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" ... grounding their purposes not on the prudent and heavenly contemplation of justice and equity, which was never taught them, but on the promising and pleasing thoughts of litigious terms, fat contentions, and flowing fees... "
Letters on the Laws of Man's Nature and Development - Page 365
by Henry George Atkinson, Harriet Martineau - 1851 - 390 pages
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The Latin and Italian poems of Milton, tr. into Engl. verse by J.G. Strutt

John Milton - 1816 - 198 pages
...Treatise on .Education. :," Some allured to the Trade of Law, grounding their purposes, not on the NOTES. prudent and heavenly contemplation of justice and...litigious terms, fat contentions, and flowing fees." To Salsillus. Page 104, line 8. Numa, in holy shades, (immortal kiug!) Who holds sweet converse with...
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The Imperial magazine; or, Compendium of religious, moral ..., Volume 6

1824 - 604 pages
...either to an ambitious and mercenary, or ignorantly zealous divinity ; some allured to the trade of law, grounding their purposes, not on the prudent...flowing fees ; others betake them to state affairs with squls so unprincipled in virtue and true generous breeding, that flattery and court-shifts, and tyrannous...
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The Pamphleteer, Volume 17

Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1820 - 614 pages
...either to an ambitious and mercenary, or ignorant! y zealous divinity. iv. Some allur'd to the trade of law, grounding their purposes not on the prudent and...others betake them to state affairs, with souls so unprincipl'd in vertue, and true generous breeding, that flattery and court shifts and tyrannous aphorismes...
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The Pamphleteer, Volume 17

Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1820 - 612 pages
...either to an ambitious and mercenary, or ignorantly zealous divinity. IT. Some allur'd to the trade of law, grounding their purposes not on the prudent and...which was never taught them but on the promising and _ thoughts of litigious terms, fat contentions, and flowing fees ; others betake them to state affairs,...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors ..., Volume 4

John Milton - 1824 - 414 pages
...like contempt for the study of the Law to Hartlib, Tract. Educat. " Some ' allured to the Traile of Law, ' grounding their purposes not ' on the prudent...them, but on the promising' ' and pleasing thoughts of lit i' gious terms, fat contentions, ' and flowing fees." Seel magis excultam cupiens ditescere mentem,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 2

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...mercenary, or ignorautly zealous " divinity; some allured to the trade of law, grounding their pur" poses not on the prudent and heavenly contemplation of justice...others betake them to state affairs, with souls so unprin" cijiled in virtue and true generous breeding, that flattery and court" shifts and tyrannous...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 16

Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...character of a lawyer. In his tract on education, vol. i. 276, he says, " Some, allured to the trade of law, grounding their purposes not on the prudent and...litigious terms, fat contentions, and flowing fees." Vol. ii . 56. " It is tiue an adulteress cannot be shamed enough by any public proceeding ; but the...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 5

Francis Bacon - 1826 - 536 pages
...and disinterested exertions of the bar and of the bench ; if there are some who are allured only by the promising and pleasing thoughts of litigious terms, fat contentions and flowing fees ; whose horizon is bounded ; whose thoughts are limited to the improvement of their fortunes or the...
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A Selection from the English Prose Works of John Milton, Volume 2

John Milton - 1826 - 368 pages
...either to an ambitious and mercenary, or ignorantly zealous divinity; some allured to the trade of law, grounding their purposes, not on the prudent...justice and equity, which was never taught them, but on'the promising and pleasing thoughts of litigious terms, fat contentions, and flowing fees. Others...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 5

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - Law - 1826 - 538 pages
...and disinterested exertions of the bar and of the bench ; if there are some who are allured only by the promising and pleasing thoughts of litigious terms, fat contentions and flowing fees; whose horizon is bounded ; whose thoughts are limited to the improvement of their fortunes or the gratification...
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