 Thurlow, with his characteristic austerity of voice and manners, " who uttered those words. Neither you, nor any one else, could have invented them./ Lord Mansfield only could have pronounced them. He was a surprizing man. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred,...  Posthumous Memoirs of His Own Time - Seite 339von Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1836Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1836 - 414 Seiten
...her course.' — ' Justice ! sir,' rejoined Lord Mansfield. ' Pray, where did he find her ? VOL. n. z Where is she ?' — ' If you, my lord,' returned...hundred could not discover it. He was a wonderful man !" \kth May. — The insinuation thrown out by Courtenay, during the debate relative to Hastings's... | |
 | sir Nathaniel William Wraxall (1st bart.) - 1836 - 394 Seiten
...some years afterwards, in a company where Lord Thurlow and he met at dinner; "You need not tellus, Sir John," observed Thurlow, with his characteristic...hundred could not discover it. He was a wonderful man !" 14-th May. — The insinuation thrown out by Courtenay, during the debate relative to Hastings's... | |
 | Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1845 - 440 Seiten
...else, could have invented them. Lord Mansfield only could have pronounced them. He was a surprising man. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred, he was right...hundred could not discover it. He was a wonderful man!" I4tli May. — The insinuation thrown out by Courtenay, during the debate relative to Hastings's impeachment,... | |
 | Joseph Timothy Haydn - 1851 - 626 Seiten
...a surprising man. Ninety-nine tunos out of a hundred, he was right in his decisions ; anil when one in a hundred times he was wrong, ninety-nine men out of a hundred could nol discover it." It is believed that Iwforcr he was rained to the hench, he had the opportunity offered... | |
 | Joseph Haydn - 1851 - 618 Seiten
...high place. — Sketches of tin- Jud/ftt. " Lord Mansfleld," said Lord Thurlow, " was a surprising man. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred, he was right In his decisions ; and when one in a hundred times he was wrong, nfnety-nlne men out of a hundred could nnt... | |
 | Archer Polson - 1858 - 212 Seiten
...him by one as illustrious as himself: "Lord Mansfield," Lord Thurlow once said, " was a surprising man : ninety-nine times out of a hundred he was right...decisions. And when once in a hundred times he was wrong, ninety -nine men out of a hundred could not discover it. He was a wonderful man !" Lord Mansfield was... | |
 | 1865 - 1102 Seiten
...zurück. Der spätere Lordkanzler Eduard Thurlow hat von ihm gesagt: »Lord Mansfield was a surprising man; ninety-nine times out of a hundred he was right in his opinions and decisions; and when once in a hundred times he was wrong , ninety-nine men out of a hundred would... | |
 | 1866 - 604 Seiten
...of the harsh and crabbed principles of the common law, and of whom Lord Thurlow used to say that ' ninety-nine times out of a hundred he was right in his opinions and decisions, and when once in a hundred times he was wrong, ninety-nine men out of a hundred would... | |
 | 1866 - 586 Seiten
...of the harsh and crabbed principles of the common law, and of whom Lord Thurlow used to say that ' ninety-nine times out of a hundred he was right in his opinions and decisions, and when once in a hundred times he was wrong, ninety-nine men out of a hundred would... | |
 | Charles Edwards - 1867 - 534 Seiten
...Reports, 351.) Lord Thurlow's observation of Lord Mansfield would apply to Chancellor Kent: "Ninety times out of a hundred he was right in his opinions...ninety-nine men out of a hundred could not discover it." In December, 1793, Chancellor Kent delivered lectures on the law of nations, in connection with his... | |
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