 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...  The Parliamentary Debates - Page 247by Great Britain. Parliament - 1828Full view - About this book
 | 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 - Arts - 1868 - 382 pages
...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... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1868 - 384 pages
...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 ;... | |
 | John McGilchrist - Statesmen - 1868 - 284 pages
...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... | |
 | Law - 1868 - 384 pages
...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... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1872 - 536 pages
...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... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1872 - 538 pages
...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... | |
 | Sir Joseph Arnould - Judges - 1873 - 498 pages
...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... | |
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