 | Literature - 1876 - 1072 pages
...H. RKJG. VOL. xxvnr. 3 A THE AMERICAN BENCH. IN 1775 Edmund Burke said of our American colonies. " In no country, perhaps, in the world is the law so general a study. All who read — and most do read — endeavour to obtain some smattering in that science." These words... | |
 | Robert Cochrane - Orators - 1877 - 560 pages
...colonies, which contributes no mean part toward the growth and effect of this untractable spirit— 1 ndeavouring to subvert the maxims which preserve the...whole spirit of our own. To prove that the Americans Congress were lawyers. But all who read, and most do read, endeavour to obtain some smattering in that... | |
 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer) - 1877 - 558 pages
...contributes no mean part toward the growth and effect of this untractable spirit — I mean their educativa. In no country perhaps in the world is the law so general...the lead. The greater number of the deputies sent to Congress were lawyers. But all who read, and most do read, endeavour to obtain some smattering in that... | |
 | Joseph Parrish Thompson - United States - 1877 - 364 pages
...that they might reserve it for themselves." 3 And the attempt of Parliament 1 Burke said of America, "In no country, perhaps, in the world, is the law...provinces it takes the lead. The greater number of deputies sent to the Congress were lawyers. But all who read (and most do read) endeavor to obtain... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - France - 1877 - 720 pages
...says: "In no country perhaps in the world is tho law so general a study. The profession itself ¡3 numerous and powerful ; and in most provinces it takes the lead. The greater number of the deputies scut to the Congress were lawyers. But all who read, — and most do read, — endeavour to obtain... | |
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1884 - 346 pages
...speeches, " For Conciliation with America," March 22, 1775, BURKE observes of the American Colonies, " In no country, perhaps, in the world, is the law so...the lead. The greater number of the deputies sent to Congress were lawyers. I hear that they have sold nearly as many of Blackstone's Commentaries [then... | |
 | Thomas Edward Cliffe Leslie - Economics - 1879 - 510 pages
...with America,—' In no country in the world, perhaps, is the law so general a study. The profession is numerous and powerful, and in most provinces it takes the lead. All who rcod endeavour to obtain some smattering in that science. I have been told by an eminent bookseller... | |
 | William Swinton - American literature - 1880 - 694 pages
...another circumstance in our colonies which contributes no mean part towards the growth and effect 140 of this untractable spirit. I mean their education....perhaps in the world is the law so general a study. The 125. us hroad and general as the air. i 134, 135. were the Poles: that is, till "As broad and general... | |
 | Robert Templeman Craighill - Virginia - 1880 - 378 pages
...law, and the ability of American lawyers. " In no country, perhaps, in the world," says Mr. Burke, " is the law so general a study. The profession itself...numerous and powerful, and in most provinces it takes the bodied in this report of the revisers, were, from time to time, passed by the legislature, as the public... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1880 - 772 pages
...circumstance in our colonies which contributes no mean part towards the growth and effect of this unliactabje urple the wounds which their own hands have inflicted on her; and inscr law so general a study. The profession ilself is numerous and powerful, and in most provinces it takes... | |
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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 Congress were lawyers. But all who read, and most do... 
