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" IF you should see a flock of pigeons in a field of corn ; and if (instead of each picking where and what it liked, taking just as much as it wanted, and no more) you should see ninety-nine of them gathering all they got, into a heap ; reserving nothing... "
Elements of Rhetoric: Comprising an Analysis of the Laws of Moral Evidence ... - Page 135
by Richard Whately - 1852 - 351 pages
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The Manual of Liberty, Or, Testimonies in Behalf of the Rights of Mankind ...

1795 - 432 pages
.... POPE. Etsay en Man, epist. iv. v : ' 'i ..•. .*.. \..'!.* RICH AND POOR. •l. . : • • • IF you should see a flock of pigeons in a field of...taking just as much as it wanted, and no more) you shall see ninety-nine of them gathering all they get into a heap ; reserving nothing for, themselves,...
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Cobbett's Political Register, Volumes 84-85

William Cobbett - 1834 - 894 pages
...Doctor PALEY, n prophet of your own, begins his first chapter on the Rights of Property thus : " If you see a flock of pigeons in a " field of corn, and if...more) you should see ninety-nine " of them gathering nil they got into a " heap, reserving nothing for themselves " but tlie chaff and the refuse ; keeping...
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The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy, Volume 1

William Paley - 1806 - 502 pages
...little. \ .Relative Duties* PART L OF RELATIVE DUTIES WHICH ARE DETERMINATE. CHAPTER i. OF PROPERTY^ IF you should see a flock of pigeons in a field of...(instead of each picking where, and what it liked, takmg just as much as it wanted and no more) you should see ninety-nine of them gathering all they...
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Beauties Selected from the Writings of the Late William Paley, D.D ...

William Paley, William Hamilton Reid - 1810 - 350 pages
...so far as this hypothesis may be accepted, the ground of the difficulty is oone away. Of Property. If you should see a flock of pigeons in a field of...keeping this heap for one, and that the weakest, perhaps the worst pigeon of the flock ; sitting round, and looking on all the winter, whilst this one was devouring,...
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The principles of moral and political philosophy, Volume 1

William Paley - 1811 - 412 pages
...BOOK III. RELATIVE DUTIES. PART I. OF RELATIVE DUTIES WHICH ARE DETERMINATE. CHAPTER I. OF PROPERTY. IF you should see a flock of pigeons in a field of...a heap ; reserving nothing for themselves, but the chaif and the refuse ; keeping this heap for one, and that the weakest, perhaps worst, pigeon of the...
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The Works of William Paley, D.D.: The principles of moral and political ...

William Paley - 1811 - 540 pages
...BOOK III. RELATIVE DUTIES. PART I. OP RELATIVE DUTIES WHICH ARE DETERMINATE. CHAPTER I. OF PROPERTY. IF you should see a flock of pigeons in a field of...as much as it wanted, and no more) you should see ninety nine of them gathering all they got into a heap ; reserving nothing for themselves, but the...
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Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind, Volume 3

Thomas Brown - 1822 - 594 pages
...easy to represent thia first aspect of society, in a more lively manner than has been done by Paley. " If you should see a flock of pigeons in -a field of...each picking where and what it liked, taking just aa much as it wanted, and no more,) you should see ninety-nine of them gathering all they got into...
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Travels in Ireland in the Year 1822: Exhibiting Brief Sketches of the Moral ...

Thomas Reid - 1823 - 456 pages
...handful who form the flock of the established pastors. " If," says the judicious and pious Paley, " you should see a flock of pigeons in a field of corn...it wanted, and no more) you should see ninety-nine gathering all they got into a heap ; reserving nothing for themselves but the chaff and the refuse...
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The works of William Paley, Volume 2

William Paley - 1823 - 476 pages
...III. RELATIVE DUTIES. PART I. Of RELATIVE DUTIES WHICH ARE DETERMINATE. CHAPTER I. Of propmy, IP vuu should see a flock of pigeons in a field of corn :...taking just as much as it wanted, and no more.) you vhould see ninety-nine of them gathering all they got into a heap ; reserving nothing for themselves...
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Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind, Volume 3

Thomas Brown - 1824 - 514 pages
...easy to represent this first aspect of society, in a more lively manner than has been done by Paley. " If you should see a flock of pigeons in a field of...heap for one, and that the weakest, perhaps worst pigeon of the flock ; sitting round, and looking on all the winter, whilst this one was devouring,...
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