 I said, there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid.  Albany Law Journal - Halaman 501870Tampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - 1912 - 788 halaman
...of the Grub street screamers mentioning her husband's murder in her ears. LAWYERS PRACTICE I SAID, ' there was a society of men among us, bred up from...rest of the people are slaves. For example, if my neighbour has a mind to my cow, he hires a lawyer to prove that he ought to have my cow from me. I... | |
 | William Durran - 1913 - 610 halaman
...frequently the knowing suppression of the truth ! Swift decribes advocates as ' a society of men bred from their youth in the art of proving, by words multiplied...black and black is white according as they are paid.' Macaulay asks whether it be right that, ' not merely believing but knowing a statement to be true,... | |
 | William Durran - 1913 - 588 halaman
...frequently the knowing suppression of the truth ! Swift decribes advocates as ' a society of men bred from their youth in the art of proving, by words multiplied...black and black is white according as they are paid.' Macaulay asks whether it be right that, ' not merely believing but knowing a statement to be true,... | |
 | Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.) - 1914 - 426 halaman
...endorsed by Jack Cade, an early English reformer. Gulliver tells the King of Brobdingnag, "There is a society of men among us, bred up from their youth...this society all the rest of the people are slaves." Mephistopheles asserts that law passes from generation to generation like a disease. These utterances... | |
 | Sir Edward Abbott Parry - 1914 - 346 halaman
...the past. Gulliver describing the contemporary lawyers to his friend and master, the Houyhnhnm says: "there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the act of proving, by words, multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according... | |
 | 1917 - 742 halaman
...lawyer's conscience." The greatest English satirist, Dean Swift, paints lawyers as "a society of men, bred up from their youth in the art of proving, by...black and black is white, according as they are paid." Ben Jonson's epitaph on Justice Randall, "God works wonders now and then, Here lies a lawyer, an honest... | |
 | George Purcell Costigan - 1917 - 656 halaman
...excited scruples among many good men.10 Swift very roughly described lawyers as "a society of men bred from their youth in the art of proving by words, multiplied...black and black is white, according as they are paid." Dr. Arnold has more than once expressed his dislike, and indeed abhorrence, of the profession of an... | |
 | Bernard William Kelly - 1921 - 174 halaman
...the Houyhnhnms, told his master, the grey horse, that there was a society of men in his country bred from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the purpose that white is black, and .black white ! What the sardonic satirist wrote in the Augustan age of the Queen " who sometimes counsel took... | |
 | Lucius Lee Hubbard - 1922 - 240 halaman
...procured by just and honest Methods : The better to bring which about, very many Men among us were bred up from their Youth in the Art of proving by...Black, and Black is White, according as they are paid. The Greatness of these Mens Assurance and the Boldness of their Pretensions gained upon the Opinion... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1922 - 358 halaman
...procured by just and honest methods : the better to briny which about, very many men among us were bred up from their youth in the art of proving by...black, and black is white, according as they are paid. The ^rruiuess of these men's assurance ami the boldness of their pretensions gained upon the opinion... | |
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