 ... advantage to which he is entitled. There must always be some advantage, on one side or other; and it is better that advantage should be had by talents, than by chance. If lawyers were to undertake no causes till they were sure they were just, a man...  The Monthly Magazine - Page 3091812Full view - About this book
 | James P. Cannon - 1908 - 454 pages
...till they were sure they were just, a man might be precluded altogether from a trial of his claim, though were it judicially examined, it might be found a very just claim." Dr. Johnson's views, as I have said, are the views that have generally satisfied the profession. The... | |
 | George Purcell Costigan - 1917 - 656 pages
...till they were sure they were just, a man might be precluded altogether from a trial of his claim, though, were It judicially examined, it might be found a very just claim.' — This was sound practical doctrine, and rationally repressed a too refined scrupulosity of conscience."... | |
 | Simeon Eben Baldwin - 1919 - 216 pages
...till they were sure they were just, a man might be precluded altogether from a trial of his claim, though, were it judicially examined, it might be found a very just claim." Cicero, in discussing the same question, speaks with more hesitation : " This precept of duty is to... | |
 | Johnson Club (London, England) - 1920 - 246 pages
...till they were sure they were just, a man might be precluded altogether from a 132 trial of his claim, though, were it judicially examined, it might be found a very just claim." Is it not right then to assert not only that Johnson's mind was that of a lawyer in the best sense,... | |
 | Johnson Club (London, England) - 1920 - 248 pages
...till they were sure they were just, a man might be precluded altogether from a trial of his claim, though, were it judicially examined, it might be found a very just claim." Is it not right then to assert not only that Johnson's mind was that of a lawyer in the best sense,... | |
 | Canadian Bar Association - 1922 - 392 pages
...till they were sure they were just, a man might be precluded altogether from a trial of his claim, though, were it judicially examined, it might be found a very just claim." Now, ladies and gentlemen, in one or two concluding words —for I have detained you a long time —... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1924 - 562 pages
...till they were sure they were just, a man might be precluded altogether from a trial of his claim, though, were it judicially examined, it might be found a very just claim.' — This was sound practical doctrine, and rationally repressed a too refined scrupulosity of conscience.... | |
 | 1921 - 334 pages
...till they were sure they were just, a man might be precluded altogether from a trial of his claim, though, were it judicially examined, it might be found a very just claim.' " — Canada Law Journal. "An army is not a deliberative body. It is the executive arm. Its law is... | |
 | Colin Bingham - 1982 - 376 pages
...till they were sure they were just, a man might be precluded altogether from a trial of his claim, though, were it judicially examined, it might be found a very just claim. SAMUEL JOHNSON, AS REPORTED BY BOSWELL My noble and learned friend, Lord Brougham, whose words are... | |
 | Greg Clingham - 2002 - 238 pages
...to overthrow a system that had been found by generations to be sufficient to their spiritual needs ("after a system is well settled upon positive evidence, a few partial objections ought not to shake it" [Life, I, 444]). Vanity of character implies not only heroic self-sufficiency - about which Johnson... | |
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