... a man. The matter changeth, the custom, the contracts, the commerce, the dispositions, educations, and tempers of men and societies, change in a long tract of time, and so must their laws in some measure be changed, or they will not be useful for... The Life of Sir Joseph Napier, Bart., Ex-Lord Chancellor of Ireland: From ... - Page 187by Alexander Charles Ewald - 1887 - 435 pagesFull view - About this book
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