 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
 | Edmund Burke - 1860 - 644 sidor
...hred in a profession. He was hred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and nohlest train of a court, and whose whole weight must he considered as a pertion tho other kinds of learning put together ; hut it is not apt, except in persons very happily horn,... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1860 - 874 sidor
...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... | |
 | James Waddel Alexander - 1860 - 430 sidor
...the assertion of Burke, who while he acknowledges that legal science strengthens the mind, says, " but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion." Or rather, will I say may you prove that you are... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1862 - 620 sidor
...contrary. In his speech on American taxation, he remarks : " Law 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." An agreeable chapter could be written regarding Burke's female acquaintances, their virtues, their... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1862 - 546 sidor
...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 in exactly the same proportion. Passing from that study, he did not go very largely... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1863 - 878 sidor
...law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences, a science which docs more to quicken and invigorate the understanding,...apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion "* Nor can you have failed to note what he said... | |
 | Members of the Evangelical Alliance - 1864 - 1272 sidor
...science of jurisprudence, " a science," says one of the greatest practical thinkers of modern times, " which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding...than all the other kinds of learning put together." Calvin excelled in every study on which he ever entered, but for jurisprudence he seems v> have had... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1866 - 388 sidor
...his character of Greville : " 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 oo of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to... | |
 | 1869 - 418 sidor
...mind. Edmund Burke, by some called the Demosthenes of modern times, says: " It is one of the first and noblest of human sciences; a science which does more...quicken and invigorate the understanding than all other kinds of learning put together." The collegiate course pursued by Mansfield and Brougham, on... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1868 - 382 sidor
...human sciences — a science which does more to quicken and invigorate, the understanding than all other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not...apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion.' Why is the poet's function the noblest? Because... | |
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