...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...

...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...

...years were lost — that he found Rome of brick, and left it of marble. But how much nobler will be the Sovereign's boast, when he shall have it to say, that...it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence ! ' * Friends in Council. I ' Why may not this be a lawyer's skull V muses Hamlet,, in the graveyard...

...were lost — that he found Rome of brick, and left it of marble. But how much nobler will "be the Sovereign's boast, when he shall have it to say, that...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 ;...

...present reign has its claims also. But how much nobler will be onr sovereign's boast, when he shall have to say that he found law dear and left it cheap —...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...

...that he found law dear, and left it cheap; found it a sealed book, left it a living letter ; fonnd it the patrimony of the rich, left it the inheritance...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...

...exception. The two last lines of the above extract were given ttuu : ' found it absorbed in the hands of craft and oppression — left it the staff of honesty and the shield of the iusolvent.' crous. crous. During a four hours' speech he largely availed himself of the privileges...

...success, to make that his boast "which he describes as an ambition worthy of a sovereign, — " to have it to say, that he found law dear, and left it...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...

...little success, to make that his boast which he describes as an ambition worthy of a sovereign, — " to have it to say, that he found law dear, and left it...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...

...when he shall have it to say, that he found Law dear, and left it cheap ; found it a sealed book, and left it a living letter ; found it the patrimony of...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...