 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
 | English literature - 1858 - 594 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 ! ' Nobody needs to be told that this conclusion must have been laboured in advance, because it is... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1859 - 656 pages
...it a sealed book, left it a living letter; found it the patrimony of the rich, left it the patrimony of the poor; found it the two-edged sword of craft...and the shield of innocence ! To me, much reflecting un these things, it has always seemed a worthier honor to be the instrument of making you bestir yourselves... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1859 - 686 pages
...the patrimony of the poor ; found it the two-edged sword of craft and oppression, left it the stiiti* of honesty and the shield of innocence ! To me, much reflecting on these tilings, it has always seemed a worthier honor to be the instrument of making you bestir yourselves... | |
 | 1883 - 620 pages
...and may this generation, in the stirring words of Brougham, be able to utter the boast that " They found Law dear, and left it cheap ; found it a sealed...the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence." Jn anil about ijij&c jJarh. IT is, I believe, an old-established axiom that if you wish to please people,... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1862 - 738 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...it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence !" On the adjourned debate of the 29th of February, upon Mr. Brougham's proposition for a Commission,... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May - Constitutional history - 1863 - 608 pages
...had yet been commenced, Lord Brougham eloquently foreshadowed the boast of that sovereign who should have it to say " that he found law dear, and left...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... | |
 | John Wilson - Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine - 1863 - 514 pages
...sealed book, left it a living letter — found it the patrimony of the rich, left it the inhcritancc of the poor — found it the two-edged sword of craft...the staff of honesty, and the shield of innocence." — M. When truth is now heard in the Senate at last, And the -.Knut of the million in grateful replyLet... | |
 | Robert Raikes Raymond - Recitations - 1864 - 530 pages
...have it to say, that he found law dear, and left it cheap; found it a seiiled book — left it an open letter ; found it the patrimony of the rich — left...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... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May (baron Farnborough.) - 1865 - 672 pages
...had yet been commenced, Lord Brougham eloquently foreshadowed the boast of that sovereign who should have it to say "that he found law dear, and left it...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... | |
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