Lives of Eminent English Judges of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth CenturiesWilliam Newland Welsby S. Sweet, 1846 - 562 pagina's |
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... , and setting up supposi- titious debts to the king's exchequer , since he gave directions by his will that his son should follow the law . Matthew Hale lost both his parents before attaining his fifth year , B 2 SIR MATTHEW HALE . 3.
... , and setting up supposi- titious debts to the king's exchequer , since he gave directions by his will that his son should follow the law . Matthew Hale lost both his parents before attaining his fifth year , B 2 SIR MATTHEW HALE . 3.
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... gave 8007. da- mages ; a sum reckoned so enormous , that the judge himself who had done the mischief , according to North , looked " pen- sive at hearing it announced . However , the cause was brought on error into the Exchequer chamber ...
... gave 8007. da- mages ; a sum reckoned so enormous , that the judge himself who had done the mischief , according to North , looked " pen- sive at hearing it announced . However , the cause was brought on error into the Exchequer chamber ...
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... and her two successors . Sir James , a man of learning and ability , gave proof of an- other quality much rarer in his times , namely , independence of character , by his judgment in the important case LORD KEEPER WHITELOCKE.
... and her two successors . Sir James , a man of learning and ability , gave proof of an- other quality much rarer in his times , namely , independence of character , by his judgment in the important case LORD KEEPER WHITELOCKE.
Pagina 28
... gave me a fee for it out of his little purse , saying , ' Here , take these single pence , ' which amounted to eleven groats , and I give you more than an at- torney's fee , because you will be a better man than an Attor- ney - General ...
... gave me a fee for it out of his little purse , saying , ' Here , take these single pence , ' which amounted to eleven groats , and I give you more than an at- torney's fee , because you will be a better man than an Attor- ney - General ...
Pagina 29
... gave the charge to the grand jury . I took occasion to enlarge on the point of jurisdiction in the temporal Courts in matters ecclesiastical , and the anti- quity thereof , which I did the rather because the spiritual men began in those ...
... gave the charge to the grand jury . I took occasion to enlarge on the point of jurisdiction in the temporal Courts in matters ecclesiastical , and the anti- quity thereof , which I did the rather because the spiritual men began in those ...
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Lives of Eminent English Judges of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries William Newland Welsby Volledige weergave - 1846 |
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Pagina 332 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights and live laborious days; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. 'But not the praise...
Pagina 466 - He made an administration so checkered and speckled ; he put together a piece of joinery so. crossly indented and whimsically dove-tailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversified mosaic, such a tesselated pavement without cement ; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white...
Pagina 279 - Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water.
Pagina 355 - Suppose, Sir, that the angel of this auspicious youth, foreseeing the many virtues ,, which made him one of the most amiable as he is one of the most fortunate men of his age, had opened to him in vision that when, in the fourth generation, the third prince ,, of the House of Brunswick had sat twelve years on the throne of that nation which (by the happy issue of moderate and healing...
Pagina 238 - This cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to much honour. From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer...
Pagina 355 - If this state of his country had been foretold to him, would it not require all the sanguine credulity of youth, and all the fervid glow of enthusiasm, to make him believe it? Fortunate man, he has lived to see it! Fortunate indeed, if he lives to see nothing that shall jary the prospect, and cloud the setting of his day!
Pagina 355 - ... was to be made Great Britain, he should see his son, Lord Chancellor of England, turn back the current of hereditary dignity to its fountain, and raise him to a higher rank of peerage, whilst he enriched the family with a new one.
Pagina 354 - It is good for us to be here. We stand where we have an immense view of what is, and what is past. Clouds, indeed, and darkness rest upon the future. Let us, however, before we descend from this noble eminence, reflect that this growth of our national prosperity has happened within the short period of the life of man. It has happened within sixty-eight years. There are those alive whose memory might touch the two extremities. For instance, my Lord Bathurst might remember all the stages of the progress.
Pagina 479 - pray what do you mean by the question?" " Why," replied Garrick, with an affected indifference, yet as if standing on tip-toe, " Lord Camden has this moment left me. We have had a long walk together.
Pagina 238 - For then, and not till then, he felt himself, And found the blessedness of being little: And, to add greater honours to his age Than man could give him, he died, fearing God.