 | Charles Buck - Anecdotes - 1841 - 520 pages
...which he observed in the other transactions of his life. For he used to say, ' it was a great dishonor as a man was capable of, that, for a little money,...bribe, even because it is good : if it be not honest, I will not do it for all the goods in the world.' When Sir Matthew was once going his circuit, he understood... | |
 | The Westminster Review January-April 1841 - 1841 - 582 pages
...same scrupulous sincerity in his pleadings which he observed in the other transactions of his life. It was as great a dishonour as a man was capable of, that for a little money he was hired to say otherwise than he thought." We have heard that Serjeant Lens and several other counsel... | |
 | Edward O'Brien (barrister-at-law.) - 1842 - 330 pages
...too often wrought on. He pleaded with the same sincerity that he used in other parts of his life, and used to say ' it was as great a dishonour as a man...money he was to be hired to say or do otherwise than as he thought.' All this he ascribed to the unmeasurable desire of heaping up wealth, which corrupted... | |
 | Law - 1842 - 508 pages
...the same scrupulous sincerity in his pleadings which he observed in the other transactions of life. It was as great a dishonour as a man was capable of, that for a little money he was hired to say otherwise than he thought.'—(Licence of Counsel, p. 4.)" Lord Brougham was here speaking... | |
 | Law - 1842 - 546 pages
...the same scrupulous sincerity in his pleadings which he observed in the other transactions of life. It was as great a dishonour as a man was capable of, that for a little money he was hired to say otherwise than he thought.'—(Licence of Counsel, p. 4.)" Lord Brougham was here speaking... | |
 | John Cockin - 1843 - 480 pages
...pleaded with the same sincerity that he practised in the other parts of life ; and was wont to say that it was as great a dishonour as a man was capable of,...that for a little money he was to be hired to say otherwise than as he thought. When he saw that a cause was a bad one, he would not meddle with it,... | |
 | Law - 1844 - 546 pages
...the same scrupulous sincerity in his pleadings which he observed in the other transactions of life. It was as great a dishonour as a man was capable of, that for a little money he was hired to say otherwise than he thought.' — (License of Counsel, p. 4.) '"Clothed in authority,' says... | |
 | Christopher Wordsworth - Christian biography - 1853 - 766 pages
...Baxter's Letter to Mr. Stephens. See Hale's Moral, fyc. Works, vol. ip 106. See Index, art. Barristers. say, " it was as great a dishonour as a man was capable...money he was to be hired to say or do otherwise than as he thought." All this he ascribed to the unmeasurable desire of heaping up wealth, which corrupted... | |
 | Richard Whately - Oratory - 1853 - 564 pages
...sincerity in his pleadings which he observed in the other transactions of life. It was as great a dishonor as a man was capable of, that for a little money he was hired to say otherwise than he thought." — [License of Counsel, p. 4.] " The Advocate," says another... | |
 | Richard Whately - English language - 1854 - 342 pages
...the same scrupulous sincerity in his pleadings which he observed in the other transactions of life. It was as great a dishonour as a man was capable of, that for a little money he was hired to say otherwise than he thought." — [Licence of Counsel, p. 4.] " The Advocate," says another... | |
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He pleaded with the same sincerity that he used in the other parts of his life, and used to say : — It was as great a dishonour as a man was capable of, that for a little money he was to be hired to say or do otherwise than as he thought. 
