The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England: From the Earliest Times Till the Reign of King George IV.J. Murray, 1846 - Judges |
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... CHAP . CXXIX . But the young man still had to struggle with many diffi- culties , and he probably would have been obliged from penury to go upon the roll of attorneys , rising only to be troduced to clerk to the magistrates at petty ...
... CHAP . CXXIX . But the young man still had to struggle with many diffi- culties , and he probably would have been obliged from penury to go upon the roll of attorneys , rising only to be troduced to clerk to the magistrates at petty ...
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... CHAP . CXXIX . He writes a paper in the 66 Specta- Although he never approached the excellence of his model , he was so far pleased with his own proficiency that he aspired to the honour of writing a " Spectator . " Accordingly , with ...
... CHAP . CXXIX . He writes a paper in the 66 Specta- Although he never approached the excellence of his model , he was so far pleased with his own proficiency that he aspired to the honour of writing a " Spectator . " Accordingly , with ...
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... CHAP . His trans . Coke upon Littleton lation of into verse . Yorke , I cannot well account for your having so much business , considering how short a time you have been at the CXXIX . bar ; I humbly conceive you must have published ...
... CHAP . His trans . Coke upon Littleton lation of into verse . Yorke , I cannot well account for your having so much business , considering how short a time you have been at the CXXIX . bar ; I humbly conceive you must have published ...
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... CHAP . CXXIX . He prac- tises in the Court of Chancery . clesfield's excessive In the year 1718 , upon the resignation of Lord Cowper , May 12 . Chief Justice Parker , shortly after created Earl of Maccles- 1718 . field , received the ...
... CHAP . CXXIX . He prac- tises in the Court of Chancery . clesfield's excessive In the year 1718 , upon the resignation of Lord Cowper , May 12 . Chief Justice Parker , shortly after created Earl of Maccles- 1718 . field , received the ...
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... CHAP . However , there can be no doubt that the discontent of the CXXIX . old Chancery pleaders arose very much from the superior He distin- guishes himself there . talent of the young common lawyer , whose invasion was so formidable to ...
... CHAP . However , there can be no doubt that the discontent of the CXXIX . old Chancery pleaders arose very much from the superior He distin- guishes himself there . talent of the young common lawyer , whose invasion was so formidable to ...
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Page 579 - Can we be said to do unto others as we would that they should do unto us if we wantonly inflict on them even the smallest pain?
Page 586 - Is it not monstrous, that this player here, But in a fiction, in a dream of passion, Could force his soul so to his own conceit, That, from her working, all his visage wann'd; Tears in his eyes, distraction in's aspect, A broken voice, and his whole function suiting With forms to his conceit?
Page 353 - I met him (said he) at Lord Clare's house' in the country, and he took no more notice of me than if I had been an ordinary man.
Page 315 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Page 534 - I can say, and will say, that as a peer of parliament, as speaker of this right honourable house, as keeper of the great seal, as guardian of his majesty's conscience, as lord high chancellor of England, nay, even in that character alone in which the noble duke would think it an affront to be considered...
Page 534 - I am amazed at his grace's speech. The noble duke cannot look before him, behind him, or on either side of him, without seeing some noble peer who owes his seat in this house to his successful exertions in the profession to which I belong. Does he not feel that it is as honourable to owe it to these, as to being the accident of an accident...
Page 264 - He made an administration so checkered and speckled ; he put together a piece of joinery so. crossly indented and whimsically dove-tailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversified mosaic, such a tesselated pavement without cement ; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white...
Page 435 - Mr. Speaker, I cannot prevail on myself to hurry over this great consideration. It is good for us to be here. We stand where we have an immense view of what is, and what is past. Clouds indeed, and darkness, rest upon the future.
Page 488 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Page 435 - He was then old enough acta parentum jam legere, et qua sit poterit cognoscere virtus. Suppose, aii, that the angel of this auspicious youth, foreseeing the many virtues which made him one of the most amiable, as he is one of the most fortunate men of his age...