Law and Lawyers: Curious Facts and Characteristic SketchesW. P. Nimmon, 1868 - 154 páginas |
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... Master of the Revels , ( Mr. Wollaston , ) and followed by the Master of the Temple , ( Dr. Sherlock , then Bishop of Bangor , ) and by the judges and sergeants who had been members of the house . There was an elegant dinner provided ...
... Master of the Revels , ( Mr. Wollaston , ) and followed by the Master of the Temple , ( Dr. Sherlock , then Bishop of Bangor , ) and by the judges and sergeants who had been members of the house . There was an elegant dinner provided ...
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... Master in Chancery , was on his death- bed - a very wealthy man . Some occasion of great urgency occurred , in which it was necessary to make an affidavit , and the attorney , missing one or two other masters , whom he inquired after ...
... Master in Chancery , was on his death- bed - a very wealthy man . Some occasion of great urgency occurred , in which it was necessary to make an affidavit , and the attorney , missing one or two other masters , whom he inquired after ...
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... master had been regularly appointed to the grammar school at Dronfield , on liberal principles of education ; but , within a few years , some prejudice was excited against him , and the churchwardens for the time thought proper to stop ...
... master had been regularly appointed to the grammar school at Dronfield , on liberal principles of education ; but , within a few years , some prejudice was excited against him , and the churchwardens for the time thought proper to stop ...
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... Master of the Rolls , was a man of simple habits , and somewhat remarkable for his taciturnity and reserve . As a politician , he was more narrow - minded than even several other most distin- guished lawyers . With him originated the ...
... Master of the Rolls , was a man of simple habits , and somewhat remarkable for his taciturnity and reserve . As a politician , he was more narrow - minded than even several other most distin- guished lawyers . With him originated the ...
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... Master of the Rolls , said to Mr. Grat- tan , " You would be the greatest man of your age , Grattan , if you would buy a few yards of red tape , and tie up your bills and papers . " CECIL AT GRAY'S INN . AN anecdote of Cecil Lord ...
... Master of the Rolls , said to Mr. Grat- tan , " You would be the greatest man of your age , Grattan , if you would buy a few yards of red tape , and tie up your bills and papers . " CECIL AT GRAY'S INN . AN anecdote of Cecil Lord ...
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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...