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William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper
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“There is no instance where men are so easily imposed upon, as at the time of their dying under the pretence of charity.”
William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper (1665–1723) first seen 1707 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Attorney-General v. Barnes et uxor (1707), Gilbert Eq. Ca. 5; reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, The Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904), p. 245-248.
“God forbid that Judges upon their oath should make resolutions to enlarge jurisdiction.”
William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper (1665–1723) first seen 1715 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reeves v. Buttler (1715), Gilbert, Eq. Ca. 196; reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, The Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904), p. 137.
“I should have all manner of tenderness for the right of the College; they are nurseries of Religion and Learning, and therefore all donations for increase and augmentation of their revenue are to be liberally expounded.”
William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper (1665–1723) first seen 1720 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Devit v. College of Dublin (1720). Gilbert Eq. Ca. 248; reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, The Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904), p. 242.
“It is a general rule of Judgment, that a mischief should rather be admitted than an inconvenience.”
William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper (1665–1723) first seen 1720 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Devit v. College of Dublin (1720), Gilbert Eq. Ca. 249; reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904), p. 176.