Learned in the Law (1882): Or Examples and Encouragements from the Lives of Eminent LawyersThe Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2002 - 404 páginas A set of biographical sketches of eminent jurists from the 17th through 19th centuries, including Lord Bacon, John Selden, the Earl of Mansfield, Sir William Jones, and Lord Brougham. Intended to encourage emulation, Adams offers a series of "Great Man" portraits in the manner of Carlyle that emphasizes the outstanding moral character, determination, and diligence of his subjects and their crucial contributions to Britain. Like many Victorians, Adams feared that the professional specialization created by the growth of science and industry would eliminate the type of well-rounded personality dear to the English. This concern is evident in his choice of representative figures. He demonstrates in each case that these were men of parts with a breadth of interests that contributed to their greatness as jurists. |
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... too poor to pay the fee of a " special pleader , " he copied out no fewer than three folio volumes of " precedents " from a manuscript collection ; and when the day's labours were at an end , he and his wife would sit INTRODUCTION . 7.
... labour gather all . " Labour that is the keynote not only of a successful but of an honourable life . A shrewd observer , Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton , writes : — " The longer I live , the more I am certain that the great difference ...
... laboured honestly in the cause of Essex , and would gladly have saved him if his own levity and ill - regulated ambition had not rendered it impossible ; but that he refrained , like a prudent man and a loyal subject , from hopelessly ...
... labour of pain , however accomplished ; for if there were much that Elizabeth wished to conceal , out of regard for the memory of the young kinsman she had once loved , there was much that it was necessary to publish in vin- dication of ...
... laboured with , and hath in your head , as Jupiter had Pallas , or some other the like work , for without some endeavour to do you honour I would not live , than to spend my wits and time in this laborious place wherein I now serve , if ...
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EARL SOMERS 16501716 | 104 |
EARL OF MANSFIELD 17041793 | 139 |
EDMUND BURKE 17271797 | 216 |
SIR WILLIAM JONES 17461794 | 291 |
SIR SAMUEL ROMILLY 17571818 | 311 |
LORD BROUGHAM 17791868 | 339 |