| Law reports, digests, etc - 1816 - 758 pages
...the laws have been by the wi*dom of the most excellent men, in many successions of »gts, by bmg nnd continual experience, the trial of right and truth,...short a time, albeit he had in his head the wisdom ot all the men in the world, in any one age could ever have effected or attained unto. And therefore... | |
| Joel Prentiss Bishop - Divorce - 1852 - 782 pages
...earth are but as a shadow, in respect of the old ancient days and times past, wherein the laws have been by the wisdom of the most excellent men, in many...ages, by long and continual experience (the* trial of light and truth) fined and refined, which no one man (being of so short a time) albeit he had in his... | |
| Liberty Fund - Markets - 1986 - 248 pages
...upon earth are but a shadow in respect of the old ancient days and times past, wherein the laws have been, by the wisdom of the most excellent men, in many successions of ages, by long and continued experience (the trial of light and truth), fined and refined, which no one man (being of... | |
| J. G. A. Pocock - History - 1987 - 428 pages
...earth are but as a shadow in respect of the old ancient days and times past, wherein the laws have been by the wisdom of the most excellent men, in many...ages, by long and continual experience, (the trial of light and truth) fined and refined, which no one man, (being of so short a time) albeit he had in his... | |
| David A. J. Richards - Philosophy - 1989 - 332 pages
...earth are but as a shadow in respect of the old ancient days and times past, wherein the laws have been by the wisdom of the most excellent men, in many...ages, by long and continual experience (the trial of light and truth) in his head the wisdom of all the men in the world, in any one age ever have effected... | |
| J. G. A. Pocock - Political Science - 1989 - 304 pages
...earth are but as a shadow in respect of the old ancient days and times past, wherein the laws have been by the wisdom of the most excellent men, in many successions of ages, by long and continuall experience, (the trial of light and truth) fined and refined, which no one man, (being of... | |
| Jack Lively, Andrew Reeve - Political Science - 1989 - 324 pages
...the earth are but as shadows in respect of the old ancient days and times past, wherein the laws have been by the wisdom of the most excellent men, in many successions of ages, by long and continuall experience, (the trial of light and truth) fined and refined, which no one man, (being of... | |
| Roger B. M. Cotterrell - Law - 1992 - 300 pages
...earth are but as a shadow in respect of the old ancient days and times past, wherein the laws have been by the wisdom of the most excellent men, in many...successions of ages, by long and continual experience. . . refined, which no one man (being of so short a time) albeit he had in his head the wisdom of all... | |
| Guy Padula - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 214 pages
...days upon the earth are but as a shadow of the old ancient days and times past, wherein the laws have been by the wisdom of the most excellent men, in many...ages, by long and continual experience, (the trial of light and truth) fined and refined, which not one man, (being so short a time) albeit he had in his... | |
| Mark Salber Phillips, Mark Phillips, Gordon J. Schochet - Social Science - 2004 - 348 pages
...yesterday,' explained Edward Coke, 'and our days upon earth are but as a shadow.' The laws,' in contrast, had been 'by the wisdom of the most excellent men, in...successions of ages, by long and continual experience ... fined and refined,' and thus conveyed 'the wisdom of those that went before us' and the requisite... | |
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