 the supposition that every successive generation of men have not an equal right to the earth and to all that it possesses; but that the property of the present generation should be fettered and regulated by barbarians, who died centuries ago. Entails,...  Loyal Reformers' Gazette - Page 2551831Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Bailey - Economics - 1823 - 424 pages
...country, nothing can be more completely absurd. They are founded upon the most absurd of all suppositions; the supposition, that every successive generation...that the property of the present generation should be restrained and regulated according to the fancy of those who died perhaps five hundred years ago."... | |
 | Samuel Bailey - Economics - 1823 - 420 pages
...country, nothing can be more completely absurd. They are founded upon the most absurd of all suppositions; the supposition, that every successive generation...that the property of the present generation should be restrained and regulated according to the fancy of those who died perhaps five hundred years ago."... | |
 | Patrick Irvine - Entail - 1826 - 140 pages
...Wealth of Nations, vol. ii. p. 84. ' founded upon the most absurd of all suppositions ; chap, ii. ' —the supposition that every successive generation...the property of the ' present generation should be restrained and regu' lated according to the fancy of those who died per' haps 500 years ago/ In a commercial... | |
 | John Wade - 1831 - 608 pages
...absurd than such defensive restrictions. They are founded upon the most absurd of all suppositions, the supposition that every successive generation of...Entails, however, are still respected in England ; and it is only in particular cases, by means of legal fictions, prompted by the spirit of commerce, and... | |
 | David P. Whitehead - Aristocracy (Political science) - 1832 - 252 pages
...absurd than such defensive restrictions. They are founded upon the most absurd of all .suppositions, the supposition that every successive generation of...centuries ago. Entails, however, are still respected in Britain; and it is only in particular cases, by means of legal fictions, prompted by the spirit of... | |
 | John Wade - Church and state - 1832 - 730 pages
...absurd than such defensive restrictions. They are founded upon the most absurd of all suppositions, the supposition that every successive generation of...not an equal right to the earth and to all that it contains ; but that the property of the present generation should be fettered and regulated by barbarians... | |
 | John Wade - Church and state - 1832 - 730 pages
...absurd than such defensive restrictions. They are founded upon the most absurd of all suppositions, the supposition that every successive generation of...not an equal right to the earth and to all that it contains ; but that the property of the present generation should be fettered and regulated by barbarians... | |
 | Sandford Nevile, Sir William Montagu Manning - Law reports, digests, etc - 1834 - 838 pages
...prohibited all alienations *? Ie of the estate tail, as well after as not an equal right to the earth and all that it possesses, but that the property of the present generation should be restrained and regulated according to the fancy of those who died perhaps 500 years ago." In their... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1836 - 538 pages
...purse.—E. C 14 DISCOURAGEMENT OF [BOOK III, They are founded upon the most absurd of all suppositions, the supposition that every successive generation of...that the property of the present generation should be restrained and regulated according to the fancy of those who died perhaps five hundred years ago. Entails,... | |
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