 The discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants ; it is always unknown; it is different in different men; it is casual and depends upon constitution, temper and passion. In the best it is oftentimes caprice ; in the worst it is every crime, folly and...  The Law Quarterly Review - Page 387edited by - 1902Full view - About this book
 | Francis Wollaston - 1795 - 188 pages
...TYRANTS j " IT IS ALWAYS UNKNOWN ; IT IS DIFFERENT " IN DIFFERENT MEN ; IT IS CASUAL, AND DE" PENDS UPON CONSTITUTION, TEMPER, AND " PASSION. IN THE BEST, IT IS OFTENTIMES " CAPRICE J IN THE WORST, IT IS EVERY VICE, " FOLLY, AND PASSION, TO WHICH HUMAN ft NATURE is LIABLE." See lord... | |
 | Anthony Highmore - Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations - 1809 - 632 pages
...rule inflexible, than permit it to be bent by the discretion of the judge. The discretion of the judge is the law of tyrants; it is always unknown; it is...it is oftentimes caprice; in the worst, it is every vice, folly, and passion (o which human nature is liable ! As lo the point, how far this interest is... | |
 | Anthony Highmore - Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations - 1809 - 648 pages
...inflexible, than permit it to be bent by the discretion of the judcje. The discretion of the judge is the law of tyrants ; it is always unknown ; it...best, it is oftentimes caprice ; in the worst, it is'every vice, folly, and passion to which human nature is liable ! As to the point, how far this interest... | |
 | Charles Daubeny - 1811 - 166 pages
...rule inflexible, than to, permit it to he bent by the discretion of a judge. The discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants: it is always unknown ; it is...is oftentimes caprice ; in the worst, it is every vice, folly and passion, to which human nature is liable." And when it is considered, that a society... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1812 - 506 pages
...triumphantly quotes the saying of Lord Camden, ' that the discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants : in the best, it is oftentimes caprice ; in the worst, it is every vice, folly, and passion, to which human nature is liable.' But what does Dr. Daubeney say to the acknowledged... | |
 | Anonymous - History - 1812 - 512 pages
...triumphantly quotes the ssiying of Lord Camden, ' tliat the discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants : in the best, it is oftentimes caprice ; in the worst, it is every vice, folly, and passion, to which human nature is liable.' But what does Dr. Daubeney say to the acknowledged... | |
 | Theology - 1813 - 486 pages
...triumphantly quotes the saying of Lord Camden. ' that the discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants:, in the best, it is oftentimes caprice; in the worst, it is every vice, folly, and passion, to which human nature is liable." But what does Dr. Daubeney say to the acknowledged... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - Constitutional history - 1821 - 342 pages
...always unknown : it is different in different men: it is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, passion. In the best, it is oftentimes caprice: in the worst it is every vice, folly, and passion to which human nature is liable. .1,01111 CAMDEH. THERE are some advantages... | |
 | 1823 - 616 pages
...always unknown, it is different in different men, it is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, passion. In the best, it is oftentimes caprice, — in the worst, it is every folly, vice and passion, to which human nature is liable. ' If a Chancellor were indeed tied to such... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 782 pages
...it is different in different men ; it is casual, and depends npou constitution, temper, and passiou. In the best, it is oftentimes caprice ; in the worst, it is every r-"y, and passiou, to which human oaturt LORD AMHERST. Madras, Thursday, July 29, 1823.— On the evening... | |
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