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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... Entering Corpus Christi College at Oxford , he won a classical scholarship , which contributed materially to the expense of his maintenance . Writing to a young friend he says : " But a little while past INTRODUCTION . 3.
... says : " But a little while past , to be a scholar of Corpus was the height of my ambition ; that summit is ( thank Heaven ) gained , when another and another appears still in view . In a word , I shall not rest easy till I have ...
... says his biographer , " he then resolved to practise as a special pleader below the bar , until he had laid the basis firm and wide of an enduring reputation ; and , hiring chambers in Brick Court , with a small boy as clerk at ten ...
... says one of his contemporaries , " that Thurlow - in early life was idle ; but I always found him close at study in ... say that " Round Thurlow's head in early youth , And in INTRODUCTION . 9.
... says Horne Tooke's biographer , " that they were accustomed to dine together , during the vaca- tion , at a little eating - house in the neighbourhood of Chancery Lane , for the sum of sevenpence halfpenny each . " . . . " As to Dunning ...
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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 |