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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... "
The Great Oyer of Poisoning: The Trial of the Earl of Somerset for the ... - Page 455
by Andrew Amos - 1846 - 551 pages
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The Speeches of the Earl of Chatham, the Hon. R.B. Sheridan, Lord Erskine ...

William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1853 - 1016 pages
...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...the present, but out of providence for the future, to make the estate of his people still more and more happy ; after the manner of the legislators in...
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Select British Eloquence: Embracing the Best Speeches Entire, of the Most ...

Chauncey Allen Goodrich - Orators - 1853 - 972 pages
...best Inwi^vur to this nation after King Edward the First; for his laws, whoso marks them well, arc deep, and not vulgar; not made upon the spur of a...the present, but out of providence for the future, to make thu estate of his people still more and more happy, after the manner of the Icidalators in...
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A Digest of the Laws, Customs, Manners, and Institutions of the Ancient and ...

Thomas Roderick Dew - History - 1853 - 674 pages
...praises this king to James I., as realizing the beau ideal of kingcraft, has pronounced his laws " deep and not vulgar, not made upon the spur of a particular occasion, but out of providence for the future." To this reign is attributable the revival of the measure adopted...
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A Digest of the Laws, Customs, Manners, and Institutions of the Ancient and ...

Thomas Roderick Dew - History - 1853 - 694 pages
...praises this king to James I., as realizing the beau ideal of kingeraft, has pronounced his laws " deep and not vulgar, not made upon the spur of a particular occasion, but out of providence for the future." To this reign is attributable the revival of the measure adopted...
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History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic of Spain, Volume 2

William Hickling Prescott - Spain - 1854 - 484 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 lus people still more and more happy ; after the manner of the...
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The Collected Works of Dugald Stewart, Volume 1

Dugald Stewart - Philosophy - 1854 - 660 pages
...same train of thinking. " His laws .(whoso marks them well) were deep and not vulgar ; not made on the spur of a particular occasion for the present, but out of providence for the future; to make the estate of his people still more and more happy, after the manner of the legislators in...
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History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic of Spain, Volume 3

William Hickling Prescott - Spain - 1856 - 568 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 tire future, to make the estate of his people still more and more happy ; after the manner of the...
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Works: Collected and Edited by James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis ..., Volume 6

Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pages
...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...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...
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History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic, Volume 3

William Hickling Prescott - Spain - 1858 - 578 pages
...laws did excel. *»**• For his laws, whoso marks lliem well, are deep, and not vulgar ; not inaile upon the spur of a particular occasion for the present, but out of providence o( the future, to make the estate of his people still more and more happy ; after the manner of the...
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The Constitutional History of England, from the Accession of Henry VII. to ...

Henry Hallam - Constitutional history - 1859 - 746 pages
...have been highly praised by Lord Bacon as "deep statut« , i and not vulgar, not made upon the FinM spur of a particular occasion for the present, but out of providence for the future, to make the estate of his people still more and more happy, after the manner of the legislator* in...
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