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" ... war consisteth not in actual fighting, but in the known disposition thereto, during all the time there is no assurance to the contrary. All other time is peace. "
Essays, moral and political - Page 335
by Robert Southey - 1832
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 16

English literature - 1817 - 590 pages
...will to contend by hattle is sufficiently known; and therefore the notion of time is to be considered in the nature of war, as it is in the nature of weather. For as the nature of ^cod weather lyeth not in a shower or two of rain, but in ail inclination thereto of rmruy days together,...
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The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, Volume 3

Thomas Hobbes - Philosophy, English - 1839 - 766 pages
...contend by battle is sufficiently known : oaeand therefore the notion of time, is to be considered in the nature of war ; as it is in the nature of weather. For as the nature of foul weather, lieth not in a shower or two of rain ; but in an inclination thereto of many days together...
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The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, Volume 3

Thomas Hobbes - Philosophy, English - 1839 - 766 pages
...contend by battle is sufficiently known : °ne and therefore the notion of time, is to be considered in the nature of war ; as it is in the nature of weather. For as the nature of foul weather, lieth not in a shower or two of rain ; but in an inclination thereto of many days together...
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Christian Examiner and Theological Review, Volume 11; Volume 29

Theology - 1841 - 412 pages
...to contend by battle is sufficiently known ; and therefore the notion of time, is to be considered in the nature of war, as it is in the nature of weather. For as the nature of foul weather lieth not in a shower or two of rain ; but in an inclination thereto of many days together;...
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A class-book of English prose, with biogr. notices, explanatory notes and ...

Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 pages
...will to contend by battle is sufficiently known ; and therefore the notion of time is to be considered in the nature of war as it is in the nature of weather. For as the nature of foul weather lieth not in a shower or two of rain, but in an inclination thereto of many days together...
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The Prose and Prose Writers of Britain from Chaucer to Ruskin: With ...

Robert Demaus - English literature - 1860 - 580 pages
...will to contend by battle is sufficiently known ; and therefore the notion of time is to be considered in the nature of war as it is in the nature of weather. For as the nature of foul weather lieth not in a shower or two of rain, but in an inclination thereto of many days together...
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History of New Hampshire, from Its First Discovery to the Year 1830: With ...

Edwin David Sanborn - New Hampshire - 1875 - 436 pages
...will to contend in battle is sufficiently known; and therefore the notion of time is to be considered in the nature of war, as it is in the nature of weather. For, as the nature of foul weather lieth not in a shower or two of rain, but in an inclination thereto of many days together,...
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Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed ..., Volume 4; Volume 80

Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 470 pages
...will to contend by battle is sufficiently known : and therefore the notion of time is to be considered in the nature of war, as it is in the nature of weather. For as the nature of foul weather lieth not in a shower or two of rain, but in an inclination thereto of many days together,...
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Leviathan; Or, The Matter, Form and Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiastical ...

Thomas Hobbes - Political science - 1886 - 328 pages
...to contend by battle is sufficiently known : and therefore the notion of " time" is to be considered in the nature of war, as it is in the nature of weather. For as the nature of foul weather lieth not in a shower or two of rain, but in an inclination thereto of many days together...
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Hobbes's Leviathan; Harrington's Ocean; Famous Pamphlets [A.D. 1644 to A.D ...

Thomas Hobbes - Political science - 1889 - 932 pages
...to contend by battle is sufficiently known : and therefore the notion of " time" is to be considered in the nature of war, as it is in the nature of weather. For as the nature of foul weather lieth not in a shower or two of rain, but in an inclination thereto of many days together...
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