...are found in the process of corruption to outdo the very worst. Ctrruptitsimd Republica, plurimff. leges. Lat. TACITUS. — " When the state is most...restraints which it is found necessary to impose. Corntmpunt bonos mores colloquia prara. Lat, Prov. ft- " Depraved conversation will corrupt the best...

...emanating from the wisdom of the two houses, though we do not absolutely agree with Tacitus, who says, when the state is most corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied. Seneca observes, that there is nothing more insipid than a law with a preface, and that a law should...

...optimi pessima. Lat. — " The corruption of the best is productive of the worst." Corruptissima in republicd, plurimce leges. Lat. TACITUS. — " When...most corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied." Cor unum via una. Lat. — " One heart, one way." Cosafatta capo ha. Ital. Prov. — "A thing which...

...striking instance of the truth of this assertion. Whatever period of those ill-fated times we (1) [" When the state is most corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied."— Tacit.] happen to turn to, we shall perceive more skill in the ences among the professors of them,...

...in the arts of adorning their knowledge, or adapting it to common sense, their voluminous pro• [" When the state is most corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied."— Tacit.] ductions rest peacefully in our libraries, or at best are inquired after from motives of curiosity,...

...Corruptissima republica, plurimae leges. Lat. TACITUS. — " When the state is most corrupt, then are the laws most multiplied." The relaxed morals of a people may...restraints which it is found necessary to impose. Cortes. Span. — " The PARLIAMENT of Spain." Corvee. Fr. — "Base service, statute labour, contribution...

...of art, yet it is founded on reason, and obvious to common sense. l>ti<-4nijl«tu,. LAWS— Corrupt. When the state is most corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied. Tacitm. 344 LAWS-of God. Laws, written, if not on stone tables, yet on the azure of infinitude, in...

...Corruptissima republica, plurimae leges. Lat. TACITUS. — "When the state is most corrupt, then are the laws most multiplied." The relaxed morals of a people may...restraints which it is found necessary to impose. Cortes. Span. — "The PARLIAMENT of Spain." Corvee. Fr.— "Base service, statute labor, contribution...

...as possible, and be rendered as public as possible. If the remark of Tacitus is founded on truth, " when the state is most corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied," what must the state of England be? Yet, however complex and barbarous some of our laws may be, the...

...Corruptisslma republica, plurimae leges. Lat. TACITUS. — "When the state is most corrupt, then are the laws most multiplied." The relaxed morals of a people may...restraints which it is found necessary to impose. Cortes. Span. — "The PARLIAMENT of Spain." Corvee. Fr. — "Base service, statute labor, contribution...