Smith (?'), they be made good cheap in this kingdom ; for whosoever studieth the laws of the realm, who studieth in the universities, who professeth the liberal sciences, and, (to be short,) who can live idly, and without manual labour, and will bear... Annals of Salem - Page 165by Joseph Barlow Felt - 1845Full view - About this book
| William Blackstone, George Sharswood - Law - 1860 - 874 pages
...proceedings. (x)'3 As i'or gentlemen, says Sir Thomas Smith,(i/) they be made good cheap in this kingdom : for whosoever studieth the laws of the realm, who studieth in the universities, who professeth the liberal sciences, and, to be short, who can live idly, and without manual labour, and will bear... | |
| American cyclopaedia - 1860 - 806 pages
...any title, bears a coat of arms, or whose ancestors have been freemen ;" and according to another : " Whosoever studieth the laws of the realm, who studieth in the universities, who professeth the liberal sciences, and (to be short) who can live idly and without manual labor, and well bear the... | |
| David Irving - English poetry - 1861 - 662 pages
...they bee made good cheape in England. For whosoeuer stndieth the lawes of the realme, who studicth in the universities, who professeth liberal sciences, and, to be short, who can Hue idlely and without manuall labour, and will beare the port, charge, and countenance of a gentleman,... | |
| Literature - 1861 - 514 pages
...universe. " As for Gentlemen," says Sir Thomas Smith, " they be made good, cheap in this kingdom : whoso studieth the laws of the realm, who studieth in the Universities, who professeth the liberal sciences, and (to be short) who can live idly, and without manual labour, and will bear... | |
| Earl John Russell Russell - Constitutional history - 1865 - 320 pages
...only make knights and create barons, or higher degrees; for as for gentlemen, they be made good cheap in England. For whosoever studieth the laws of the realm, who studieth in the universities, who professes liberal sciences, and, to be short, who can live idly and without manual labour, and will... | |
| John Russell (1st earl.) - 1865 - 322 pages
...England. For whosoever studieth the laws of the realm, who studieth in the universities, who professes liberal sciences, and, to .be short, who can live idly and without manual labour, and will bear the port, charge, and counteance of a gentleman, he shall be called Master, for... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1867 - 522 pages
...Inet.' 668) ; and, according to Blackstone, quoting Sir Thomas Smith (1 ' Comni.,' p. 406), " Wh isoever studieth the laws of the realm, who studieth in the universities, who professeth the liberal sciences, and (to be short) who can live idly and without manual labour, and well bear... | |
| Charles Knight - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1867 - 526 pages
...such (2 ' Inst.' 668) ; and, according to Blackstone, quoting Sir Thomas Smith (1 ' Comm.,' p. 406), " Whosoever studieth the laws of the realm, who studieth in the universities, who professeth the liberal sciences, and (to be short) who can live idly and without manual labour, and well bear... | |
| Conduct of life - 1867 - 788 pages
...whether he have any title, or not, fixed besides on him." Another old authority says, it means one who "studieth the laws of the realm, who studieth in the universities, who professeth the liberal sciences, and who can live idly, and without manual labor." By a Gentleman, we now understand... | |
| L. J. Bigelow - Humor - 1871 - 550 pages
...repealed." LAWYERS DEFINED TO BE GENTLEMEN. An old English law-book defines a gentleman as follows: " Whosoever studieth the laws of the realm, who studieth in the universities, who professeth the liberal sciences, and (to be short) who can live idly, and without manual labor, and well bear... | |
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