 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
 | George Henry Jennings - Anecdotes - 1880 - 842 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...the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence." "Measures, not Men." — Addressing the House of Commons in November, 1830, Mr. Brougham said : " I... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - Eloquence - 1881 - 336 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 not... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Great Britain - 1881 - 390 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... | |
 | Missouri Bar Association - Bar associations - 1915 - 274 pages
...it a sealed book; left it a living letter; found it the patrimony of the rich; left it the heritage of the poor; found it the two-edged sword of craft...the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence." Our own Federal government needs the simplification of its procedure in just such a way as is proposed... | |
 | Henry James Nicoll - Civilization, Anglo-Saxon - 1882 - 514 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... | |
 | Samuel Arthur Bent - Anecdotes - 1882 - 638 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 ! " When Piso built his house with great thoroughness from top to bottom, Augustus said to him, "You... | |
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1882 - 442 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 1 BROUGHAM. Death of Nelson. — The death of Nelson was felt in England as something more than a public... | |
 | James L. Ohlson - Elocution - 1883 - 154 pages
...have it to say that \izfound 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 ! " If found be read with the downward inflection — left with the upward, brick with the upward,... | |
 | 1883 - 666 pages
...; found it a sealed book — left it a living letter ; found it the patrimony of the rich — lef t it the inheritance of the poor ; found it the two-edged...the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence." The following passage from Brougham's speech in the House of Commons on the Army Estimates, March 11,... | |
 | William Linn Keese - Editors - 1883 - 112 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! " Then he loved to recall a striking figure made by Rufus Choate, in an oration he heard him deliver... | |
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