...silence, when their own personal interests were at stake and their own fortunes affected ? " Men do sooner forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony," says Macbiavel, and we confess that the petitions which have been laid before Parliament, instead of...

...repeats, that even in cases of punishment for treason, he ought not to resort to confiscation, ' because men sooner forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony.' The 18th chapter, which has been considered as the most obnoxious, is in answer to the question, '...

...things, a prince is to have a care of trenching on their patrimony [by high taxes or confiscation]; for men sooner forget the death of their father than the loss of their property. " As these do love at their own discretion, but fear not their princes, a wise prince is...

...said, it was safer much to take men's lives than their estates. For their children will sooner much forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony. APPENDIX. Containing: 1. — The siege of Latham Souse. 2. — The Earl's return to England. 3. —...

...said, it was safer much to take men's lives than their estates. For their children will sooner much forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony. APPENDIX. Containing: 1.—The siege of Latham House. 2.—The Earl's return to Enylan.d. 3.—His...

...said, it was safer much to take men's lives than their estates. For their children will sooner much forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony. APPENDIX. Containing: 1. — The siege of Latham Horse. 2. — The Earl's return to Enyhtnd. 3.—...

...on land, which is by no means without weight. "It probably had," he observes, " its origin in it« being the interest of conquerors to attempt to reconcile...forget the death of their father than the loss of tbeii patrimony." Now, these considerations do not in general apply to captures at sea ; the enemy's...

...remember one said it was much safer to take men's lives than their estates ; for their children will much sooner forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimonie." * Edward died in custody in Peel's Castle in 1650, t after an imprisonment of between...

...said it was safer much to take men's lives than their estates; for, their children will sooner much forget the death of their father, than the loss of their patrimony." Probably the Earl would have taken Christian's life, if he could have done so on legal grounds; for...

...remember one said it was much safer to take men's lives than their estates ; for their children will much sooner forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimonie." * Edward died in custody in Peel's Castle in 1650, f after an imprisonment of between...