 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
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Judges - 1875 - 590 pages
...a great prince, and to which the present reign also has its claims. But how much nobler will be the Sovereign's boast, when he shall have it to say that...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... | |
 | James Mason - Biography - 1875 - 674 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 !' There is a lesson to be drawn from our study of these great orators. Cicero, like nearly every other... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May - Constitutional history - 1875 - 530 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 whole scheme of renovation is not yet complete: but already may this proud boast be justly uttered... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - American literature - 1876 - 860 pages
...unworthy a great prince, and to which the present also has its claims. 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 ! ISAAC D'ISRAELI. A taste for literary history and anecdote was diffused by MR ISAAC D'ISRAELI (1766-1848),... | |
 | Robert Cochrane - Orators - 1877 - 560 pages
...have it to say that he found law dear and left it cheap ; found it a sealed book— left it an open 1 To me, much reflecting on these things, it has always seemed a worthier honour to be the instrument... | |
 | William Mathews - Orators - 1878 - 464 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 I " One of the chief merits of Brougham's oratory is its felicity in description. Having little imagination,... | |
 | William Mathews - Orators - 1878 - 476 pages
...much nobler will be the Sovereign's boast, when he shall have it to say. that he found law dear ami left it cheap; found it a sealed book, left it a living...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,... | |
 | James De Mille - English language - 1878 - 618 pages
...have it to say that he found Law dear, and left it cheap ; found it a sealed book, left it an open letter ; found it the patrimony of the rich, left...the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence." — LORD BROUGHAM. In this passage the comparison by analogy is presented in order to give enhanced... | |
 | Medicine - 1897 - 452 pages
...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... | |
 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer.) - 1879 - 256 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 1' There is a lesson to be drawn from our study of these great orators. Cicero, like nearly every other... | |
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