 | Edmund Lodge - Great Britain - 1835 - 286 pages
...should be a Chief Justice, or perhaps something higher. Half is come to pass : I am Thane of Cawdor ; but the greater is behind ; and if that fails me,...happier man than the highest post in the law could have made me." The " greatest " however was to come, and was not the less certain in the writer's belief... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 288 pages
...should be a chief-justice, or perhaps something higher. Half is come to pass : I am thane of Cawdor ; but the greater is behind, and if that fails me, you...happier man than the highest post in the law could have made me." In his judicial capacity he manifested great independence and impartiality. In 1763, when... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 510 pages
...should be a chief-justice, or perhaps something higher. Half is come to pass : I am thane of Cawdor ; but the greater is behind, and if that fails me, you are Ktill a false prophet. Joking aside, I am retired out of this bustling world to a place of sufficient... | |
 | William Newland Welsby - Judges - 1846 - 576 pages
...should be a chief justice, or perhaps something higher. Half is come to pass : I am Thane of Cawdor ; but the greater is behind ; and if that fails me,...happier man than the highest post in the law could have made me." So men persuade themselves. His friend lived, however, to congratulate him on his elevation... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Judges - 1846 - 708 pages
...should be a Chief Justice, or perhaps something higher. Half is come to pass : I am Thane of Cawdor, but the greater is behind ; and if that fails me,...am retired out of this bustling world to a place of ' He was called along with Serjeant Burland. Embkma annnli — Tit sans Mna. — 2 Wilson, 136. CHAP.... | |
 | Literature - 1848 - 578 pages
...something higher. Half is come to pass. I am Thane of Cawdor, but the greater is behind ; and if it fails me, you are still a false prophet. Joking aside,...place of sufficient profit, ease and dignity ; and I believe I am much happier than the highest post in the law could have made me." The case of Wilkes,... | |
 | Edward Shepherd Creasy - Eton College - 1850 - 532 pages
...should be a chief-justice, or perhaps something higher. Half is come to pass : I am thane of Cawdor ; but the greater is behind, and if that fails me, you...am a much happier man than the highest post in the Jaw could have made me." But it happened that while he was Chief of the Common Pleas, the legal questions... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Great Britain - 1851 - 528 pages
...should be a Chief Justice, or perhaps something higher. Half is come to pass : I am Thane of Cawdor, but the greater is behind ; and if that fails me,...place of sufficient profit, ease, and dignity ; and I believe that I am a much happier man than the highest post in the law could have made me." He then... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Great Britain - 1851 - 536 pages
...should be a Chief Justice, or perhaps something higher. Half is come to pass: I am Thane of Cawdor, but the greater is behind; and if that fails me, you are still a false prophet. Joking aside—I am retired out of this bustling world to a place of sufficient profit, ease, and dignity;... | |
 | George Thomas Earl of Albemarle - 1852 - 504 pages
...Cawdor, but the greater is behind ; and, if that fails me, yoii are still a false prophet. Joking apart, I am retired out of this bustling world to a place of sufficient profit, ease, and dignity ; and I believe I am a much happier man than the highest post in the law could have made me." He lived to... | |
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I remember you prophesied formerly that I should be a Chief Justice, or perhaps something higher. Half is come to pass : I am Thane of Cawdor, but the greater is behind ; and if that fails me, you are still a false prophet. Joking aside — I am retired... 
