 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...  De Laudibus Legum Angliae - Pagina 186door Sir John Fortescue, Andrew Amos - 1825 - 280 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1857 - 694 pagina’s
...He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of haman 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 Whoever, in the freshness of youthful... | |
 | 1859 - 370 pagina’s
...profession. Ht 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...than all the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1860 - 644 pagina’s
...profession. He was hred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and nohlest of human sciences; 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,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1862 - 460 pagina’s
...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 to quicken and invigorate...than all the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1862 - 620 pagina’s
...taxation, he remarks : " Law is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences — a science which does more to quicken and invigorate...than all the other kinds of learning put together; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1862 - 544 pagina’s
...— 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...than all the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalise the mind in exactly... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1863 - 878 pagina’s
...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, than all the 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... | |
 | Members of the Evangelical Alliance - 1864 - 1272 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | 1874 - 824 pagina’s
...the law, he saw enough of it to convince him that it was " one of the first and noblest of sciences, a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding than all other kinds of learning put together." His tastes did not lead him with any great enthusiasm in this... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1865 - 592 pagina’s
...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...than all the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly... | |
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