and prescribes no farther than is for the general good of those under that law : could they be happier without it, the law, as an useless thing, would of itself vanish ; and that ill deserves the name of confinement which hedges... | |
 | John Locke - Coinage - 1824 - 514 pages
...as the di/rection of a free and intelligent agent to his proper interest, and prescribes no farther than is for the general \ good of those under that law : could they be happier f without it, the law, as a useless thing, would of itself vanish ; and that ill deserves the name... | |
 | Sheldon Amos - Civil law - 1851 - 60 pages
...he will find employment and esteem everywhere."* From Locke let me transcribe another sentence : " Law, in its true notion, is not so much the limitation...his proper interest ; and prescribes no further than for the general good of those under that law. Could they be happier without it, the law, as a useless... | |
 | John Anster - Roman law - 1851 - 62 pages
...he will find employment and esteem everywhere."* From Locke let me transcribe another sentence : " Law, in its true notion, is not so much the limitation...his proper interest ; and prescribes no further than for the general good of those under that law. Could they be happier without it, the law, as a useless... | |
 | Robert Blakey - Political science - 1855 - 556 pages
...placuit, legis habet ." > Tractate of Education. reference to the value of legal studies generally, "Law, in its true notion, is not so much the limitation...his proper interest ; and prescribes no further than for the general good of those under that law. Could they be happier without it, the law, as a useless... | |
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For law, in its true notion, is not so much the limitation as the direction of a free and intelligent agent to his proper interest, and prescribes no farther than is for the general good of those under that law. 
