Law and Lawyers: Curious Facts and Characteristic SketchesW. P. Nimmon, 1868 - 154 páginas |
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... Barrister Eldon ( Lord ) , and Joseph Hume Eldon's Law Maxim , 12 ; Liberality , 35 ; Preaching . Ellenborough's ( Lord ) Power of Sarcasm , 15 ; Severity , Ellesmere's ( Lord ) Generosity 72 21 83 71 106 127 83 Erskine ( Lord ) ...
... Barrister Eldon ( Lord ) , and Joseph Hume Eldon's Law Maxim , 12 ; Liberality , 35 ; Preaching . Ellenborough's ( Lord ) Power of Sarcasm , 15 ; Severity , Ellesmere's ( Lord ) Generosity 72 21 83 71 106 127 83 Erskine ( Lord ) ...
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... barrister in an English county town , his household goods were brought to the hammer . One attending the sale remarked to a neighbour that the possessions of the deceased seemed to be exceedingly scanty , considering the position of ...
... barrister in an English county town , his household goods were brought to the hammer . One attending the sale remarked to a neighbour that the possessions of the deceased seemed to be exceedingly scanty , considering the position of ...
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... barrister once undertook to speak while an express went twenty miles to bring back a witness , whom it was necessary to produce on the trial . But what is this to the performance of an American coun- sellor , who , upon a like emergency ...
... barrister once undertook to speak while an express went twenty miles to bring back a witness , whom it was necessary to produce on the trial . But what is this to the performance of an American coun- sellor , who , upon a like emergency ...
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... barristers and students had the usual fare on grand days ; each mess having a flask of claret , besides the common allowance of port and sack . Fourteen students waited at the bench table , among whom was Mr. Talbot , the Lord ...
... barristers and students had the usual fare on grand days ; each mess having a flask of claret , besides the common allowance of port and sack . Fourteen students waited at the bench table , among whom was Mr. Talbot , the Lord ...
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... barrister sitting behind him . On another occasion , this wit proposed the following riddle for solution : " Why does ( the Judge in question ) commit an act of bankruptcy every day ? " The answer was , " Because he daily gives a ...
... barrister sitting behind him . On another occasion , this wit proposed the following riddle for solution : " Why does ( the Judge in question ) commit an act of bankruptcy every day ? " The answer was , " Because he daily gives a ...
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Law and Lawyers: Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches David Laing Purves Vista previa restringida - 2006 |
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...