 | Jerzy Makarczyk - 1984 - 784 страници
...stated in the words of a character from Walter Scott — a favourite quotation of Arnold McNair's — A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic,...these he may venture to call himself an architect [Counsellor Pleydell in Guy Mannering]. It is important, however, to be aware that the principal reason... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 страници
...should always have them to converse with. Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English author, lexicographer A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic,...these, he may venture to call himself an architect. Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) Scottish novelist, poet Whenever you wish to do anything against the law,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1901 - 400 страници
...particular, an admirable collection of classics. ' These,' said Pleydell, ' are my tools of trade. A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic,...these, he may venture to call himself an architect' view from the windows, which commanded that incomparable prospect of the ground between Edinburgh and... | |
 | John Marshall Gest - 1999 - 266 страници
...books, "the best editions of the best authors." — "These," said Pleydell, "are my tools of trade. A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic,...possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture 78 79 to call himself an architect." . . . "It is the pest of our profession," continued Pleydell,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 2001 - 388 страници
...particular, an admirable collection of classics. * These,' said Pleydell, ' are my tools of trade. A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic,...architect.' But Mannering was chiefly delighted with the 100 view from the windows, which commanded that incomparable prospect of the ground between Edinburgh... | |
 | Jean Brissaud - 2001 - 636 страници
...Variety and Unity of History (Address at the World's Congress of Arts and Science, St. Louis, 1904). A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic,...knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.—Sir WALTBB SCOTT, "Guy Mannering," c. XXXVII. CONTENTS EDITORIAL PREFACE BY ERNST FREUND... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1892 - 738 страници
...particular an admirable collection of classics. " These, " said Pleydell, " are my tools of trade. A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic,...delighted with the view from the windows, which commanded that incomparable prospect of the ground between Edinburgh and the sea, — the Frith of Forth, with... | |
 | Lord Macmillan - 1938 - 300 страници
...particular an admirable collection of classics. ' These ', said Pleydell, ' are my tools of trade. A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic,...these he may venture to call himself an architect.' " I enjoy for the moment the privilege which the lawyer is so rarely accorded of being as irrelevant... | |
 | 2007 - 180 страници
...particular, an admirable collection of the classics. "These", says Pleydell, "are LF 8 my tools of trade. A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic,...these, he may venture to call himself an architect." Erskine had no knowledge of the Greek or Latin classics. He had not, like Brougham, Mackintosh, Romilly,... | |
 | Nicholas Murray Butler, Frank Pierrepont Graves, William McAndrew - 1904 - 564 страници
...and knowledge of his professional brethren, for does he not insist in Guy Mannering (ch. 37) that: "A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic,...these, he may venture to call himself an architect." It is a question of internal arrangement and economy whether these various subjects be taught in the... | |
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A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason ; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect. 
