| Manual - 1809 - 288 pages
...be repelled by the sovereign power, and may be resisted so far by ourselves as the law permits. This law is the standard and guardian of our liberty ;...liberty without a law, is to imagine every man with his sword in his hand to destroy him who is weaker than himself; no pleasant prospect even for those... | |
| Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1815 - 550 pages
...power, and may be resisted so far by ourselves as the law permits. The law is the standard and the guardian of our liberty; it circumscribes and defends...liberty without a law, is to imagine every man with his sword in his hand, to destroy him who is weaker than himself; and that would be no pleasant prospect... | |
| Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1819 - 378 pages
...power, and may be resisted so far by ourselves as the law permits. The law is the standard and the guardian of our liberty ; it circumscribes and defends...liberty without a law, is to imagine every man with bis sword in his hand, to destroy him who is weaker than himself ; . and that would be no pleasant... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 pages
...power, and may be resisted so far by ourselves as the law permits. The law is the standard and the guardian of our liberty; it circumscribes and defends...liberty without a law, is to imagine every man with his sword in his hand, to destroy him who is weaker than himself; and that would be no pleasant prospect... | |
| 1821 - 416 pages
...power, and may be resisted so far by ourselves as the law permits. The law is the standard and the guardian of our liberty; it circumscribes and defends...liberty without a law, is to imagine every man with his sword in his hand, to destroy him who is weaker than himself; and that would be no pleasant prospect... | |
| Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...drunkard is a good philosopher; for he thinks aright: the world goes round—Kir T. Overbury, D2 CC. The law is the standard and guardian of our liberty,...liberty without a law, is to imagine every man with his sword in his hand to destroy him who is weaker than himself; and that would be no pleasant prospect... | |
| John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...drunkard is a good philosopher; for he thinks aright: the world goes round. — Sir T. Overbury. CC. The law is the standard and guardian of our liberty;...imagine liberty without a law, is to imagine every ir.an with his sword in his hand to destroy him who is weaker than himself; and that would be no pleasant... | |
| Help - 1839 - 120 pages
...to be repelled by the sovereign power, and may be resisted by ourselves, so far as the law permits. The law is the standard and guardian of our liberty...every man with a sword in his hand, to destroy him that is weaker than himself. CLARENDON. Every man, when he enters into society, gives up a part of... | |
| Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 pages
...their heads in a bucket, and daring each other to remain longest under water. — Johnson. LAW. — The law is the standard and guardian of our liberty...liberty without a law, is to imagine every man with his sword in his hand to destroy him who is weaker than himself; and that would be no pleasant prospect... | |
| 1856 - 374 pages
...drunkard is a good philosopher ; for he thinks aright : the world goes round. — Sir T. Overbury. CC. The law is the standard and guardian of our liberty...liberty without a law, is to imagine every man with his sword in his hand to destroy him who is weaker than himself ; and that would be no pleasant prospect... | |
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