 Sanscrit and Arabic, which few Europeans will ever learn, because neither of them leads to any advantage in worldly pursuits: and if we give judgment only from the opinions of the native lawyers and scholars, we can never be sure that we have not been...  Miscellaneous Essays - Page 462by Henry Thomas Colebrooke - 1873Full view - About this book
 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1805 - 582 pages
...of them leads to any advantage in •worldly pursuits; and if we give judgment only from the opimocs of the native lawyers and scholars, we can never be sure that vre have not been deceived by them. ' It would be absurd and unjust to pass an indiscriminate censure... | |
 | John Shore Baron Teignmouth - Lawyers Great Britain Biography - 1806 - 618 pages
...Europeans will ever learn, because neither of them leads to any advantage in worldly pursuits: and if we give judgment only from the opinions of the...deceived by them. It would be absurd and unjust to pass ap indiscriminate censure on so considerable a body of men ; but my experience justifies me in declaring,... | |
 | John Shore Baron Teignmouth - Asianists - 1807 - 668 pages
...learn, because neither of them leads to any advantage in worldly pursuits : and if we give judgement only from the opinions of the native lawyers and scholars,...absurd and unjust to pass an indiscriminate censure on so considerable a body of men; but my experience justifies me in declaring, that I could not with an... | |
 | William Jones - 1807 - 534 pages
...Europeans will ever learn, becaufe neither of them leads to any advantage in worldly purfuits : and if we give judgment only from the opinions of the native lawyers and fcholars, we can never be fure, that we have not been deceived by them. '. It would be abfurd and unjuft... | |
 | Sir William Jones - 1807 - 554 pages
...Europeans will ever learn, becaufe neither of them leads to any advantage in worldly purfuits : and if we give judgment only from the opinions of the native lawyers and fcholars, we can never be fure, that we have not been deceived by them. It would be abfurd and unjuft... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 360 pages
...Europeans will ever learn, because neither of them leads to any advantage in worldly pursuits: and if we give judgment only from the opinions of the...absurd and unjust to pass an indiscriminate censure on so considerable a body of men ; but my experience justifies me in declaring, that I could not, with... | |
 | India. [Appendix.] - Finance - 1825 - 444 pages
...leads " to any advantage in worldly pursuits ; and if we give " judgment only from the opinions of native lawyers and " scholars, we can never be sure...and unjust to " pass an indiscriminate censure on so considerable a body " of men ; but my experience justifies me in declaring, " that I could not,... | |
 | John Poynder - Death - 1827 - 286 pages
...adduce my reasons for adopting that opinion. Sir Wm. Jones says of the native lawyers and scholars, " It would be absurd and unjust to pass " an indiscriminate censure on so considerable a " body of men, but my experience justifies me in " declaring, that I could not with... | |
 | Lyttleton Forbes Winslow - Forensic psychiatry - 1863 - 788 pages
...which few Europeans will learn, because neither of them leads to advantage in worldly pursuits ; and if we give judgment only from the opinions of the...experience justifies me in declaring that I could not, with an easy conscience, concur in a decision, merely on the written opinion of native lawyers, in any cause... | |
 | Jagannát'ha Tercapanchánana - Contracts - 1864 - 510 pages
...Europeans will ever learn, because neither of " them leads to any advantage in worldly pursuits ; and if " we give judgment only from the opinions of the...justifies me in declaring, " that I could not, with an easy conscience, concur in a " decision, merely on the written opinion of native lawyers, " in any... | |
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