 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1880 - 1316 pages
...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 ^e poor ; found it the two-edged sword of craft and oppression — IcU it the staff of honesty and... | |
 | mrs. William Thomas Greenup - 1880 - 328 pages
...cheap ; found it a sealed book, and left it an open letter ; found it the patrimony of the rich, and left it the inheritance of the poor ; found it the two-edged sword of craft and oppression, and left it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence ! To me, much reflecting on these things,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1880 - 824 pages
...dear nnd left it cheap ; found it asealed book, left it a Jiving letter : found it in the patrimonv of the rich, left it the inheritance of the poor; found it the two-cdifcd sword of craft and oppression, kit it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence !... | |
 | Henry James Nicoll - Great Britain - 1881 - 506 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...innocence ! To me, much reflecting on these things, it has always seemed a worthier honour to be the instrument of making you bestir yourselves in this high... | |
 | Great orators - 1881 - 242 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...innocence ! To me, much reflecting on these things, it has always seemed a worthier honour to be the instrument of making you bestir yourselves in this high... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - Eloquence - 1881 - 336 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 !" 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... | |
 | George Henry Jennings - GREAT BRITAIN. PARLIAMENT - 1881 - 564 pages
...found law clear and left it cheap ; found it a sealed book, left it a living letter ; found it tho patrimony of the rich, left it the inheritance of...the two-edged sword of craft and oppression, left it tho staff of honesty and tho shield of innocence." "Measures, not Men." — Addressing tho House of... | |
 | Missouri Bar Association - Bar associations - 1915 - 274 pages
...sovereigns boast when he shall have' it to say, that he found law dear, but left it cheap; found 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 and oppression; left it the staff of honesty... | |
 | 1883 - 792 pages
...sealed hook anil ' "ft it a living letter; found it a patrimony of the rich and left it the inherit iiv of the poor; found it the two-edged sword of craft and oppression and lef1 t the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence." — Lord Brougham. Mrs. Ann Ritchie,... | |
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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... 
