 | National association for the promotion of social science - 1866 - 622 pages
...it the patrimony of the rich, left it the inheritance of the poor ; found it the two-edged sword of oppression, left it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence." On the Frame of a Bill for Enabling Parliamentary Electors Voluntarily to Withdraw their Names from... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1868 - 384 pages
...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 ; found it the two-edged...the staff of .honesty and the shield of innocence ! ' * Friends in Council. ' Why may not this be a lawyer's skull V muses Hamlet, in the graveyard ;... | |
 | Law - 1868 - 384 pages
...it cheap; found it a sealed book, left it a living letter ; fonnd it the patrimony of the rich, left it the inheritance of the poor ; found it the two-edged...the staff of honesty, and the shield of innocence." — Speeches of Lord Brougham. Vol. II. During this session Mr. Brougham also look part in the debates... | |
 | John McGilchrist - Statesmen - 1868 - 274 pages
...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 — found it the two-edged...the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence. Brougham concluded by moving for the appointment of a commission " to inquire into the defects occasioned... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1872 - 536 pages
...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 ; found it the two-edged...the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence." The Government that had continued in power for nearly a quarter of a century were compelled, towards... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1872 - 538 pages
...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 ; found it the two-edged...the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence." The Government that had continued in power for nearly a quarter of a century were compelled, towards... | |
 | Sir Joseph Arnould - Judges - 1873 - 498 pages
...cheap ; found it a sealed book, and left it a living letter ; found it the patrimony of the rich, left it the inheritance of the poor ; found it the two-edged...the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence.' Thirty-five years have passed since these memorable words were spoken, and the great aspiration is... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Judges - 1875 - 590 pages
...; found it a sealed book — left it a living letter ; found it the patrimony of the rich — left it the inheritance of the poor ; found it the two-edged...reflecting on these things, it has always seemed a worthier honor to be the instrument of making you bestir yourselves in this high matter, than to enjoy all that... | |
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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... 
