...persons who are nurtured in office do admirably well, as long as things go on in their common order ; but when the high roads are broken up, and the waters...than ever office gave, or than office can ever give *." It cannot be too frequently impressed upon those who, before embracing the legal profession, have...

...who are nurtured in office, do admirably well, as long as things go on in their common order ; but in France ; but there is an evil there. The disease is altered; but the vicinity of the affonls no precedent, then it is that a greater knowledge of mankind, and a far more extensive comprehension...

...direct order and avowed patronage of the House. It has been urged, that this implies a crisis in which the ' high roads are broken up, and the waters out,...scene is opened, and the file affords no precedent,' or is overlooked or trampled upon if it does — and that a dominant faction will overleap the highest...

...direct order and avowed patronage of the House. It has been urged, that this implies a crisis in which the ' high roads are broken up, and the waters out,...scene is opened, and the file affords no precedent,' or is overlooked or trampled upon if it does — and that a dominant faction will overleap the highest...

...patronage of the House. It has been urged, that this implies a crisis in which the ' high roads arc broken up, and the waters out, when a new and troubled...scene is opened, and the file affords no precedent,' or is overlooked or trampled upon if it does — and that a dominant faction will overleap the highest...

...things go on in their common order; but, when the high roads are broken up. and the water's out,—when a new and troubled scene is opened, and the file affords no precedent,—then it is, that a greater knowledge of mankind, and a far more extensive comprehension...

...long as things go on in their common order ; but when the high roads are broken up, and the waters are out, when a new and troubled scene is opened, and...than ever office gave, or than office can ever give." Public discontent and confusion overspreading the country like a vast inundation, effacing all former...

...political affairs of his country, and to guide its public councils in those moments of difficulty, when "a new and troubled scene is opened, and the file affords no precedent," — is a question which we have no adequate means of determining. His diplomatic correspondence will...

...contemptible :— " — when the sea is calm, All boats alike show mastership in floating." But, in times " when the high roads are broken up, and the waters...is opened, and the file affords no precedent," then many of the amiable, dilettanti summer-weather Statesmen would find their proper places in the boudoir,...

...political affairs of his country, and to guide its public councils in those moments of difficulty, when " a new and troubled scene is opened, and the file affords no precedent," — is a question which we have no adequate means of determining. His diplomatic correspondence will...