| Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - Great Britain - 1841 - 382 pages
...reign has its claims also. But how much nobler will be our Sovereign's boast, when he shall have it to say, that he found law dear and left it cheap !...— 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!... | |
| John Epy Lovell - Readers - 1843 - 524 pages
...reign has its claim also. But how much nobler will be our sovereign's boast, when he shall have it to say, that he found law dear and left it cheap ;...sealed book — left it a living letter ; found it a patrimony of the rich — left it the inheritance of the poor ; found it the two-edged sword of craft... | |
| John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1844 - 900 pages
...But how much 152 UNITED STATES SPEAKER. nobler will be our sovereign's boast, when he shall have it to say, that he found law dear and left it cheap ;...sealed book — left it a living letter ; found it a patrimony of the rich — left it the inheritance of the poor ; found it the two-edged sword of craft... | |
| Michigan. Legislature - Michigan - 1845 - 280 pages
...not unworthy a great prince. 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, and left it a living letter, found it the patrimony of the rich, and left it the inheritance of the... | |
| Henry Brewster Stanton - Great Britain - 1849 - 412 pages
...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—found it the twoedged sword of craft and oppression, left it the staff of honesty and the shield... | |
| Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...boast of Augustus, that he found Rome of brick, and left it of marble. But how much nobler will be our Sovereign's boast when he shall have to say, that...and left it cheap ; found it a sealed book, left it an open letter; found it the patrimony of the rich, left it the inheritance of the poor; found it the... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 780 pages
...reign has its claims also. But how much nobler will be our Sovereign's boast, when he shall have it to say, that he found law dear, and left it cheap...— 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... | |
| United States - 1851 - 608 pages
...reign also has its claims. 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...— left it the 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... | |
| United States - 1851 - 702 pages
...reign also has its claims. 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...— 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... | |
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