 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...  Annual Register of World Events - Sida 121778Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1831 - 446 sidor
...G renville, "He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of buman sciences, — a science which does more to quicken...but it is not apt, except in persons very happily boru, to open and liberalise the mind exactly in the same proportion." — Speech on American Taxation.... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1831 - 544 sidor
...is as follows.— "Mr. Grenville was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences ; a science, which does...quicken and invigorate the understanding than all other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons rery happily born, to open... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1834 - 744 sidor
...He was bred in a profession. 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...same proportion. Passing from that study he did not со very largely into the world ; but plunged into business ; I mean into the business of office ;... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1834 - 648 sidor
...He was bred in a profession. He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one >of the first and e act of parliament which settled the crown on the electress Sophia and on her Ihe understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in... | |
 | Samuel Warren - 1835 - 580 sidor
..." Mr. Grenville," said Burke, " was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences ; a science which does more...learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in those who are happily born, to open and liberalise the mind, exactly in the same proportion." It is... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1835 - 558 sidor
...statesman of the most enlarged research, has not hesitated to declare, that it is " One of the first and noblest of human sciences ; a science, which does...quicken and invigorate the understanding than all other kinds of learning put together." f But there is little need to appeal to the testimonies of the... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1835 - 652 sidor
...He was bred in a profession. He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and makes the constitution of a state, and the due distribution of its powers, a matter of the most delicat alt the other kinds of learning put together; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born,... | |
 | George Wingrove Cooke - 1837 - 694 sidor
...its studies, for he afterwards spoke CHAP. of it as one of the first and noblest of human AD 1765. sciences ; " a science which does more to quicken...than all the other kinds of learning put together."* May he not have doubted his success, or felt impatient of the interval which must elapse before he... | |
 | Claude Buffier - 1838 - 224 sidor
...Burke:— " Mr. [George] Grenville was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of Human Sciences; a Science which does more...invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of reasoning put together; but, it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize... | |
 | 1842 - 584 sidor
...speak of the members of the legal profession. It is Burke, I think, who says of the law, that " it is a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding than all other kinds of learning put together, but which is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to... | |
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