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... thought to require some explana- tion . The public are so much disposed to regard the study of the Law as a pursuit destitute of all attraction and interest , that the present attempt to glean from that am- ple field a few grains of ...
... thought to require some explana- tion . The public are so much disposed to regard the study of the Law as a pursuit destitute of all attraction and interest , that the present attempt to glean from that am- ple field a few grains of ...
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... thought fit to declare and enact , and be it declared and enacted , by this present Parliament , and by the authority of the same , that all the Report Books of the Reso- lutions of the Judges , and other books of the Law of England ...
... thought fit to declare and enact , and be it declared and enacted , by this present Parliament , and by the authority of the same , that all the Report Books of the Reso- lutions of the Judges , and other books of the Law of England ...
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... find all our acts of Parliament recorded in English . " ( Preface to Reports . ) The reason given by Lord Coke for publishing the statutes in a foreign language , is admirable : " It was not thought fit or convenient LAWYERS . 9.
... find all our acts of Parliament recorded in English . " ( Preface to Reports . ) The reason given by Lord Coke for publishing the statutes in a foreign language , is admirable : " It was not thought fit or convenient LAWYERS . 9.
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... thought fit or convenient to publish those , or any of the statutes , enacted in those days , in the vulgar tongue , lest the un- learned , by bare reading , without right under- standing , might suck out errors , and , trusting to ...
... thought fit or convenient to publish those , or any of the statutes , enacted in those days , in the vulgar tongue , lest the un- learned , by bare reading , without right under- standing , might suck out errors , and , trusting to ...
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... thought of many things , " he observes , " I could find , in my judgment , none more proper for your Majesty as a master , nor for me as a workman , than the reducing and recompiling of the Laws of England . " Sir Francis then pro ...
... thought of many things , " he observes , " I could find , in my judgment , none more proper for your Majesty as a master , nor for me as a workman , than the reducing and recompiling of the Laws of England . " Sir Francis then pro ...
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Página 211 - I pray you, Master Lieutenant, see me safe up, and for my coming down let me shift for myself...
Página 113 - And yet Time hath his revolutions; there must be a period and an end to all temporal things —finis rerum — an end of names. and dignities, and whatsoever is terrene; —and why not of De Vere ?— for where is BOHUN? Where is MOWBRAY? Where is MORTIMER? Nay, which is more, and most of all, where is PLANTAGENET ? They are entombed in the urns and sepulchres of mortality!
Página 117 - ... out of thy writing trade forty years ago it had been happy. Thou pretendest to be a preacher of the gospel of peace, and thou hast one foot in the grave ; it is time for thee to begin to think what account thou intendest to give ; but leave thee to thyself and I see thou wilt go on as thou hast begun ; but, by the grace of God, I'll look after thee.
Página 43 - I am amazed at his Grace's speech. The noble duke cannot look before him, behind him, or on either side of him, without seeing some noble peer, who owes his seat in this house to his successful exertions in the profession to which I belong. Does he not feel that it is as honorable to owe it to these, as to being the accident of an accident...
Página 95 - In behalf of the Nose it will quickly appear, And your lordship, he said, will undoubtedly find That the Nose has had spectacles always in wear, Which amounts to possession time out of mind.
Página 202 - ... times. But I have set my mind at rest. The last end that can happen to any man, never comes too soon, if he falls in support of the law and liberty of his country (for liberty is synonymous with law and government).
Página 202 - I wish popularity ; but it is that popularity which follows, not that which is run after ; it is that popularity which, sooner or later, never fails to do justice to the pursuit of noble ends by noble means. I will not do that which my conscience tells me is wrong upon this occasion, to gain the huzzas of thousands, or the daily praise of all the papers which come from the press...
Página 52 - Me, wrangling courts, and stubborn law, To smoke, and crowds, and cities draw ; There selfish Faction rules the day, And Pride and Avarice throng the way : Diseases taint the murky air, And midnight conflagrations glare ; Loose Revelry, and Riot bold, In frighted streets their orgies hold ;— Or, when in silence all is drown'd, Fell Murder walks her lonely round ; No room for peace, no room for you : Adieu, celestial nymph, adieu...
Página 125 - I do not hear yet, that you have spoken one word against me; here is no treason of mine done; if my Lord Cobham be a traitor, what is that to me ? Coke — All that he did was by thy instigation, thou viper ; for I thou thee, thou traitor!
Página 95 - BETWEEN Nose and Eyes a strange contest arose, The spectacles set them unhappily wrong ; The point in dispute was, as all the world knows, To which the said spectacles ought to belong.