There are always those who are sure, on a priori grounds, that a new invention cannot succeed because it infringes on certain well-known physical laws that make it impossible.
"Makers of Modern Medicine"
James J. Walsh
A model guest never infringes for one moment on the rights of the master of the house.
"Manners and Social Usages"
Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood
Yet nothing is more certain in itself and apparent to all, than that the infamous traffic for slaves directly infringes both divine and human law.
"The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament (1808), Vol. I"
Thomas Clarkson