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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... Essex , who wrote in his favour both to the lady and her father ; but happily for Bacon , she chose for her husband his elderly and powerful rival , Attorney - General Coke , whom , as Macaulay says , she did her best to make as ...
... Essex as a future Bolingbroke . " There was treason in it , " exclaimed the suspicious sovereign ; and , appealing to Bacon , she inquired , Could he find no places in it that might he drawn within case of treason ? " For treason ...
... Essex . The unfriendly biographer represents his conduct as marked by the blackest treachery and meanest ingratitude ; the panegyrist sees in it the action of a wise and honest man , who loved the vain and gay young noble much , but his ...
... Essex , he showed himself a frank and a sincere friend . Even Lord Macaulay admits that the advice which he gave was generally most judicious . He did all that he could to dissuade the earl from accepting the perilous charge of the ...
... Essex and his queen . It is the fashion to speak of the earl as Bacon's " noble benefactor , " but I cannot find that he overpaid Bacon's services . It is not less the fashion to speak lightly of the earl's crime ; to refer to it as the ...
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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 |