 | English literature - 1766 - 520 pages
...objeft of jealoufy. In thefe no roan mould take up arms but with a view to defend his country and its laws : he puts not off the citizen when he enters...kingdoms know no fuch ftate as that of a perpetual ftanding foldier, bred up to no profeflion but that of war ; and it was not till the reign of Henry... | |
 | Voyages and travels - 1767 - 542 pages
...profeflion of arms. In fuch, no man mould take up arms, but with a view to defend his country and its laws : he puts not off the citizen when he enters...kingdoms know no fuch ftate as that of a perpetual ftanding foldier, bred up to no other profeffion than that of war : and it was not till the reign of... | |
 | William Blackstone - Great Britain - 1771 - 506 pages
...his country and it's laws : he puts not off the citizen when he enters the camp ; but it is becaufc he is a citizen, and would wifh to continue fo, that...therefore and conftitution of thefe kingdoms know no fuclt ftate as that of a perpetual ftanding foldier, bred up to no other profellion than that of war... | |
 | Joseph Townsend - Despotism - 1781 - 342 pages
...object of jealoufy. In thefe, no man fhould take up arms but with a view to defend his country and its laws; he puts not off the citizen when he enters the...kingdoms, know no fuch ftate as that of a perpetual flanding foldier, bred up to no other profeffion than that of war : and it was not till the reign of... | |
 | English literature - 1785 - 680 pages
...object of jealuufy. In thefc, no man (honld take up arms, but with a vitw to defend his country and its laws ; he puts not off" the citizen when he enters the camp, but it is becaufe be is a citiitn, and would wiih to continue fo, that ke makes himfelf for a while a foldier." Alas,... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1793 - 686 pages
...foldier, taken fingly and merely as a profeflion, is juftly an object of jealoufy. In thefe no man fiiould take up arms, but with a view to defend his country...camp ; but it is becaufe he is a citizen, and would wi(h to continue fo, that he makes himfelf for a while a foldier. The laws therefore and conftitution... | |
 | 482 pages
...citizen •when he enters the camp j but it is becaufe he is a citizen, and an advocate for freedom, that he makes himfelf for a while a foldier. The laws,...therefore, and conftitution of thefe kingdoms, know no fuch date as that of a perpetual ftanding ioldier, bred up to no other profellion than that of war ; and... | |
 | Thomas Gisborne - Duty - 1797 - 506 pages
...Blackftone remarks (o\ " no man fhould take up arms " but with a view to defend his country, and " its laws. He puts not off the citizen when " he enters...fo, " that he makes himfelf for a while a foldier." This juft reflection points to that depravation of public principle, which too often takes place among... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 424 pages
...with a view to :'._•• -nil his country and its laws: he puts not off the citizen when he eaters the camp ; but it is becaufe he is a citizen, and would wiih to continue fo,. that he mak^s himfelf for a while a foldier. The laws, therefore, and conftituiion... | |
 | Thomas Gisborne - Duty - 1800 - 510 pages
...no man fhould take up arms " but with a view to defend his country, and " its laws. He puts not on0 the citizen when " he enters the camp ; but it is...fo, " that he makes himfelf for a while a foldier." This juft reflection points to that depravation of public principle, which too often takes place among... | |
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... the citizen when he enters the camp ; but it is because he is a citizen, and would wish to continue so, that he makes himself for a while a soldier. 
