 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876 - 320 pages
...alter, and to pro- 5 nounce that which they do not find, and by show of antiquity to introduce novelty. Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more reverend...things, integrity is their portion, and proper virtue. Cursed (saith the i0 law) is he that remove th the landmarh. The mi slayer of a mere-stone is to blame.... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - Readers - 1876 - 660 pages
...alter, and to pronounce that which they do not find, and by show of antiquity to introduce novelty. Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more reverend than plausible, and more advised6 than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue. " Cursed,"... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 pages
...find ; and by show of antiquity to introduce novelty. Judges ought to be more learned than ""tty ; more reverend than plausible; and more advised than...things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue. " Cursed," saith the law, " is he that removeth the land-mark." The mislayer of a mere-stone is to... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1879 - 272 pages
...alter, and to pro- S nounce that which they do not find, and by show of antiquity to introduce novelty. Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more reverend...things, integrity is their portion, and proper virtue. Cursed (saith the » law) is he that removeth the landmark. The mislayer of a mere-stone is to blame.... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1879 - 228 pages
...novelty. Judges ought to be more learned than witty,5 more reverend than plausible,6 and more advised7 than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue. 'Cursed (saith the law) is he that removetk the landmark.'3 The mislayer of a mere-stone9 is to blame;... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1879 - 356 pages
...novelty. Judges ought to be more learned than witty,5 more reverend than plausible,6 and more advised7 than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue. 'Cursed (saith the law) is he that removeth the landmark.'* The mislayer of a mere-stone9 is to blame;... | |
 | Goold Brown - English language - 1851 - 1124 pages
...them, and become precedents of indisputable authority."— Dr. Johnson, Rambler, Vol. ii, No. 93. " Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more reverend...things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue." — Bacon's Essays, p. 145. " The wisest nations, having the most and best ideas, will consequently... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1880 - 772 pages
...alter; and to pronounce that which they do not find, and by show of antiquity to introduce novelty. wUm t O . . . The principal duty of a judge is to suppress force and fraud ; whereof force is the more pernicious... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - English language - 1880 - 280 pages
...ruins old ; Of light choice food are his meals, I ween, In his cell so lone and cold. — Dickens. 7. Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more reverend than plausible, and more advised than confident. — Bacon. Articles. RULE IX. (Special). — An article modifies the noun which it limits. Remarks.... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1881 - 104 pages
...alter, and to pronounce that which they do not find, and by show of antiquity to introduce novelty. Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more reverend than plausible, and more advised 8 than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue. " Cursed," saith... | |
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Judges ought to be more learned than witty ; more reverend than plausible ; and more advised ' than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue. 
