 | 1797 - 496 Seiten
...is not necefliiry t« enterte it by politive lawj even the moft diftant kinfman, reduced to miiery by accident or ill health, has a claim on his kindred for relief, manners ftronger iar than laws, and indeed inclination, produced and nurtured by intercourieand intimacy, k... | |
 | 1798 - 992 Seiten
...that it is not neceflary to enforce it by poGtive law. Even the moft diftant kinfman reduced to mtlery by accident or ill health, has a claim on his kindred for relief. Manners, ftronger far than lam. and indeed inclination, produced and nurtured by intercourfe and intimacy, fecure... | |
 | 1798 - 1094 Seiten
...indeed inclination, produced and nurtured by intercourie and intimacy, fwure alliflance for him. Thefe habits and manners fully explain the fact already mentioned, which unhappily appears «traordinary to Europeans, that no Ipect.icles of di ft reis are feen, to excite the compallion, and... | |
 | Henry Smithers - 1807 - 254 Seiten
...comfort, and the brother for the brother and sister that are in extreme want; the failure of which duty would be followed by such detestation, that it is...him. These habits and manners fully explain the fact which unhappily appears extraordinary to Europeans, that no spectacles of distress are seen to excite... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 820 Seiten
...and the brother for the brothers and sisters, that are in extreme want : the failure of which duty would be followed by such detestation, that it is not necessary to enforce it by any positive law. Embassy to China. In English law a distinction is made between the ancestor as a... | |
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... remote relations. They cannot lose sight of each other; and seldom become indifferent to their respective concerns. The child is bound to labour and to provide for his parents... 