| Goold Brown - 1851 - 1124 Seiten
...them, and become precedents of indisputable authority."— Dr. Johnson, Rambler, Vol. ii, No. 93. " 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." — Bacon's Essays, p. 145. " The... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 Seiten
...alter; and to pronounce that which they do not find, and by show of antiquity to introduce novelty. wUm t O Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue. . . . The principal duty of a judge... | |
| Albert Newton Raub - 1880 - 280 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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... | |
| Frederick Charles Moncreiff - 1882 - 204 Seiten
...he had in his mind the example of Sir Edward Coke, whom he cordially detested. A judge should surely be " more learned than witty, more reverend than plausible, and more advised than confident;" but he will not be popular unless he is worthy of his reputation. The. judicial office cannot be invested... | |
| Benjamin G. Lovejoy - 1883 - 304 Seiten
...observer Bacon was, how well he knew the qualities of a good, and the failings of a bad, judge. novelty. 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. " Cursed," (saith the law,) " is he... | |
| Samuel Warren - 1870 - 712 Seiten
...gravity of bearing, are an essential part of justice ; and an over-speaking judge is no welltimed cymbal. Judges ought to be more learned than witty ; more...than plausible ; and more advised than confident. It is no grace to a judge first to find that which he might have heard in due time from the bar ; or... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1884 - 474 Seiten
...Proportion, dimensions. * " Equal to their duties." " " To expound the law." 6 " To make the law. " be more learned than witty, more reverend than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue. " Cursed (saith the law) l is he that... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1884 - 476 Seiten
...1 " Leaders in war." 2 Proportion, dimensions. 3 " Equal to their duties." * " To expound the law." be more learned than witty, more reverend than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue. " Cursed (saith the law) 1 is he that... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1884 - 468 Seiten
...1 " Leaders in war." 2 Proportion, dimensions. * " Equal to their duties." * " To expound the law." be more learned than witty, more reverend than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue. " Cursed (saith the law) 1 is he that... | |
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