 | James Boswell - 1833 - 1186 pages
...which he in entitled. There must always be some advantage, on one tide or other; and it is better that advantage should be had by talents than by chance....man might be precluded altogether from a trial of hisclaim, though, were it judicially examined, it might be found a very just claim." This was sound... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 604 pages
...which he in entitled. There must always be some advantage, on one side or other; and it is better that he booksellers of London, claim." This was sound practical doctrine, and rationally repressed a too refined scrupulosity of conscience.... | |
 | 1839 - 688 pages
...and a better method of communication, he has the advantage of his adversary, it is an advantage to which he is entitled. There must always be some advantage,...from a trial of his claim, though, were it judicially Now, for his good skill and sinceritie, the citie wherein he first breathed gave him his first office.... | |
 | 1839 - 508 pages
...which he is entitled. There must always be some advantage on one side or other; and it is better that advantage should be had by talents than by chance....judicially examined, it might be found a very just claim.'"—Boswell's Life of Johnson, Murray's small edition, vol. iii. pp. 16, 17. It is also obviously... | |
 | James Boswell - 1846 - 602 pages
...which he is entitled. There mu>t always be some advantage, on one side or other; and it is better that advantage should be had by talents than by chance....causes till they were sure they were just, a man might lie precluded altogether from a trial of his claim, though, were it judicially examined, it might be... | |
 | James Boswell, John Wilson Croker - 1848 - 1798 pages
...which he is entitled. There must always be some advantage, on one side or other ; and it is better that advantage should be had by talents than by chance....judicially examined, it might be found a very just claim." This was sound practical doctrine, and rationally repressed a too refined scrupulosity of conscience.3... | |
 | Christopher Wordsworth - 1853 - 740 pages
...an advantage to which he is entitled. There must always be some advantage, on one side or other; end it is better advantage should be had by talents than...from a trial of his claim, though, were it judicially Now, for his good skill and sinceritie, the citie wherein he first breathed gave him his first office.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 980 pages
...which he is entitled. There must always be some advantage, on one side or other ; and it is better that advantage should be had by talents than by chance....though, were it judicially examined, it might be found a verv just claim." This was sound practical doctrine, and rationally repressed a too refined scrupulosity... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1867 - 158 pages
...which he is entitled. There must always be some advantage on one side or other, and it is better that advantage should be had by talents than by chance....judicially examined, it might be found a very just claim. DIFFERENT FORMS OF MIND. Robertson said one man had more judgment, another more imagination.... | |
 | 1896 - 866 pages
...he is entitled. There must always be some advantage on one side or the other, and it is better that advantage should be had by talents than by chance. If lawyers were to undertake no causes until they were sure they were just, a man might be precluded altogether from a trial of his claim,... | |
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If by a superiority of attention, of knowledge, of skill, and a better method of communication, he has the advantage of his adversary, it is an advantage to which he is entitled. There must always be some advantage, on one side or other ; and it is better... 
