 For whosoever studieth the laws of the realm, who studieth in the universities, who professeth liberal sciences, and to be short, who can live idly and without manual labour, and will bear the port, charge, and countenance of a gentleman, he shall be...  The English Constitution - Page 60by Eduard Fischel - 1853 - 592 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Saint Thomas More - Utopias - 1808 - 334 pages
...professeth liberal sciences, and to be short, who can live idly and without manual labour, and will bear the port, charge, and countenance of a Gentleman,...give to esquires and other gentlemen — and shall be taken for a gentleman : for true it is with us, is is said," Tanti eris aliis quanti tibi fcceris,"... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1807 - 686 pages
...the liberal sciences, and (to be short) who can live idly, and without manual labor, and will bear the port, charge, and countenance of a gentleman, he shall be called master, and shall be taken for a gentleman (21). A yeoman is he that hath free land of forty shillings by the... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 378 pages
...the liberal sciences, and (tobe short) who can live idly, and witbout manual labour, and will hear the port, charge, and countenance of a gentleman, he shall be called master, and shall be taken for a gentleman. A yeoman is he that hath free land of forty shillings by the year;... | |
 | Richard Burn - Justices of the peace - 1820 - 834 pages
...professes liberal sciences, and (to be short) who can live idly, and without manual labour, and will bear the port, charge, and countenance of a gentleman, he shall be called Mr. such-a-one, and shall be taken for a gentleman. 1 Blac. Com. 406. ~Yeoman is a good addition ;... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - Constitutional history - 1821 - 342 pages
...professeth liberal sciences, and, to be short, who can live idly and without manual labour, and will bear the port, charge, and countenance of a gentleman,...men give to esquires and other gentlemen, and shall be taken for a gentleman: for true it is with us as is said, Tanti erit atiis quaMki tibi feceru ;... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 376 pages
...the liheral sciences, and (to be short) who can lire idly, and without manual labour, and will bear the port, charge, and countenance of a gentleman, he shall be called master, and shall be taken for a gentleman. A yeoman is he that hath free land of forty shillings by the year;... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1825 - 572 pages
...the liberal sciences, and (to be short) who can live idly, and without manual labour, and will bear the port, charge, and countenance of a gentleman, he shall be called master, and shall be taken for a gentleman. A yeoman is he that hath free land of forty shillings by the year... | |
 | Alexander Wilson (novelist.) - 1825 - 332 pages
...professeth liberal sciences, and (to be short) who can live idly, and without manual labour, and will bear the port, charge, and countenance of a gentleman, he shall be called Master, and shall be taken for a Gentleman." What would Sir Thomas say, did he live now ? he would find, without... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 660 pages
...the liberal sciences, and (to be short) who can live idly, and without manual labour, and will bear the port, charge, and countenance of a gentleman, he shall be called master, and shall be taken for a gentleman. A yeoman is he that hath free land of forty shillings by the year... | |
 | Hugh Clark - Heraldry - 1827 - 450 pages
...who professeth liberal sciences, and, to be short, who can live without manual labour, and will bear the port, charge, and countenance of a gentleman, he shall be called master, and shall be taken for a gentleman : for true it is with us, tanti eris aliis quanti tibi jfueris:... | |
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