The books of jurisprudence were interesting to few, and entertaining to none: their value was connected with present use, and they sunk forever as soon as that use was superseded by the innovations of fashion, superior merit, or public authority.


The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire... The Second Edition (ed. 1788)

Edward Gibbon Quotes

The books of jurisprudence were interesting to few, and entertaining to none: their value was connected with present use, and they sunk forever as...

The books of jurisprudence were interesting to few, and entertaining to none: their value was connected with present use, and they sunk forever as...

The books of jurisprudence were interesting to few, and entertaining to none: their value was connected with present use, and they sunk forever as...

The books of jurisprudence were interesting to few, and entertaining to none: their value was connected with present use, and they sunk forever as...