 He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences ; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons...  Putnam's Monthly - Page 4461857Full view - About this book
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 536 pages
...some trifling alterations, they may be extended to all the practical pursuits of life. " Mr. Grenville was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one...quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born,... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1855 - 446 pages
...not alter the groundwork of character, yet tinge it with their own hue. He was bred in a profession. He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one...first and noblest of human sciences ; a science which docs more to quicken and invigorate the understanding than all other kinds of human learning put together... | |
 | Henry Flanders - 1855 - 682 pages
...speaks of the law, in connection with the celebrated George Grenville : ' He was bred in a professioa. He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first aad noblest of human sciences; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding,... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1856 - 962 pages
...not alter the groundwork of character, yet tinge it with their own hue. He was bred in a profession. *@ . the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born,... | |
 | Orators - 1859 - 370 pages
...alter the ground-work of character, yet tinge it with their own hue. He was bred in a profession. Ht was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one...quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - Psychology - 1859 - 508 pages
...some trifling alterations, they may be extended to all the practical pursuits of life. " Mr. Grenville was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the finest and noblest of human sciences ; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - English literature - 1860 - 644 pages
...groundwork of character, yet tinge it with their own hue. Ho was hred in a profession. He was hred nohlest of human sciences; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - Law - 1860 - 874 pages
...the principles of original justice with the infinite variety of human concerns. One of the first an I noblest of human sciences, — a science which does more to quicken and invigomte tl¡e human understanding than all other kinds of human learning put together; hut if is... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1862 - 460 pages
...alter the ground- work of character, yet tinge it with their own hue. He was bred in a profession. He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one...quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born,... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1862 - 544 pages
...not alter the groundwork of character, tinge it with their own hue. He was bred in a profession — he was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one...quicken and invigorate the understanding than all the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born,... | |
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