 | Augustin Thierry - 1825 - Liczba stron: 574
...the following preamble : — "Seeing that in the beginning God made all men by nature free, and that afterwards the law of nations placed certain of them under the yoke of servitude, — we think it would be pious and meritorious in the sight of God, to liberate such persons to us subjected... | |
 | 1841 - Liczba stron: 550
...following preamble: — "Seeing that in the beginning God made all by nature free, and that afterwords the law of nations placed certain of them under the yoke of servitude, we think it would be pious and meritorious in the sight of God to liberate such persons to us subjected... | |
 | Churchill Babington - 1846 - Liczba stron: 224
...bear the following preamble: 'Seeing that hi the beginning God made all men by nature free, and that afterwards the law of nations placed certain of them under the yoke of servitude, — we think it will be pious and meritorious in the sight of God to liberate such persons, &c.' These sort... | |
 | 1847 - Liczba stron: 584
...terms like the following:—" Seeing that in the beginning God made all men by nature free, and that afterwards the law of nations placed certain of them under the. yoke of servitude, we think it would be pious and meritorious in the sight of God to libenitc such persons, to us subject... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1847 - Liczba stron: 606
...terms like the following: — "Seeing that in the beginning God made all men by nature free, and that afterwards the law of nations placed certain of them under the yoke of servitude, we think it would be pious and meritorious in the sight of God to liberate such persons, to us subject... | |
 | Graduated series - 1861 - Liczba stron: 504
...the following preamble : — " Seeing that in the beginning God made all men by nature free, and that afterwards the law of nations placed certain of them under the yoke of servitude, we think it would be pious and meritorious in sight of God to liberate such persons to us subject in villanage,... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1866 - Liczba stron: 300
...the following preamble : — " Seeing that in the beginning God made all men by nature free, and that afterwards the law of nations placed certain of them under the yoke of servitude, we think it would be pious and meritorious in sight of God to liberate such persons to us subject in villanage.... | |
 | William Richard Wood Stephens - 1881 - Liczba stron: 308
...with a quotation from the Institutes of Justinian : — "Whereas at the beginning nature brought forth all men free, and afterwards the law of nations placed...them to the benefit of pristine liberty." And on this principle the bishop emancipates Nicholas Holden, a " native and serf," who for many years had served... | |
 | William Richard Wood Stephens - 1881 - Liczba stron: 308
...with a quotation from the Institutes of Justinian : — "Whereas at the beginning nature brought forth all men free, and afterwards the law of nations placed certain of them under the yoke of gervitude, we believe that it is pious and meritorious towards God to manumit them and to restore them... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - Liczba stron: 184
...of Chichester, in liberating a serf, writes, in 1536, "Whereas at the beginning nature brought forth all men free, and afterwards the law of nations placed...restore them to the benefit of pristine liberty." Stubbs, iii. 605. 23. 5 'regarded by the English,' etc. See Fortescue (temp. Henry VI.), De Laudibus... | |
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Seeing that in the beginning God made all men by nature free, and that afterwards the law of nations placed certain of them under the yoke of servitude, we think it would be pious and meritorious in the sight of God to liberate such persons, to us subject... 