 | 1869 - 418 pagina’s
...power to develop mind. Edmund Burke, by some called the Demosthenes of modern times, says: " It is one of the first and noblest of human sciences; a...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 - 384 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 of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1869 - 584 pagina’s
...life, which, though they do not alter the groundwork of character, yet tinge it with their own hue. He was bred in a profession. He was bred to the law, which is, h* my opinion,, one. -of .the first and noblest of human sciences, — a science which does more to... | |
 | 1873 - 532 pagina’s
...accommodated to each individual, yet comprehending the whole community." "Mr. Granville," said Burke, "was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one...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... | |
 | 1875 - 438 pagina’s
...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 invigorate...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | William Gelston Bates - 1874 - 114 pagina’s
...describing the character of an eminent statesman : " He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, of the first and noblest of human sciences ; a science...quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all other kinds of learning put together ; but is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open... | |
 | William Gelston Bates - 1874 - 112 pagina’s
...describing the character of an eminent statesman : " He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, of the first and noblest of human sciences ; a science...quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all other kinds of learning put together ; but is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open... | |
 | Sir John Fortescue - 1874 - 382 pagina’s
...of the law as a remedy for some particular defects in the mental powers : and Burke speaks of it as a science which does more to quicken and invigorate...than all the other kinds of learning put together. And if it be on some occasions the duty of a Barrister to advocate a cause which in his judgment is... | |
 | 1874 - 1178 pagina’s
...a profession, and the disregard of its study as a science. Speaking of Mr. Grenville, he observes : "He 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... | |
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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... 
