 | 1772 - 552 pages
...non-age, it can no more l>e inferred from thence that we acknowledge a right to continue fuch reftraint throughout their whole lives, than that we acknowledge a right to keep men or women in a ftate of cndlcis non-age, which, uulefs in the cafe of ideots, or incurable lunatics, would be abfurd,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1773 - 590 pages
...nonage, it can no more be inferred from thence that we acknowledge a right to continue fuch rcllramt throughout their whole lives, than that we acknowledge a right to keep men or women in a Hate of endlefs nonage, which, unlefs in the cafe of idiots or incurable lunatics, would be abfurd,... | |
 | History - 1800 - 576 pages
...nonage, it can no more be inferred from thence that we acknowledge a right to continue fuch reft rain t throughout their whole lives, than that we acknowledge a right to keep men or wo men in a (late of endlefs nonage, which, unlefs in the cafe of idiots or incurable lunatics, would... | |
 | History - 1809 - 574 pages
...nonage, it can no more be inferred from thence that we acknowledge a right to continue fuch reftraint throughout their whole lives, than that we acknowledge a right to keep men or women in a ftate of endlefs nonage, which, unlefs in the cafe of idiots or incurable lunatics, would be abfurd,... | |
 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1813 - 716 pages
...from thence that we acknowledge a right to continue such restraint throughout their whole lives, then we acknowledge a right to keep men or women in a state...limitation of time or age, be contrary to the natural divine laws, (as we apprehend it to be) a law authorizing such restraint, or conferring such a power,... | |
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... throughout their whole lives, than that •we acknowledge a right to keep men or women in a state of endless nonage, which, unless in the case of idiots or incurable lunatics, would be absurd, unjust, and a manifest violation of the law of nature. 