 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
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 780 pages
...marble ; a praise not unworthy a great prince, and to which the present reign has its claims also. But how much nobler will be our Sovereign's boast,...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... | |
 | United States - 1851 - 702 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... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - Readers - 1851 - 396 pages
...found law dear, and left it cheap : found it a sealed book, and left it a living letter : found it a patrimony of the rich ; left it the inheritance of...the staff of honesty, and the shield of innocence ! What a proud testimony does it bear to the character of our nation, that it is able to make a proper... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 768 pages
...sealed book — left it a living letter ! found it the patrimony of the rich — left it the inheritanee of the poor! found it the two-edged sword of craft...— left it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocenee ! To me, much reflecting on these things, it has always scemed a worthier honor to be the... | |
 | United States - 1851 - 608 pages
...inheritance of the poor ; found it the two-edged sword of craft and oppression — left it the stuff of honesty and the shield of innocence ! To me, much...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... | |
 | Scotland - 1852 - 840 pages
...patrimony of the rich — left it the inheritance of the poor ; found it the two-edged sword of fraud and oppression — left it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence ? And if for nothing else but to carry through all our courts the reform thus nobly commenced in the... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers - 1855 - 520 pages
...and left it cheap ; found it a sealed book — left it a living letter ; found it a patrimony of 'he rich — left it the inheritance of the poor ; found...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... | |
 | John Wilson, John Gibson Lockhart, James Hogg - 1854 - 516 pages
...patrimony of the rich, left it the inheritance of the poor— found it the two-edged sword of cratt and oppression, left it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence." — M. 1881.] THE REFORM BILL. 32T When truth is now heard in the Senate at last, And the shout of... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1856 - 466 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...things, it has always seemed a worthier honour to ie the instrument of making you bestir yourselves in this ttigh matter, than to enjoy all that office... | |
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