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... heard of his late Chancellor's death , after an illness of a few hours , having cautiously inquired of the mes- senger if he were really dead , coldly observed , " Then he has not left a worse man behind him ; " though the phrase which ...
... heard of his late Chancellor's death , after an illness of a few hours , having cautiously inquired of the mes- senger if he were really dead , coldly observed , " Then he has not left a worse man behind him ; " though the phrase which ...
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... however , for the writ , making the best use he could of the observa- tions in the brief . The judge was perfectly astonished , and the audience amazed . The judge said , ' I never heard of such a writ ; what can it be.
... however , for the writ , making the best use he could of the observa- tions in the brief . The judge was perfectly astonished , and the audience amazed . The judge said , ' I never heard of such a writ ; what can it be.
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David Laing Purves. heard of such a writ ; what can it be that adheres pavimento ? Are any of you gentlemen at the bar able to explain this ? ' The Bar laughed . At last , one of them said , ' My Lord , Mr. Boswell last night ad- hæsit ...
David Laing Purves. heard of such a writ ; what can it be that adheres pavimento ? Are any of you gentlemen at the bar able to explain this ? ' The Bar laughed . At last , one of them said , ' My Lord , Mr. Boswell last night ad- hæsit ...
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... heard . The attorney instantly drove off to his junior counsel ; a second consultation was fixed ; the blot was acknowledged to exist , to the consterna- tion of the plaintiff's attorney , a very able and vigilant practitioner , who had ...
... heard . The attorney instantly drove off to his junior counsel ; a second consultation was fixed ; the blot was acknowledged to exist , to the consterna- tion of the plaintiff's attorney , a very able and vigilant practitioner , who had ...
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... heard to proceed from the trunk ; the clerk opened it , when out jumped the identical Shrewsbury cat , having deposited a batch of fine kittens in the learned serjeant's wig . LORD ERSKINE'S POINTS . A GENTLEMAN , who has examined ...
... heard to proceed from the trunk ; the clerk opened it , when out jumped the identical Shrewsbury cat , having deposited a batch of fine kittens in the learned serjeant's wig . LORD ERSKINE'S POINTS . A GENTLEMAN , who has examined ...
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Page 149 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse : and his name that sat on him was Death, and hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Page 80 - I find His Grace my very good lord indeed, and I believe he doth as singularly favour me as any subject within this Realm; howbeit, son Roper, I may tell thee I have no cause to be proud thereof, for if my head would win him a castle in France (for then there was war between us), it should not fail to go.
Page 38 - He rose slowly from his seat : he left the woolsack with deliberation ; but he went not to the nearest place, like ordinary Chancellors, the sons of mortal men ; he drew back by a pace or two, and, standing as it were askance, and partly behind the huge bale he had quitted for a season, he began to pour out, first in a growl, and then in a clear and louder roll, the matter which he had to deliver, and which for the most part consisted in some positive assertions, some personal vituperation, some...
Page 125 - I am worn to death ; here have we been, sitting on in the vacation, from nine in the morning until four, and when we leave this place I have to read through all my papers to be ready for to-morrow morning; but the most extraordinary part of all is, that Eldon, who has not only mine, but all the other business to go through, is just as cheerful and untired as ever.
Page 85 - Both these might be performed by deputy; but the principal was to answer for the success of the trial, the deputy only venturing some corporal pain for hire, or perhaps for friendship.
Page 26 - Page, who, joined to the other judges, Serjeants, and benchers present, danced, or rather walked, round about the coal fire, according to the old ceremony, three times, during which they were aided in the figure of the dance by Mr. George Cooke, the prothonotary, then...