 | Edward Foss - 1870 - 826 страници
...speaks thus favourably of him as a judge (p. 210) : 'When he was in temper, and matters indifferent came before him, he became his seat of justice better than...with a sort of majesty. He had extraordinary natural abilities,butlittle acquired, beyond what practice in affairs had supplied. In the January following... | |
 | Edward Foss - 1870 - 816 страници
...before him, he became his seat of justice better ¡han any other I ever saw in his place. He took s pleasure in mortifying fraudulent attorneys, and would...of majesty. He had extraordinary natural abilities, b ut little acqui red. bevond what practice in affairs had supplied. In the January following his elevation... | |
 | 1896 - 832 страници
...verdict of his bitter enemy, Roger North : — " When he was in temper, and matters indifferent came before him, he became his seat of justice better than...deal forth his severities with a sort of majesty." As Chancellor he introduced various much-needed reforms to his Court. To mention only one : — A great... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1892 - 502 страници
...disgraced the bench. In civil I cases, however, ' when he was in temper and matters indifferent came before him, he became his seat of justice better than any other ' Roger North ' ever saw in his place ' ( Life of Lord Speaker Gui/ford, p. 219). Speaker Onslow, too,... | |
 | Francis Watt - 1902 - 160 страници
...the verdict of his bitter enemy, Roger North : " When he was in temper, and matters indifferent came before him, he became his seat of justice better than...deal forth his severities with a sort of majesty." As Chancellor he introduced various much-needed reforms to his Court. To mention only one : A great... | |
 | Sir William Searle Holdsworth - 1924 - 758 страници
...agrees ; he says, Lives of the Norths i 28!*, " When he was in temper, and matters of indifference came before him, he became his seat of justice better than any other I ever saw in his place ; " but, " No one that had any expectations from him was safe from his public contempt and derision.... | |
 | Roger North - 1890 - 482 страници
...else, might depend on fair quarter at his hands. When ho was in temper and matters indifferent came before him, he became his seat of justice better than...affairs had supplied. He talked fluently and with spiriFn and his weakness was that he could not reprehend without \ scolding ; and in such Billingsgate... | |
 | Ernest F. Henderson - 2004 - 468 страници
...safe from his public contempt and derision. . . . When he was in temper and matters indifferent came before him, he became his seat of justice better than...of majesty. He had extraordinary natural abilities. . . . He talked fluently and with spirit; and his weakness was that he could not reprehend without... | |
 | R. ABERCROMBIE M.A - 1885 - 1098 страници
...another and their bettors, were a regale to him. When he was in temper and matters indifferent came before him, he became his seat of justice better than...deal forth his severities with a sort of majesty. He talked fluently and with spirit ; and his weakness waa that he could not reprehend without scolding,... | |
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When ho was in temper and matters indifferent came before him, he became his seat of justice better than any other I ever saw in his place. He took a pleasure in mortifying fraudulent attorneys and would deal forth his severities with a sort of majesty. 
