Hortensius; or, The advocate, an historical essay1874 |
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... Advocate . It occurred to me that the subject afforded materials for a work which would not be devoid of interest , and perhaps instruction , if , with- out going into minute and tedious detail , some of the more salient points were ...
... Advocate . It occurred to me that the subject afforded materials for a work which would not be devoid of interest , and perhaps instruction , if , with- out going into minute and tedious detail , some of the more salient points were ...
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... advocates . If the success of the present essay is at all commensurate with that of such publications in France I shall be amply satisfied . INNER TEMPLE , Feb. 1 , 1849 . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. ADVOCACY IN THEORY . Interest of X PREFACE ...
... advocates . If the success of the present essay is at all commensurate with that of such publications in France I shall be amply satisfied . INNER TEMPLE , Feb. 1 , 1849 . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. ADVOCACY IN THEORY . Interest of X PREFACE ...
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... Advocate . - Lawyers of past times . - Early Struggles . - Arduous Requirements of the Law . What is Advocacy ? -Trial Scene from Homer's Descrip- tion of the Shield of Achilles . - Account of the Legal Tribunals of Ancient Egypt ...
... Advocate . - Lawyers of past times . - Early Struggles . - Arduous Requirements of the Law . What is Advocacy ? -Trial Scene from Homer's Descrip- tion of the Shield of Achilles . - Account of the Legal Tribunals of Ancient Egypt ...
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... ADVOCACY IN ANCIENT ROME . 54 Meaning of term Orator . - Difference between Rome and England in this respect ... Advocate cramming for a case . Ludicrous instances of legal Ignorance.— Some of the Causes célèbres at Rome . - The ...
... ADVOCACY IN ANCIENT ROME . 54 Meaning of term Orator . - Difference between Rome and England in this respect ... Advocate cramming for a case . Ludicrous instances of legal Ignorance.— Some of the Causes célèbres at Rome . - The ...
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... Advocate's Retinue at Rome . - Mistake of Erskine's patriotic Friends · Page 83 CHAPTER V. SOME ACCOUNT OF THE ADVOCATES OF ROME DURING THE REPUBLIC . Early Orators of Rome . - The Forest Murders , and Sulpicius Galba . -Character of ...
... Advocate's Retinue at Rome . - Mistake of Erskine's patriotic Friends · Page 83 CHAPTER V. SOME ACCOUNT OF THE ADVOCATES OF ROME DURING THE REPUBLIC . Early Orators of Rome . - The Forest Murders , and Sulpicius Galba . -Character of ...
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Page 93 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle : I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on : 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent; That day he overcame the " Nervii: Look, in this place ran Cassius...
Page 170 - But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
Page 201 - Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters ? 3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels ? how much more things that pertain to this life?
Page 376 - 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 practise, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end.
Page 83 - Graced as thou art with all the power of words, So known, so honour'd, at the house of lords; Conspicuous scene ! another yet is nigh, (More silent far) where kings and poets lie; Where Murray (long enough his country's pride) Shall be no more than Tully or than Hyde...
Page 227 - For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true church militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic blows and knocks...
Page 368 - 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.
Page 63 - 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.
Page 131 - And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient...
Page 10 - I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.