 | Francis Bacon - 1880 - 702 pages
...sincerity in his pleadings which he observed in the other transactions of life. It was as great a dishonoui as a man was capable of, that for a little money he was hired to say otherwise than he thought.' — [Licence of Counsel, p. *.] 1 ' Lecture on the Intellectual... | |
 | Frederick Charles Moncreiff - Judges - 1882 - 204 pages
...to seek another counsellor, for he would assist none in acts of injustice; and he used to say that it was as great a dishonour as a man was capable of,...money he was to be hired to say or do otherwise than as he thought." No one can say anything against this part of his conduct, which Lord Erskine may be... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1894 - 648 pages
...often wrought on. 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...money he was to be hired to say or do otherwise than as he thought. All this he ascribed to the immeasurable desire of heaping up wealth, which corrupted... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1894 - 648 pages
...often wrought on. 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...money he was to be hired to say or do otherwise than as he thought. All this he ascribed to the immeasurable desire of heaping up wealth, which corrupted... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - Literary Collections - 1894 - 674 pages
...often wrought on. 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...money he was to be hired to say or do otherwise than as he thought. All this he ascribed to the immeasurable desire of heaping up wealth, which corrupted... | |
 | 1851 - 638 pages
...engagements the same sincerity which he displayed in all the other transactions of life, and used to sav, it was as great a dishonour as a man was capable of, that for a little money he should be hired to do or say otherwise than he thought. What elevation, dignity, and excellency, does... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English literature - 1917 - 648 pages
...often wrought on. 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...money he was to be hired to say or do otherwise than as he thought. All this he ascribed to the immeasurable desire of heaping up wealth, which corrupted... | |
 | Sir William Searle Holdsworth - Law - 1924 - 758 pages
...He pleaded with the same sincerity that he used in the other parts of his life, and used to say that it was as great a dishonour as a man was capable of...money he was to be hired to say or do otherwise than as he thought." 6 It is no wonder that he was sometimes roused 1 Burnet, op. cit. 104. 2 Below 578.... | |
 | Sir William Searle Holdsworth - Biography - 1938 - 326 pages
...He pleaded with the same sincerity that he used in the other parts of his life, and used to say that it was as great a dishonour as a man was capable of...money he was to be hired to say or do otherwise than as he thought.1 He was charitable in the widest sense of the word. He left but a small estate considering... | |
 | Christianity - 1825 - 642 pages
...remarks that " 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...money he was to be hired to say or do otherwise than as he thought.' " Thus Sir M. Hale appears to have exhibited the practical influence of the religion... | |
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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. 
