 | Henry Flanders - 1855 - 682 pagina’s
...speaks of the law, in connection with the celebrated George Grenville : ' He was bred in a professioa. He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first aad noblest of human sciences; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding,... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1856 - 962 pagina’s
...Middle Temple. But he was never interested in the law. He saw enough of it to convince him that it is " one of the first and noblest of human sciences —...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... | |
 | 1857 - 678 pagina’s
...maintaining them by formula, the usual effect is that which Burke describes in his character of Greville : "He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion,...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... | |
 | 1857 - 694 pagina’s
...maintaining them by formula, the usual effect is that which Burke describes in his character of Greville : " 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... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1859 - 508 pagina’s
...some trifling alterations, they may be extended to all the practical 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 to quicken and invigorate the understanding,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1860 - 644 pagina’s
...groundwork of character, yet tinge it with their own hue. Ho was hred in a profession. He was hred nohlest of human sciences; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1860 - 874 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1863 - 878 pagina’s
...statesman. You have not forgotten what Burke said of Grenville : " He was bred in a profession. Ho was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one...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,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1866 - 388 pagina’s
...maintaining them by formula, the usual effect is that which Burke describes in his character of Greville : " He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one...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... | |
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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 tho other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in... 
