 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
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1866 - 388 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 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 pagina’s
...called the Demosthenes of modern times, says: " It is one of the first and noblest of human sciences; a science which does more to 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 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, the understanding than all other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1868 - 384 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 the understanding than all other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open... | |
 | 1875 - 438 pagina’s
...the study of the law as a remedy for some particular defects in the mental powers; and Burke spoke of it as a science which does more to quicken and...than all the other kinds of learning put together. We wish that the schools might find it to their interest to keep the young gentlemen longer within... | |
 | 1873 - 532 pagina’s
...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 to quicken and invigorate...than all the other kinds of learning put together; bat it is not apt, except in those who are happily bom, to open and liberalize the mind exactly in... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1872 - 740 pagina’s
...it in its political and social relations as " one of the first and noblest of human sciences, doing more to quicken and invigorate the understanding than all the other kinds of learning put together," he thought it " not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1896 - 378 pagina’s
...He saw enough of it to convince him that it is "one of the first and noblest of human sciences—a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all other kinds of learning put together.'' Still, it was too dry and technical for a mind like his ; and... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1897 - 266 pagina’s
...He saw enough of it to convince him that it is "one of the first and noblest of human sciences — a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all other kinds of learning put together. " Still, it was too dry and technical for a mind like his ; and... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1897 - 110 pagina’s
...opinion, one of the finest and noblest of human sciences ; a science which does more to quicken arid invigorate the understanding than all the other kinds of learning put together." He was a member of the London debating clubs of Fleet Street and Covent Garden, though• never called... | |
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