The Laws and Jurisprudence of England and America: Being a Series of Lectures Delivered Before Yale UniversityLittle, Brown, 1894 - 431 páginas "Being a series of lectures delivered before Yale University."--T.p. |
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... learned men ; and yet , with all their voluminousness , the law is not to be found in these alone . These constitutions , statutes , judicial deci- sions , and treatises are numbered by thousands . They are almost unknown to the mass of ...
... learned men ; and yet , with all their voluminousness , the law is not to be found in these alone . These constitutions , statutes , judicial deci- sions , and treatises are numbered by thousands . They are almost unknown to the mass of ...
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... learned by a consideration of the various relations of individuals to the State and to each other , out of which relations legal rights and corresponding duties arise , only part of which take the form of a legislative command.1 It is ...
... learned by a consideration of the various relations of individuals to the State and to each other , out of which relations legal rights and corresponding duties arise , only part of which take the form of a legislative command.1 It is ...
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... learned friends . In Thavie's will the testator directed that " all of that hostel ( hospicium ) in which the apprentices of the law were wont to dwell should be sold , and out of the produce a proper chaplain found to pray for the ...
... learned friends . In Thavie's will the testator directed that " all of that hostel ( hospicium ) in which the apprentices of the law were wont to dwell should be sold , and out of the produce a proper chaplain found to pray for the ...
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... learned Inn . In the latter place of residence men are contented to sleep in dingy closets , and to pay for the sitting - room and the cupboard , which is their dormitory , the price of a good villa and garden in the suburbs , or of a ...
... learned Inn . In the latter place of residence men are contented to sleep in dingy closets , and to pay for the sitting - room and the cupboard , which is their dormitory , the price of a good villa and garden in the suburbs , or of a ...
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... learned anti- quaries and writers on the subject of the origin , antiquity , and estab- lishment of the Inns briefly summarized , and the sources of more detailed information pointed out . As to the origin ( which is some- what obscure ) ...
... learned anti- quaries and writers on the subject of the origin , antiquity , and estab- lishment of the Inns briefly summarized , and the sources of more detailed information pointed out . As to the origin ( which is some- what obscure ) ...
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Página 41 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Página 26 - On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power, to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Página 97 - My panting side was charged, when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by th
Página 109 - The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great Hall of William Rufus, the hall which had resounded with acclamations at the inauguration of thirty kings, the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and the Just absolution of Somers, the hall where the eloquence of...
Página 100 - ... bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose; I still had hopes — for pride attends us still — Amidst the swains to show my...
Página 150 - In no country, perhaps, in the world is the law so general a study. The profession itself is numerous and powerful ; and in most provinces it takes the lead. The greater number of the deputies sent to the congress were lawyers. But all who read, and most do read, endeavor to obtain some smattering in that science.
Página 227 - No man in this country is so high that he is above the law. No officer of the law may set that law at defiance with impunity. All the officers of the government, from the highest to the lowest, are creatures of the law, and are bound to obey it.
Página 130 - ... that in every case, before the evidence is left to the jury, there is a preliminary question for the judge, not whether there is literally no evidence, but whether there is any upon which a jury can properly proceed to find a verdict for the party producing it, upon whom the onus of proof is imposed.
Página 100 - Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose.