 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
 | 1839 - 508 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...apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion." 1 "Except in persons very happily born" any science,... | |
 | David Hoffman - 1841 - 400 sidor
...another occasion, he spoke of the law as 'one of the first and noblest of human sciences, and that it does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding,...than all the other kinds of learning put together' — and yet, when he comes to speak of lawyers, it is in language by no means eulogistic. But, were... | |
 | 1842 - 624 sidor
...law-lords painfully proves the soundness of Burke 's remarks on the tendency of the study of the law, — " 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... | |
 | 1842 - 452 sidor
...law-lords painfully proves the soundness of Burke's remarks on the tendency of the study of the law, — "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... | |
 | James Stamford Caldwell - 1843 - 372 sidor
...770. 7 Swift. He (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 more...liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion. 1 I would advise him (the student for the law) to study, most diligently, the divine works of Cicero;... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1843 - 632 sidor
...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...except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalise the mind exactly in the same proportion. Passing from that study, he did not go very largely... | |
 | Irishman - 1844 - 254 sidor
...He was bred to 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...liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion." Deducting something from the complimentary language, for the circumstances of a speech in the House... | |
 | Henry Brown - 1844 - 526 sidor
...a profession ; the profession of the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of sciences — a science which does more to quicken...put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion. Mr. Grenville thought... | |
 | Peter Burke - 1845 - 490 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...except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalise the mind exactly in the same proportion. Passing from that study he did not go very largely... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1845 - 558 sidor
...relation to Lord Grenville: "He 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 which is not apt, except in persons very happily born,... | |
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