 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1799 - 648 pages
...to their principles, he was led to the contemplation of the law of nature, which he justly conudered as -the parent of all municipal law *. Few works were...that of Grotius in his own days, and in the age which succeeded. It has, however, been the fashion of the last halfcentury to depreciate his work as a shapeless... | |
 | 1799 - 616 pages
...their principles, he was led to the contemplation of the law of nature, which he justly conilidered as the parent of all municipal law *. Few works were more celebrated than that of Grotius m his own days, and in the age which succeeded. It has, however, been the fashion of the last halfcentury... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 510 pages
...Bacon and Peiresc that he undertook this arduous task. " Few works," says an elegant modern writer, " were more celebrated than that of Grotius in his own days, and in the age which succeeded. It has, however, been the fashion of the last half century to depreciate his work as a shapeless... | |
 | Biography - 1814 - 510 pages
...Bacon and Peiresc that he undertook this arduous task. " Few works," says an elegant modern writer, " were more celebrated than that of Grotius in his own days, and in the age which succeeded. It has, however, been the fashion of the last half century to depreciate his work as a shapeless... | |
 | David Hoffman - Law - 1817 - 398 pages
...their principles, he was led to the contemplation of the law of nature, which he justly considered as the parent of all municipal law. Few works were...that of Grotius in his own days, and in the age which succeeded. It has, however, been the fashion of the last half century to depreciate his work as a shapeless... | |
 | David Hoffman - Law - 1836 - 468 pages
...their principles, he was led to the contemplation of the law of nature, which he justly considered as the parent of all municipal law. Few works were...that of Grotius in his own days, and in the age which succeeded. It has, however, been the fashion of the last half century to depreciate his work as a shapeless... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - Canada - 1846 - 618 pages
...their principles, he was led to the contemplation of the law of nature, which he justly considered as the parent of all municipal law.* Few works were...that of Grotius in his own days, and in the age which succeeded. It has, however, been the fashion of the last halfcentury to depreciate his work as a shapeless... | |
 | Arnold Hermann Ludwig Heeren - History, Ancient - 1847 - 540 pages
...will be the more appreciated as the pamphlet from which it is taken is now rarely to be met with. " Few works were more celebrated than that of Grotius in his own days, and the age which succeeded. It has, however, been the fashion of the last half century to depreciate his... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - Ethics - 1848 - 630 pages
...their principles, he was led to the contemplation of the law of nature, which he justly considered as the parent of all municipal law.* Few works were...that of Grotius in his own days, and in the age which succeeded. It has, however, been the fashion of the last halfcentury to depreciate his work as a shapeless... | |
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It has, however, been the fashion of the last half century to depreciate his work as a shapeless compilation, in which reason lies buried under a mass of authorities and quotations. This fashion originated among French wits and declaimers, and it has... 
