 But how much nobler will be the Sovereign's boast, when he shall have it to say, that he found law dear, and left it cheap ; found it a sealed book— left it a living letter ; found it the patrimony of the rich — left it the inheritance of the poor...  Documents Accompanying the Journal ... - Side 47av Michigan. Legislature - 1845Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | National association for the promotion of social science - 1866 - 622 sider
...found Rome of brick and left it of marble. But how much nobler will be the Sovereign's boast when ho shall have it to say, that he found law dear and left it cheap ; found it a sealed book, nnd left it a living letter ; found it the patrimony of the rich, left it the inheritance of the poor... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1868 - 384 sider
...the perfidies of his earlier years were lost — that he found Rome of brick, and left it of marble. But how much nobler will "be the Sovereign's boast,...law dear and left it cheap ; found it a sealed book, left it a living letter ; found it the patrimony of the rich, left it the inheritance of the poor ;... | |
 | John McGilchrist - 1868 - 284 sider
...present reign has its claims also. But how much nobler will be onr sovereign's boast, when he shall have to say that he found law dear and left it cheap — found it a sealed book, left it a living letter — found it the patrimony of the rich, left it the inheritance of the poor... | |
 | 1868 - 986 sider
...splendour of the reign. . . . But how much nobler will be our sovereign's boast, when he shall have to say that he found law dear and left it cheap —found it a sealed bonk, left it a living letter — found it the patrimony of the rich, left it the inheritance of the... | |
 | 1868 - 384 sider
...reign has its claims also. But how much nobler will be our sovereign's boast, when he shall have to eay that he found law dear, and left it cheap; found it a sealed book, left it a living letter ; fonnd it the patrimony of the rich, left it the inheritance of the poor ;... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1869 - 724 sider
...marble ; a praise not unworthy a great prince, and to which the present reign also has ite claims. But how much nobler will be the Sovereign's boast...law dear, and left it cheap ; found it a sealed book — left it a living letter; found it the patrimony of the rich — left it the inheritance of the... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1872 - 536 sider
...success, to make that his boast "which he describes as an ambition worthy of a sovereign, — " to have it to say, that he found law dear, and left it cheap ; found it a sealed book, left it a living letter ; found it the patrimony of the rich, left it the inheritance of the poor ;... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1872 - 538 sider
...little success, to make that his boast which he describes as an ambition worthy of a sovereign, — " to have it to say, that he found law dear, and left it cheap • found it a sealed book, left it a living letter ; found it the. patrimony of the rich, left it the inheritance of the poor... | |
 | Sir Joseph Arnould - 1873 - 498 sider
...he found Rome of brick, and left it of marble,' he continues — ' But how much nobler will be our Sovereign's boast when he shall have it to say, that...living letter ; found it the patrimony of the rich, left it the inheritance of the poor ; found it the two-edged sword of craft and oppression, left it... | |
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