| Lord John Maclaurin Dreghorn, Scotland. High Court of Justiciary - 1774 - 840 pages
...of *' cautious prudence, to conform ourfelves the beft we can to the ar" bitrary will of a mafter, than fancy we have a law on which we " can rely, and fmd at laft, that this law mall inffict a punifhment " precedent to the promulgation, and try us by... | |
| David Hume - 1776 - 496 pages
...of cautious " prudence, to conform ourfelves the beft we can, to " the arbitrary will of a matter, than fancy we have a " law on which we can rely, and find at laft, that this " law (hall infli£ta punifhment precedent to the promul" gation, and try us by maxims unheard of till the... | |
| William Russell - 1789 - 598 pages
...maxims of cautious prudence, to conform ourfclves " the befl wecan to the arbitrary will of a matter, than " fancy we have a law on which we can rely, and «' find at laft, that this law fhall inflicl a punifhment " precedent to the promulgation, and try us by maxims «* unheard of till the... | |
| David Hume - 1789 - 430 pages
...prudence, to conform ourfelves the beft we " can, to the arbitrary will of a mafter; than fancy <c we have a law on which we can rely, and find *' at laft , that this law fhall inflict a punifhment cc precedent to the promulgation , and try us by *' maxims unheard of till the very moment... | |
| John Horne Tooke - 1795 - 452 pages
...maxims of cautious prudence to conform ourfelves the beft we can to the arbitrary will of a maftcr, than fancy we have a law on which we can rely, and find, at laft, that this law fhall inflict a punifhment precedent to the promulgation, and try us by maxims unheatd ot till die very moment of the... | |
| 1795 - 472 pages
...of cautious prudence, to conform ourfelves, the beft « we can, to the arbitrary will of a mafter; than fancy we have " a law on which we can rely, and find at laft, that this law w mall inflict a punimment precedent to the promulgation, and " try us by maxims unheard of till the... | |
| Joseph Gurney - 1795 - 480 pages
...maxims of cautious prudence, to conform ourfelves, the bed " we can, to rhe arbitrary will of a mafter ; than fancy we have " a law on which we can rely, and fmd at laft, that this law " fhall inffict a punifhment precedent to the promulgation, and " try us... | |
| William Russell - 1802 - 542 pages
...live under no law at all, and, by the max" ims of cautious prudence, to conform ourselves the best " we can to the arbitrary will of a master, than fancy...we " have a law on which we can rely, and find at last, that " this law shall inflict a punishment precedent to the pro" mulg*tion, and try us by maxims... | |
| David Hume - 1810 - 504 pages
...live " under no law at all, and, by the maxims of cautious " prudence, to conform ourselves, the best we can, to the ** arbitrary will of a master; than...we have a law " on which we can rely, and find at last, that this law " shall inflict a punishment precedent to the promulgation, " and try us by maxims... | |
| Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - 1810 - 464 pages
...and, by the maxims of cautious prudence, to con" form ourselves, the best we can, to the arbitrary w will of a master, than fancy we have a law on " which we can rely, and find at last, that this law " shall inflict a punishment precedent to the pro" mulgation, and try us by maxims... | |
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