 The gather'd wisdom of a thousand years/'— if you will allow me to parody a line of Pope. I do not see why the study of the law is called dry and unpleasant; and I very much suspect that it seems so to those only, who would think any study unpleasant,...  The Monthly review. New and improved ser - Page 561804Full view - About this book
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...contemplate the stately edifice of the laws of England, ' The gather'd wisdom of a thousand years,' if you will allow me to parody a line of Pope. I do not see,...application of the mind and exertion of the memory. I have read most attentively the first two volumes of Blackstone's * On this subject he writes to Reviczki,... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 360 pages
...contemplate the stately edifice of the laws of England, — The gather'd wit dom of a thousand yean. if you will allow me to parody a line of Pope. I do not see...that it seems so to those only who would think any >tndy unpleasant, which required a great application of the mind, and exertion of the memory. I have... | |
 | Law - 1825 - 312 pages
...the stately edifice of the Laws of England, — " The gather'd wisdom of a thousand years."— if you will allow. me to parody a line of Pope. I do not...who would think any study unpleasant which required great application of the mind and exertion of memory. I have read most attentively the two first volumes... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - Lawyers - 1830 - 554 pages
...the stately edifice of the laws of England — * The gathcr'd wisdom of a thousand yean — ' if you will allow me to parody a line of Pope. I do not sec why the study of the law is called dry and unpleasant ; and I very much suspect, that it seems... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - Great Britain - 1831 - 442 pages
...of England — 1 The gnther'd wisdom of a thousand years — ' if you will allow me to parody aline of Pope. I do not see why the study of the law is...application of the mind and exertion of the memory. I have just read most attentively the two first volumes of Blackstone's Commentaries, and the two others... | |
 | Samuel Warren - Law - 1835 - 580 pages
...the stately edifice of the laws of England — ' the gathered wisdom of a thousand years' — if you will allow me to parody a line of Pope. I do not see...application of the mind, and exertion of the memory." " Our profession," said one of its brightest ornaments — Mr. Dunning, afterwards Lord Ashburton—... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1837 - 734 pages
...thousand years,' if you will allow me to parody a line of Pope. I do not see why the study of the Laws is called dry and unpleasant, and I very much suspect...application of the mind and exertion of the memory. 3 of Jan: 1771 Univ.- Coll. Oxford. WILL" JONES.' > Besides these, this Part contains a facsimile of... | |
 | English essays - 1837 - 738 pages
...contemplate the stately edifice of the Laws of England — ' The gatber'd wisdom of a thousand years,' if you will allow me to parody a line of Pope. I do not see why the study of the Laws is called dry and unpleasant, mid I very much suspect that it seems so to those only who would... | |
 | James Stamford Caldwell - Literature and morals - 1843 - 372 pages
...laws of our own country? Nor do I see why it is called dry and unpleasant; and I very much suspect it seems so to those only who would think any study...application of the mind, and exertion of the memory. This science is, however, so complex, that, without icriting) which is the chain of memory, it is impossible... | |
 | Samuel Warren - Law - 1845 - 1174 pages
...advanced a charge more thoughtless and unwarrantable. " Mr. Grenville," said Burke, " was bred to the law, only who would think any study unpleasant, which required...application of the mind, and exertion of the memory." " Our profession," said the celebrated Mr. Dunning, afterwards Lord Ashburton, "is generally ridiculed... | |
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