 | Henry Alworth Merewether - 1835 - 910 pages
...after Edward I.; and this, because his laws (who " so marks them well) are deep and not vulgar—not made " upon the spur of a particular occasion for...present, but " out of providence for the future." As a confirmation of the above observation, we find statutes J 485 . providing for the regulation of... | |
 | Maurice Cross - 1835 - 886 pages
...the greatest English legislator after Edward I., and this because "his laws (whoso marks !hem well) are deep, and not vulgar ; not made upon the spur of a particular occasion for Ihe present ; bul oui of providence for Ihe fulure, lo тгАе the estate of his people still more... | |
 | 1835 - 858 pages
...English legislator after Edward I., and (his because " his laws (whoso marks them well) are deep, and nol vulgar; not made upon the spur of a particular occasion for the presen! ; Unt oui of providence for the future, lo inrAe Ihe estate of his people slill more and moro... | |
 | Maurice Cross - 1836 - 434 pages
...the grealesl English legislator after Edward I., and Ihis because " his laws (whoso marks I hem well) are deep, and not vulgar ; not made upon the spur of a parlicular occasion for Ihe presenl ; but ou I of providence for the future, to ma.ke Ihe eslate of... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - Spain - 1837 - 624 pages
...Certainly his times for good commonwealth's laws did excel. . . . For his laws, whoso marks them well, are deep, and not vulgar ; not made upon the spur...particular occasion for the present, but out of providence of the future, to make the estate of his people still more and more happy ; after the manner of the... | |
 | Jean Louis de Lolme, Archibald John Stephens - Constitutional history - 1838 - 718 pages
...the greatest English legislator after Edward I., and this because his laws, who so marks them well, are deep and not vulgar, not made upon the spur of...the present, but out of providence for the future;" but, like the laws of all other times, his statutes seem to have had no further aim than to remove... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - Spain - 1839 - 562 pages
...Certainly his times for good commonwealth,s laws did excel. »•*»* For his laws, whoso marks them well, are deep, and not vulgar ; not made upon the spur...particular occasion for the present, but out of providence of the future, to make the estate of his people still more and more happy ; after the manner of the... | |
 | Sharon Turner - Great Britain - 1839 - 532 pages
...OF HENRY VII. IT is lord Verulam's just remark on Henry's legislation, that • his laws are deep ; not vulgar : not made upon the spur of a, particular occasion, for the present ; but acts of providence of the future : to make the estate of his people still more and more happy ; after... | |
 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - Great Britain - 1841 - 526 pages
...to express the general character of the laws which the wisdom of those times produced. " They were deep and not vulgar; not made upon "the spur of a...particular occasion for the present; but out of providence of the future, to make the estate of the people still more and more happy, after the manner of the... | |
 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - Great Britain - 1841 - 520 pages
...found to express the general character of the laws which the wisdom of those times produced. "They were deep and not vulgar; not made upon "the spur of a...particular occasion for the present; but out of providence of the future, to make the estate of the people still more and more happy, after the manner of the... | |
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Certainly his times for good commonwealth's laws did excel. So as he may justly be celebrated for the best lawgiver to this nation, after King Edward the First ; for his laws, whoso marks them well, are deep, and not vulgar ; not made upon the spur of... 
