 | Goldwin Smith - 1899 - 762 pages
...invited foreign artists to England. Bacon has said of his model of kingcraft that Henry's laws " were deep and not vulgar ; not made upon the spur of a...of the legislators in ancient and heroical times." Hallam will not allow Henry this credit in the case of the statute of 1487 Fines, which is supposed... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 690 pages
...business were well calculated to extend. The laws of Henry VII have been highly praised by Lord Bacon? as " deep and not vulgar, not made upon the spur of...the legislators in ancient and heroical times." But when we consider how very few kings or statesmen have displayed this prospective wisdom and benevolence... | |
 | Thomas Pitt Taswell-Langmead - 1905 - 678 pages
...as " the best Henry vn.'s lawgiver to this nation since Edward I." His laws are charac- Iawstensed by the same author as " deep and not vulgar, not made...of the legislators in ancient and heroical times." 3 But this high praise is very inadequately supported by the actual facts. The laws of Henry VII. are... | |
 | Travancore (Princely State), V. Nagam Aiya - 1906 - 792 pages
...satisfied, not only add to the credit of His Highness' enlightened rule but, in the wise words of Bacon, " make the estate of his people still more and more...of the legislators in ancient and heroical times." Trivandrum, V. NAGAM AIYA. 16th August 1906. PLAN OF CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III.... | |
 | Philip Chesney Yorke - 1913 - 720 pages
...47. 38—2 occasion for the present, but out of providence for the future ; to make the estate of the people still more and more happy, after the manner of the legislators in ancient and heroical times1.' " These great and far-reaching reforms were accompanied with a series of further enactments... | |
 | Thomas Pitt Taswell-Langmead - 1919 - 906 pages
...been eulogised by Lord Bacon (oo) a* *" the best lawgiver to this nation since Edward I." His laws are characterised by the same author as " deep and not...manner of the legislators in ancient and heroical times " (/;). lint this high praise is very inadequately supported by the actual facts. The laws of Henry... | |
 | B. H. G. Wormald - 1993 - 436 pages
...not vulgar; not made upon the spur of a particular occasion for the present, but out of providence of the future; to make the estate of his people still...manner of the legislators in ancient and heroical times.34 One such action has been noticed earlier. This instance did not stand alone. The King also... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1996 - 284 pages
...not vulgar; not made upon the spur of a particular occasion for the present, but out of providence of the future; to make the estate of his people still...of the legislators in ancient and heroical times. First therefore he made a law suitable to his own acts and times. For as himself had in his person... | |
 | Perez Zagorin - 1998 - 318 pages
...not vulgar; not made upon the spur of a particular occasion for the present, but out of providence of the future; to make the estate of his people still...of the legislators in ancient and heroical times." In this connection Bacon insisted that histories must include an account of memorable laws as "the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1998 - 340 pages
...vulgar; not made upon the spur of a particular occasion for the present, but out of providence* of the future; to make the estate of his people still...manner of the legislators in ancient and heroical times.'8 First therefore he made a law suitable to his own acts and times. For as himself had in his... | |
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First ; for his laws, whoso marks them well, are deep, and not vulgar ; not made upon the spur of a particular occasion for the present, but out of providence of the future, to make the estate of his people still more and more happy ; after the manner... 
