 | 1839 - 500 pages
...hands of our subjects for the purposes of trade, are all alike under our care. You must be convinced that kings are absolute lords, and have the full and...wise economists. Likewise the lives of their subjects arc their own property, and they ought to be careful and sparing of them. . . He who has given kings... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1839 - 536 pages
...hands of our subjects for the purposes of trade, are all alike under our care. You must be convinced that kings are absolute lords, and have the full and entire disposal of all property,whether in the possession of the clergy or of laymen, and may use it at all times as wise... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - History, Modern - 1856 - 606 pages
...those which we leave in the hands of our subjects for purposes of trade, are all alike under our care. Kings are absolute lords, and have the full and entire...possession of the clergy or of laymen ; and may use the same at all times as wise economists. The lives of their subjects are also their property ; and... | |
 | Rome - 1857 - 134 pages
...the French kingdom. In his written instructions to the Dauphin, Louis says, " You must be convinced that kings are absolute lords, and have the full and...laymen, and may use it at all times as wise economists." Of this precept Louis set the example. He held his clergy in absolute command : no prince was ever... | |
 | John Burley Waring - 1873 - 466 pages
...c'est moi!" we find, in his instructions to his son, the " Dauphin," very complacently observed, " Kings are absolute lords, and have the full and entire disposal of all property, ... all that exists (including the lives of their subjects) within our dominions, of whatever kind... | |
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You must be convinced that kings are absolute lords, and have the full and entire disposal of all property, whether in the possession of the clergy or of laymen, and may use it at all times as wise economists. 