 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1783 - 682 pągines
...will of their own. If thefe perfons had votes, (hey would be tempted to difpofe of them under fome undue influence or other. This would give a great, an artful, or a wealthy man, a larger (hare in elections than is ^onfiftent with general liberty *.' Thus, in the opinion of a nioft able... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - 1791 - 518 pągines
...will of their own. If thcfe perfons had votes, they would be tempted to difpofe of them under fome undue influence or other. This would give a great, an artful, or a wealthy man, a larger (hare in elections than is confiftent with general liberty. If it were probable that every man would... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - 1791 - 516 pągines
...of their own. If thefe perfons had votes, they would be tempted to difpofe of them under fome yndue influence or' other. This would give a great, an artful, or a wealthy man, a larger fhare in elections than is confiftent with general liberty. If it were probable that every man would... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1793 - 686 pągines
...will of their own. If thefe perfons had votes,' they would be tempted to difpofe of them under forne undue influence or other. This would give a great, an artful, or a wealthy man, a larger {hare in eleclions than is confident with general liberty. If it were probable that every man would... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 430 pągines
...will of their own. If thefe perfons had votes, they would be tempted to difpofe of them under fome undue influence or other. This would give a great, an artful, or a wealthy man, a larger mare in elections than is confident with general liberty. If it were probable that every man would... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1800 - 674 pągines
...This would give a great, an artful, or a wealthy man, a larger fhare in elections than is confiftent with general liberty. If it were probable that every man would give his vote freely'and without influence of any kind, then, upon the true theory and genuine principles of liberty,... | |
 | 1809 - 536 pągines
...persons had votes, tltey would be " tenaited to dispose qftkem under some undue " injtuence or oilier. This would give a great, an artful, or a wealthy man, a larger share m elections than is consistent with general ' liberty. If it were probable that every ' man would give... | |
 | 1811 - 584 pągines
...exclude such persons as •' are in so mean a situation, that they are esteemed to have " no will of their own. If these persons had votes, they would...were probable that every man would " give his vote frecly, and without any influence of any kind, " then upon the true theory, and general principles... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1813 - 698 pągines
...is to exclude such persons as are in so mean a situation that they are esteemed to have no will of their own. If these persons had votes, they would...some undue influence or other.' This would give a 1 If we are told that in the passage quoted above, the author has passed a decided censure on that... | |
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The true reason of requiring any qualification, with regard to property, in voters, is to exclude such persons as are in so mean a situation that they are esteemed to have no will of their own. If these persons had votes, they would be tempted to dispose... 
