A Popular and Practical Introduction to Law Studies: And to Every Department of the Legal Profession, Civil, Criminal, and Ecclesiastical : with an Account of the State of the Law in Ireland and Scotland, and Occasional Illustrations from American Law |
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... distinction . This work has cost its author the severe and unre- mitting labour , during every moment which he could spare from business , of the last twelve months : and if it shall meet , notwithstanding the errors and defects which ...
... distinction . This work has cost its author the severe and unre- mitting labour , during every moment which he could spare from business , of the last twelve months : and if it shall meet , notwithstanding the errors and defects which ...
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... distinctions , while dazzling the aspiring eye which contemplates them , cannot fail , in the case of a thoughtful observer , to suggest the certainty that they cannot be obtained without very great difficulty . The best B and most ...
... distinctions , while dazzling the aspiring eye which contemplates them , cannot fail , in the case of a thoughtful observer , to suggest the certainty that they cannot be obtained without very great difficulty . The best B and most ...
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... distinction , must assume the motto of Proprio Marte ; must really rely upon his own mental vigour from the instant of starting in the desperate race , to that of reaching the goal of legal eminence . " If you give way Or edge aside ...
... distinction , must assume the motto of Proprio Marte ; must really rely upon his own mental vigour from the instant of starting in the desperate race , to that of reaching the goal of legal eminence . " If you give way Or edge aside ...
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... distinction . The former , poor soul ! has no kind friend to take him by the hand ; " no one cries ' God bless him , ' " - except , perhaps , a little circle of trembling relatives , whose hearts are very heavy for him . What is he to ...
... distinction . The former , poor soul ! has no kind friend to take him by the hand ; " no one cries ' God bless him , ' " - except , perhaps , a little circle of trembling relatives , whose hearts are very heavy for him . What is he to ...
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... distinctions between which , with all the numerous and intricate proceedings dependent upon them , are now , for most practical purposes , done away with , and business , consequently , distributed evenly through the year . * Thus far ...
... distinctions between which , with all the numerous and intricate proceedings dependent upon them , are now , for most practical purposes , done away with , and business , consequently , distributed evenly through the year . * Thus far ...
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Popular passages
Page 123 - Tis two or three, my lord, that bring you word, Macduff is fled to England. Macb. Fled to England ? Len. Ay, my good lord. Macb. Time, thou anticipat'st my dread exploits : The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it : from this moment, The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand.
Page 507 - This statute is in derogation of the common law, therefore it is not to be extended by implication or construction. "As a rule of exposition, statutes are to be construed in reference to the principles of the common law ; for it is not to be presumed that the legislature intended to make any innovation upon the common -law, further than the case absolutely required.
Page 101 - He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial.
Page 36 - 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 very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion.
Page 838 - Wise men have said are wearisome; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior (And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books and shallow in himself...
Page 520 - And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
Page 311 - But it lies for money paid by mistake, or upon a consideration which happens to fail, or for money got through imposition...
Page 945 - In an action on the case for a nuisance to the occupation of a house, by carrying on an offensive trade, the pica of not guilty will operate as a denial, only that the defendant carried on the alleged trade in such a way as to be a nuisance to the occupation of the house ; and will not operate as a denial of the plaintiff's occupation of the house.
Page 211 - Chilling-worth, who by his example will teach both perspicuity, and the way of right reasoning, better than any book that I know; and therefore will deserve to be read upon that account over and over again; not to say any thing of his argument.
Page 404 - And therefore if all the reason that is dispersed into so many several heads, were united into one, yet could he not make such a law as the law of England is ; because by many successions of ages, it hath been fined and refined by an infinite number of grave and learned men...