 | James Wilson - 1804 - 514 էջ
...philosophers propose many things, which, in appearance, are beautiful, but, in fact, are without utility. They make imaginary laws for imaginary commonwealths; and...they are so high. The lawyers, on the other hand, attached implicitly to the institutions of their country, or to the tenets of their sect, exert not... | |
 | Samuel Phelps - 1818 - 634 էջ
...or as lawyers, and none as statesmen. As for the philosophers, they make imagi* Thelyphthora. nary laws for imaginary commonwealths; and their discourses...are as the stars, which give little light, because of their altitude or vast distance. The lawyers write according to the states where they live; what... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 էջ
...written either as philosophers, or as lawyers, and none as statesmen. As for the philosophers, they make imaginary laws for imaginary commonwealths, and...which give little light, because they are so high. For the lawyers, they write according to the states where they live, what is received law, and not... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1824 - 642 էջ
...written either as philosophers, or as lawyers, and none as statesmen. As for the philosophers^ they make imaginary laws for imaginary commonwealths, and...which give little light, because they are so high. For the lawyers, they write according to the states where they live, what is received law, and not... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 էջ
...written either as philosophers or as lawyers, and none as statesmen. As for the philosophers, they make imaginary laws for imaginary commonwealths ;...which give little light, because they are so high. For the lawyers, they write according to the states where they live, what is received law, and not... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 432 էջ
...have written either as philosophers or as lawyers, and none as statesmen. As for the philosphers, they make imaginary laws for imaginary commonwealths ;...which give little light, because they are so high. For the lawyers, they write according to the states where they live, what is received law, and not... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 էջ
...written either as philosophers, or as lawyers, and none as statesmen. As for the philosophers, they make imaginary laws for imaginary commonwealths, and...which give little light, because they are so high. For the lawyers, they write according to the states where they live, what is received law, and not... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1826 - 626 էջ
...written either as philosophers, or as lawyers, and none as statesmen. As for the philosophers, they make imaginary laws for imaginary commonwealths, and...which give little light, because they are so high. For the lawyers, they write according to the states where they live, what is received law, and not... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - 1828 - 108 էջ
...governments have written as philosophers, or as lawyers, and none as statesmen. As for the philosophers, they make imaginary laws for imaginary commonwealths, and...which give little light because they are so high."— " H&c coy nit io ad viros civile s proprie pertinet," as he telk us in another part of his writings;... | |
 | 1829 - 460 էջ
...SIDNEY is one of those delightful writers of the olden time, who, as Lord Bacon beautifully remarks, ' are as the -stars which give little light because they are so high.' Few, indeed, read, and still fewer study, the works which it has lately become the fashion to laud... | |
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Notwithstanding, for the more public part of government, which is Laws, I think good to note only one deficience ; which is, that all those which have written of laws, have written either as philosophers or as lawyers, and none as statesmen. As for the... 
