American Literature: An Anthology and Critical Survey, Volume 1C. Scribner's Sons, 1948 - 1120 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 78
Page 303
... Justice " to distinguish it from " Agrarian Law . " Nothing could be more unjust than agrarian law in a country improved by cultivation ; for though every man , as an inhabitant of the earth , is a joint proprie- tor of it in its ...
... Justice " to distinguish it from " Agrarian Law . " Nothing could be more unjust than agrarian law in a country improved by cultivation ; for though every man , as an inhabitant of the earth , is a joint proprie- tor of it in its ...
Page 307
... justice , it ought not to be left to the choice of detached individuals whether they will do justice or not . Con- sidering , then , the plan on the ground of justice , it ought to be the act of the whole , growing spontaneously out ...
... justice , it ought not to be left to the choice of detached individuals whether they will do justice or not . Con- sidering , then , the plan on the ground of justice , it ought to be the act of the whole , growing spontaneously out ...
Page 857
... justice of every particular case of resistance is reduced to a computa- tion of the quantity of the danger and grievance on the one side , and of the prob- ability and expense of redressing it on the other . " Of this , he says , every ...
... justice of every particular case of resistance is reduced to a computa- tion of the quantity of the danger and grievance on the one side , and of the prob- ability and expense of redressing it on the other . " Of this , he says , every ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
afflicted American Amerigo Vespucci amongst appeared better boat Boston brought called Captain Captain Car cause chief Christ Christian church civil colony Cotton Mather court death Deism desired divers divine doth earth England English evil father fear Flat Island following selections friends gave give God's Governor grace hath heart heaven Hochelaga holy honor Indians Island Jacques Cartier John John Endecott John Winthrop justice King labor land Leif Lenape liberty lived Lord manner ment mind minister Nanabush nation nature never night peace persons Puritan Quakers reason religion rest returned Richard Hakluyt river Roger Williams sailed savages Scripture seemed sent ship snake soul spirit Talega tenent things Thomas Hariot thou thought tion told took town unto Virginia voyage Walam Olum William wind women word