 | William Mathews - 1891 - 468 페이지
...it a living letter; fonnd it the patrimony of the rich, left it the inheritance of the poor; fonnd It the twoedged sword of craft and oppression, left...it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence ! " One of the chief merits of Brougham's oratory is its felicity in description. Having little imagination,... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May - 1895 - 634 페이지
...had yet been commenced, Lord Brougham eloquently foreshadowed the boast of that sovereign who should have it to say " that he found law dear, and left...the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence." The whole scheme of renovation is not yet complete ; but already may this proud boast be justly littered... | |
 | John Mackintosh - 1896 - 532 페이지
...of brick, and left it of marble ; a praise not unworthy of a great prince, and to which the present also has its claims. But how much nobler will be the...the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence." It is recorded that Brougham wrote the peroration of his concluding speech for the defence of Queen... | |
 | Henry Hardwicke - 1896 - 474 페이지
...the perfidies of his earlier years were lost, — that he found Rome of brick and left it of marble. But how much nobler will be the Sovereign's boast...it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence ! " That he could be severe when tried, the following quotation from his speech in the House of Lords... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1896 - 800 페이지
...Reform, for example, though it doubtless falls short of the best models, has surely a fine ring : " How much nobler will be the sovereign's boast when...the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence." On the other hand, there is often manifest a strong tendency to extravagance, as, for instance, in... | |
 | Henry Hardwicke - 1896 - 546 페이지
...earlier years were lost,—that he found Rome of brick and left it of marble. But how much nobler L. •will be the Sovereign's boast when he shall have...it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence ! " That he could be severe when tried, the following quotation from his speech in the House of Lords... | |
 | Donald Grant Mitchell - 1897 - 320 페이지
...a beautiful nook of that mountain shore which sweeps eastward from the neighborhood of Martwo-edged sword of craft and oppression, left it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence." Speech, on 1'resent State of the Law, February 7, 1828. settles — along the Mediterranean, and which... | |
 | 1897 - 448 페이지
...letter; found it the patrimony of the rich, left it the inheritance of the poor; found it the two edged sword of craft and oppression, left it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence. AN ADDRESS ON MALARIAL FEVER.* By WILLIAM SIDNEY THAYER, MD, Associate Proffessor of Medicine in the... | |
 | Donald Grant Mitchell - 1897 - 320 페이지
...beautiful nook of that mountain shore which sweeps eastward from the neighborhood of Martwo-edged swonl of craft and oppression, left it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence." Speech, on Present State of the Law, February 7, 1828. settles — along the Mediterranean, and which... | |
 | Henry Martyn Field - 1898 - 418 페이지
...the boast of Augustus that he found Rome of brick and left It of marble. But how much nobler shall be the sovereign's boast, when he shall have It to...the staff of honesty and the shield of Innocence. — LORD BROUGHAM. NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1898 COPYRIGHT, 1898 BT HENRY M. FIELD TO STEPHEN... | |
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But how much nobler will be the Sovereign's boast, when he shall have it to say that he found law dear, and left it cheap ; found it a sealed book — left it a living letter ; found it the patrimony of the rich — left it the inheritance of the poor... 
