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Page 169
... Possession . Then , what is the meaning of " useful , " or the nature of Utility . And first of possession . At the crossing of the transepts of Milan Cathedral has lain , for three hundred years , the embalmed body of St. Carlo ...
... Possession . Then , what is the meaning of " useful , " or the nature of Utility . And first of possession . At the crossing of the transepts of Milan Cathedral has lain , for three hundred years , the embalmed body of St. Carlo ...
Page 216
... possession of them , we merely keep our bank notes in the shape of gravel or clay , of book leaves , or of embroidered tissue . Circumstances may perhaps render such forms the safest , or a certain complacency may attach to the ...
... possession of them , we merely keep our bank notes in the shape of gravel or clay , of book leaves , or of embroidered tissue . Circumstances may perhaps render such forms the safest , or a certain complacency may attach to the ...
Page 273
... possession , which , when they are unobserved , possession becomes rapine . The object of meristic law is not only to secure every man his rightful share ( the share , that is , which he has worked for , produced , or received by gift ...
... possession , which , when they are unobserved , possession becomes rapine . The object of meristic law is not only to secure every man his rightful share ( the share , that is , which he has worked for , produced , or received by gift ...
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