| Matthew Hale - 1763 - 440 pages
...his fee, in ordinary matters that did not require much time or ftudy : if he faw a caufe wasunjuft, he, for a great while, would not meddle further in it, but to give his advice that it was fo ; if the parties after that would go on, they were to feek another counfellor, for he would affift... | |
| Gilbert Burnet, John Fell - 1806 - 346 pages
...his fee, in ordinary matters, that did not require much time or ftudy. If he faw a caufe was unjuft, he for a great while would not meddle further in it, but to give his advice that it was fo. If the parties after that would go on, they were to feek another counfellor, for he would affift... | |
| Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 536 pages
...became afterward Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. require much time or study. If he saw that a cause was unjust, he for a great while would not meddle any farther in it, except to give his advice that it was so. If the parties after that would go on,... | |
| Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 pages
...became afterward Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. require much time or study. If he saw that a cause was unjust, he for a great while would not meddle any farther in it, except to give his advice that it was so. If the parties after that would go on,... | |
| Joseph Priestley - 1780 - 494 pages
...lie." See " Life of Sir M. Hale," C1682.) pp. 2, 3. As to the son, " if he saw a cause was unjust, he would not meddle further in it, but to give his advice...would go on, they were to seek another counsellor. If he found the cause doubtful or weak in point of law, he always advised his clients to agree their... | |
| Gilbert Burnet - 1823 - 170 pages
...that he might have had by his practice: for in common cases, when those who came to ask his council gave him a piece, he used to give back the half, and...advice that it was so ; if the parties after that would fo on, they were to seek another counsellor, for e would assist none in acts of injustice, If he found... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...commands the very judge to be his counsel. The following extract is from the life of Sir M. Hale, 143. Ii he saw a cause was unjust, he for a great while would...always advised his clients to agree their business. Vet afterwards he abated much of the scrupulosity he had about causes that appeared at first view unjust,... | |
| James Silk Buckingham - 1825 - 648 pages
...redeeming passages : — " If he saw a cause was unjust," says Bishop ßurnet, (Life 1682, p. 143.) " he for a great while would not meddle further in it,...counsellor, for he would assist none in acts of injustice." Then, after remarking his caution not to decline a cause hastily, on its first unfavourable appearance,... | |
| James Silk Buckingham - 1825 - 634 pages
...redeeming passages : — " If he saw a cause was unjust," says Bishop Burnet, (Life 1682, p. 143,) " he for a great while would not meddle further in it,...that it was so. If the parties, after that, would go ou, they were to seek another counsellor, for he would assist none in acts of injustice." Then, after... | |
| 1836 - 378 pages
...for in common cases, when those who came to ask his counsel gave him a piece, he used to give hack the half, and so made ten shillings his fee in ordinary...always advised his clients to agree their business." Failings he had, like every man, but his seem always to have leaned to virtue's side. In many cases... | |
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