Hortensius: Or, The Advocate: An Historical EssayJ. Murray, 1849 - 495 من الصفحات |
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... nature of its manifold requirements . But they delighted to pic- ture the ideal of the character which rose above the temptations that beset the path of the lawyer , and to dwell upon the bright reward , not merely of riches and honour ...
... nature of its manifold requirements . But they delighted to pic- ture the ideal of the character which rose above the temptations that beset the path of the lawyer , and to dwell upon the bright reward , not merely of riches and honour ...
الصفحة 10
... natural equity , which adapts itself to all the wants of mankind , as diversified in its means as it is uniform in its principles ; the whole man , in short , within him wrought by study to the highest point of intel- lectual perfection ...
... natural equity , which adapts itself to all the wants of mankind , as diversified in its means as it is uniform in its principles ; the whole man , in short , within him wrought by study to the highest point of intel- lectual perfection ...
الصفحة 12
... over the profession of the law . He remembers that of this profession was Bacon , the high priest of Nature , who had taken all 1 1 Memoirs of his life . CH . I. ] LAWYERS OF PAST TIMES . 13 12 [ CH . I. ADVOCACY IN THEORY .
... over the profession of the law . He remembers that of this profession was Bacon , the high priest of Nature , who had taken all 1 1 Memoirs of his life . CH . I. ] LAWYERS OF PAST TIMES . 13 12 [ CH . I. ADVOCACY IN THEORY .
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... nature of his cause of action , and the amount of damages which he claimed . The defendant then pleaded to the " declaration , " either by denying the facts alleged , or confessing and avoid- ing them , or pleading in mitigation of ...
... nature of his cause of action , and the amount of damages which he claimed . The defendant then pleaded to the " declaration , " either by denying the facts alleged , or confessing and avoid- ing them , or pleading in mitigation of ...
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... nature of the case to be tried . We may easily imagine the kind of scene that would take place when such a mob was called upon to decide important questions affecting the property and even lives of in- dividuals . " Even in their best ...
... nature of the case to be tried . We may easily imagine the kind of scene that would take place when such a mob was called upon to decide important questions affecting the property and even lives of in- dividuals . " Even in their best ...
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الصفحة 106 - T was on a summer's evening, in his tent, That day he overcame the Nervii : — Look ! in this place ran Cassius...
الصفحة 310 - As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteemst the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would," Like the poor cat i
الصفحة 173 - That every such action shall be for the benefit of the wife, husband, parent and child of the person whose death shall have been so caused...
الصفحة 383 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
الصفحة 371 - The law against witches does not prove there be any ; but it punishes the malice of those people, that use such means to take away men's lives : if one should profess that by turning his hat thrice, and crying buz, he could take away a man's life, though in truth he could do no such thing : yet this were a just law made by the state, that whosoever should turn his hat thrice, and cry buz, with an intention to take away a man's life, shall be put to death.
الصفحة 350 - I have laboured to make a covenant with myself that affection may not press upon judgment ; for I suppose there is no man that hath any apprehension of gentry or nobleness, but his affection stands to the continuance of so noble a name and house, and would take hold of a twig or a twine thread to uphold it.
الصفحة 419 - It is likewise to be observed, that this society has a peculiar cant and jargon of their own, that no other mortal can understand, and wherein all their laws are written, which they take special care to multiply ; whereby they have wholly confounded the very essence of truth and falsehood, of right and wrong; so that it will take thirty years to decide, whether the field left me by my ancestors for six generations, belongs to me, or to a stranger three hundred miles off.
الصفحة 23 - High actions, and high passions best describing : Thence to the famous orators repair, Those ancient, whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will that fierce democratic, Shook the arsenal, and fulmined over Greece To Macedon and Artaxerxes...
الصفحة 72 - Equity is a roguish thing; for law we have a measure, know what to trust to ; equity is according to the conscience of him that is chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity.
الصفحة 429 - From the moment that any advocate can be permitted to say that he will or will not stand between the Crown and the subject arraigned in the court where he daily sits to practice, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end.