If once we go upon niceties of construction, we shall not know where to stop. For one nicety is made a foundation for another; and that other for a third; and so on, without end.


Rex v. Inhabitants of Caverswall (1758), Burrow (Settlement Cases), 465.

John Eardley Wilmot Quotes

If once we go upon niceties of construction, we shall not know where to stop. For one nicety is made a foundation for another; and that other for a...

If once we go upon niceties of construction, we shall not know where to stop. For one nicety is made a foundation for another; and that other for a...

If once we go upon niceties of construction, we shall not know where to stop. For one nicety is made a foundation for another; and that other for a...

If once we go upon niceties of construction, we shall not know where to stop. For one nicety is made a foundation for another; and that other for a...