 | David Paul Brown - 1856 - 604 pages
...been said, was not simply a lawyer. A mere lawyer is, at most, but the moiety of a man—heartless and soulless ; his exclusive devotion to a stern and...excel him. Of poetry, he was a devoted admirer; and he himself wooed the muses with all the grace and success of a legitimate suitor. In philosophy, he... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1866 - 176 pages
...subjects of controversy." " With Rawle," says that gentleman, in his sketches of the Philadelphia bar, " the law was but one of the elements in the proud structure...whole circle of the arts and sciences was tributary to its formation. In painting and sculpture his taste had been modelled by the best standards; and in... | |
 | Elizabeth Kelley Bauer - 1999 - 402 pages
...America, but was well versed1 in ancient and modern European law. Another eulogist, Brown, adds that " With Rawle, the law was but one of the elements in the proud structure of hisi emi90 Brown in The Forum, I, 511-513. This tribute was prepared under appointment of the Maryland... | |
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A mere lawyer is, at most, but the moiety of a man—heartless and soulless ; his exclusive devotion to a stern and unfeeling science, blunts all the finer emotions of his nature, and at length he becomes, like Coke, the scourge of his own family, and... 