 | George Brunton, David Haig - Electronic books - 1832 - 614 pages
...epitaph, was published in a volume of Scottish Pasquils, of which the following is a sufficient specimen. Old Nick was in want of a lawyer in hell, To preside...oppression. Twixt the devil and Whytlaw, the poor wretches damm'd, Will be sore put about in that hot land ; Kor now the fierce Justice Clerk's got the command,... | |
 | George Brunton, David Haig - Judges - 1832 - 616 pages
...epitaph, was published in a volume of Scottish Pasquils, of which the following is a sufficient specimen. Old Nick was in want of a lawyer in hell, To preside...suited him well, For tyranny, lust, and oppression. Twist the devil and Whytlaw, the poor wretches damm'd, Will be sore put about in that hot land ; For... | |
 | James Maidment - Scotland - 1834 - 432 pages
...Vol. I. p. 107. J One of the jeu d'esprits of the time assigns his Lordship a very diflerent fate. He was made his Satanic Majesty's Justice Clerk in...be worse off in Scotland. § His Lordship cut off hie relations from his succession, and left every sirI shall not trouble your Lordships with any more... | |
 | James Maidment - Law - 1839 - 406 pages
...Scottish Pasquils so often referred to. One of them, which has considerable spirit, we insert. — Old Nick was in want of a Lawyer in Hell To preside...damn'd, Will be sore put about in that hot land, For now since the Justice-Clerk got the command They could hardly be worse off in Scotland. The Union was the... | |
 | Law - 1862 - 720 pages
...thus commemorated Lord Whitelaw's death, which took place in 1704 (Scottish Pasquils, p. 73) : — ' Old Nick was in want of a lawyer in hell, To preside...sore put about in that hot land ; For now the fierce Justice-Clerk's got the coiiimand, They could hardly be worse off in Scotland.' NOTES ON THE LEGISLATION... | |
 | James Maidment - Pasquinades - 1868 - 478 pages
...low, who can wonder ? When we're Glencoed by land and sea, Who will relieve us ? What think ye ? In. Old Nick was in want of a Lawyer in Hell, To preside...So old Whytlaw he took, for he suited him well For his tyranny, pride, and oppression. 'Twixt the Devil and Whytlaw, the poor wretches damned, Will be... | |
 | Æneas James G. Mackay - 1873 - 362 pages
...Blood mixed with choler, said to be the best; Twixt the Devil and Whytlaw, the poor wretches damned Will be sore put about in that hot land, For now the fierce Justice-Clerk's got the command They could hardly be worse off in Scotland."— Maidment's Scotch Pasqidls,... | |
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Old Nick was in want of a lawyer in hell, To preside o'er the Court there of Session, So old Whytlaw he took, for he suited him well, For tyranny, lust, and oppression. Twixt the Devil and Whytlaw, the poor wretches damn'd Will be sore put about in that... 