 The law has no eyes : the law has no hands : the law is nothing, nothing but a piece of paper printed by the King's printer, with the King's arms at the top, till public opinion breathes the breath of life into the dead letter.  Hansard's Parliamentary Debates - Page 417by Great Britain. Parliament - 1832Full view - About this book
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 568 pages
...scotfrging the waves, Canute commanding the waves to recede from his footstool, were but types of the folly. The law has no eyes ; the law has no hands ; the law...into the dead letter. We found this in Ireland. The elections of 1 826 — the Clare election, two years later — proved the folly of those who think... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1852 - 570 pages
...scourging the waves, Canute commanding the waves to recede from his footstool, were but types of the folly. The law has no eyes ; the law has no hands ; the law...into the dead letter. We found this in Ireland. The elections of 1826 — the Clare election, two years later — proved the folly of those who think that... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1853 - 420 pages
...recede from his footstool, were but types of the folly of those who apply the maxims of the Quarter Sessions to the great convulsions of society. The...Association. An indictment was brought against my hon. and learned friend, the member for Kerry. The Grand Jury threw it out. Parliament met. The Lords... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1853 - 446 pages
...recede from his footstool, were but types of the folly of those who apply the maxims of the quarter sessions to the great convulsions of society. The...association. An indictment was brought against my hon. and learned friend the member for Kerry (Mr. O'Connell). The Grand Jury threw it out. Parliament... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay - Great Britain - 1853 - 416 pages
...recede from his footstool, were but types of the folly of those who apply the maxims of the Quarter Sessions to the great convulsions of society. The...Association. An indictment was brought against my hon. and learned friend, the member for Kerry. The Grand Jury threw it out. Parliament met. The Lords... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1854 - 582 pages
...recede from his footstool, were but types of the folly of those who apply the maxims of the Quarter Sessions to the great convulsions of society. The...Association. An indictment was brought against my honorable and learned friend, the Member for Kerry. The Grand Jury threw it out. Parliament met. The... | |
 | Elocution - 1854 - 576 pages
...scourging the waves, Canute commanding the waves to recede from his footstool, were but types of the folly. The law has no eyes ; the law has no hands ; the law...the dead letter. • We found this in Ireland. The elections of 1826 — the Clare election, two years later — proved the folly of those who think that... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1860 - 592 pages
...recede from his footstool, were but types of the folly of those who apply the maxims of the Quarter Sessions to the great convulsions of society. The...Association. An indictment was brought against my honorable and learned friend, the Member for Kerry. The Grand Jury threw it out. Parliament met. The... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1866 - 738 pages
...recede from his footstool, were but types of the folly of those who apply the maxims of the Quarter Sessions to the great convulsions of society. The...Association. An indictment was brought against my honorable and learned friend, the Member for Kerry. The Grand Jury threw it out. Parliament met. The... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [speeches]) - 1866 - 294 pages
...recede from his footstool, were but types of the folly of those who apply the maxims of the Quarter Sessions to the great convulsions of society. The...Government. The Government resolved to put down the As sociation. An indictment was brought against my honourable and learned friend, the Member for Kerry.... | |
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