Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal, Volumen 35

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Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths
R. Griffiths., 1766
Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths.

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Página 236 - things that are upon earth, and with labour do we find the things that are before us ; but the things that are in Heaven, who hath fearched out ?—And thy counfel who hath known, except thou give wifdom, and fend thy Holy Spirit from
Página 335 - of pofleffion lafted. Thus the ground was in common, and no part of it was the permanent property of any man in particular : yet whoever was in the occupation of any determinate fpot of it, for reft, for (hade, or the like, acquired for the time a fort of
Página 335 - been ftarted by fanciful writers upon this fubjeft. The earth therefore, and all things therein, are the general property of all mankind, exclufive of other beings, from the immediate gift of the creator. And, while the earth continued bare of inhabitants, it is reafonable to fuppofe, that all was in common among them, and that every one took from the public
Página 129 - •with an excufe. Oh ! have you forgot me ? You endeavour by feverities to force me from you. Nor can I blame you ; for with the utmoft diftrefs and confufion, I beheld myfelf the caufe of uneafy reflections to you : yet I cannot comfort you, but here declare, that it
Página 337 - the next immediate occupant would acquire a right in all that the deceafed poflefled. But as, under civilized governments which are calculated for the peace of mankind, fuch a conftitution would be productive of endlefs difturbances, the univerfal law of almoit every nation (which is a kind of
Página 335 - from which it would have been unjuft, and contrary to the law of nature, to have driven him by force ; but the inftant that he quitted the ufe or occupation of it, another might
Página 205 - It" the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I alfo judged as a
Página 336 - But when mankind increafed in number, craft, and ambition, it became neceflary to entertain conceptions of more permanent dominion ; and to appropriate to individuals not the immediate ufe only, but the very
Página 337 - becoming again common would occafion. And farther, in cafe no teftament be permitted by the law, or none be made, and no heir can be found fo qualified as the law requires, ftill, to prevent the robuft title of occupancy from again taking place, the
Página 336 - illuftrated by Cicero, who compares the world to a great theatre, which is common to the public, and yet the place which any man has taken is for the time his own.

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