 If Time destroys the evidence of title, the laws have wisely and humanely made length of possession a substitute for that which has been destroyed. He comes with his scythe in one hand to mow down the muniments of our rights; but in his other hand the...  The National Quarterly Review - Seite 369herausgegeben von - 1866Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1844 - 394 Seiten
...substitute for that which has been destroyed. He comes with his scythe In one hand to mow down the muniments of our rights; but In his other hand the lawgiver...portions of duration which render needless the evidence that he has swept away. " Explaining why he had now become a Reformer, when he had before opposed the... | |
 | 1844 - 734 Seiten
...destroyed. He comes with his scythe in one hand to mow down the muniments of our rights ; but in the other the law-giver has placed an hour-glass, by which he...portions of duration which render needless the evidence that he has swept away.' Explaining why he had now become a Reformer, when he had before opposed the... | |
 | 1844 - 752 Seiten
...destroyed. He cornea with his scythe in one hand to mow down the muniments of our rights ; but in the other the law-giver has placed an hour-glass, by which he...incessantly those portions of duration which render needleas the evidence that he has swept away." Explaining why he had now become a Reformer, when he... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1845 - 500 Seiten
...been destroyed. He comes with his scythe in one hand to mow down the muniments of our rights ; but iu his other hand the lawgiver has placed an hour-glass,...portions of duration which render needless the evidence that he has swept away." Explaining why he had now become a Reformer, when he had before opposed the... | |
 | John Pitt Taylor - 1848 - 764 Seiten
...substitute for that which has been destroyed. He comes with his scythe in one hand to mow down the muniments of our rights ; but in his other hand the lawgiver...portions of duration, which render needless the evidence that he has swept away " (a) . § 64. In other cases, the common consent, by which this class of legal... | |
 | Charles Badham - 1852 - 210 Seiten
...for that which has been destroyed. He comes with his scythe in one hand, to mow down the muniments of our rights ; but in his other hand the lawgiver...portions of duration which render needless the evidence which he has swept away."* "We confess a kindliness for places and objects which bear about with them... | |
 | William Mawdesley Best - 1854 - 930 Seiten
...substitute for that which has been destroyed. He comes with his scythe in one hand to mow down the muniments of our rights; but in his other hand the lawgiver...portions of duration which render needless the evidence that he has swept away." — Lord Brougham's Historicul Sketches — LifenfC.J. Bathe. (I) Pufendorf,... | |
 | 1854 - 492 Seiten
...for that which has been destroyed. He comes with his scythe in one hand to mow clown the muniments of our rights ; but in his other hand the lawgiver...he metes out incessantly those portions of duration that render needless the evidence he has swept away.' Explaining why he had now i Statesmen of George... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1856 - 546 Seiten
...substitute for that which has been destroyed. He comes with his scythe in one hand to mow down the muniments of our rights ; but in his other hand the lawgiver has placed an hour glass by which he metes out incessantly those portions of duration which render needless the evidence... | |
 | Andrew Amos - 1857 - 374 Seiten
...to mow down the muniments of our rights, the Legislature has placed an hour-glass in his other hand, by which he metes out incessantly those portions of duration which render needless the evidences he has swept away." Time, however, in the reign of Charles II., was deprived of his hour-glass,... | |
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