 Equity is a roguish thing; for law we have a measure, know what to trust to; equity is according to the conscience of him that is Chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. 'Tis all one as if they should make the standard for the measure...  The Schoolmaster, and Edinburgh Weekly Magazine - 298 ページ1832全文表示 - この書籍について
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1844 - 544 ページ
...should make the standard for the measure the chancellor's foot. What an uncertain measure this would be ! One chancellor has a long foot, another a short foot, a third an indifferent foot. It is the same thing with the chancellor's conscience." despaired. Cavilling objectors have found much... | |
 | Horace Twiss - 1844 - 544 ページ
...the measure we " ' call a foot, a Chancellor's foot ; what an uncertain measure " ' would this be I One Chancellor has a long foot, another " ' a short foot, a third an indifferent foot : it is the same " ' thing in the Chancellor's conscience.' " From these intimations, it might be inferred... | |
 | Horace Twiss - 1844 - 452 ページ
...the conscience of him that is chancellor, and, as that is larger, or narrower, so is equity. It is all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a fool, a chancellor's foot; what an uncertain measure would this be! One chancellor has a long foot,... | |
 | William Whewell - 1845 - 422 ページ
...to the Conscience of him who is Chancellor ; and as that is larger or narrower, so is Equity. 'Tis all one as if they should make the standard for the measure the Chancellor's foot. What an uncertain measure would this be ! " Since Morality is governed by fixed... | |
 | William Whewell - 1845 - 424 ページ
...the Conscience of him who is Chancellor ; and as that is larger or narrower, so is Equity. "I ', . all one as if they should make the standard for the measure the Chancellor's foot. What an uncertain measure would this be !" Since Morality is governed by fixed... | |
 | Samuel Warren - 1845 - 1174 ページ
...to the conscience of him that is Chancellor ; and as that is larger or narrower, so is Equity. "Tis all one as if they should make the standard for the measure of the Chancellor's foot. What an uncertain measure would this be ! One Chancellor has a long foot... | |
 | 1849 - 336 ページ
...and as that is larger or narrower, BO is equity. It is all one as if they should make the standard of the measure we call a foot, a Chancellor's foot ;...another a short foot, a third an indifferent foot : it is the same thing in the Chancellor's conscience." — Selden's Table-Talk. In fact, it was not... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1846 - 704 ページ
...to the conscience of him who is Chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. It is all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a foot , a chancellor,s foot., What an uncertain measure would this be? One chancellor has a long foot ; another,... | |
 | George Spence - 1846 - 708 ページ
...sometimes according to law, someiimes according lo the rule of court." "Equity is a roguish Ihing. 'Tis all one as if they should make the standard for the measure of a Chancellor's foot," Seiden, Table Talk, title Equity, Oper, torn. iv. p. 2028. Seiden better than... | |
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