 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1875 - 380 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 poor ; found it the two-edged sword of craft and oppiessioii — left it the staff of V-- PI 0728010 f'Vf.-'- -at ,. i . a- .=r:r — _. == * Ti=Tir_... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May - Constitutional history - 1875 - 530 pages
...sovereign who should 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: found it the two-edged sword of craft and oppression,—... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - American literature - 1876 - 860 pages
...sovereign's boast, when he shall have it to say, that he found law dear and left it cheap ; found it a sealed pill, Victorious seemed, ! 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... | |
 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer) - 1877 - 558 pages
...have it to say thai 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 inheritance of the poor ; found it the two-edged eword of craft and oppression — left it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence ! To me,... | |
 | William Mathews - Orators - 1878 - 476 pages
...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 letter: found it the patrimony...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
...he shall have it to say: That he found forensic medicine dear and left it cheap, found it a sealed book, left it a living letter; found it the patrimony...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.... | |
 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer.) - 1879 - 256 pages
...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...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... | |
 | George Henry Jennings - Anecdotes - 1880 - 842 pages
...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...the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence." "Measures, not Men." — Addressing the House of Commons in November, 1830, Mr. Brougham said : " I... | |
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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 ; found... 
