Adventures of an Attorney in Search of Practice |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 53
Page 3
... called I was “ to the Temple , " and sallied forth on a Paul Pry expedition among all my friends and acquaint- ances ; but I verily believe that the demon of ill - luck , if there is such a deity in heathen mythology , presided over my ...
... called I was “ to the Temple , " and sallied forth on a Paul Pry expedition among all my friends and acquaint- ances ; but I verily believe that the demon of ill - luck , if there is such a deity in heathen mythology , presided over my ...
Page 4
... called to instruct me to file an information against the trustees of an important charity . " Gone to the Temple " was as unintelligible to his noble ears as if my clerk had reported me " gone to the devil ; " perhaps , in his opinion ...
... called to instruct me to file an information against the trustees of an important charity . " Gone to the Temple " was as unintelligible to his noble ears as if my clerk had reported me " gone to the devil ; " perhaps , in his opinion ...
Page 11
... called for my bill , and I looked on my fortune as made : it somewhat exceeded forty - one pounds , five shillings , and sixpence , and was paid to a fraction ; but I lost my client ! I did afterwards conduct for him an appeal to the ...
... called for my bill , and I looked on my fortune as made : it somewhat exceeded forty - one pounds , five shillings , and sixpence , and was paid to a fraction ; but I lost my client ! I did afterwards conduct for him an appeal to the ...
Page 15
... called on ; the jury sworn ; and then the defendant cried peccavi ! offered to submit to the damages assessed before , and pay all costs of the second trial . What man in his sober senses would reject such overtures ! Of course I ...
... called on ; the jury sworn ; and then the defendant cried peccavi ! offered to submit to the damages assessed before , and pay all costs of the second trial . What man in his sober senses would reject such overtures ! Of course I ...
Page 20
... called , meets with the same adventures , more or less ; but I cannot help thinking that I have had more than my fair share . There are two classes of clients that I have always found especially fickle and difficult to please ; and yet ...
... called , meets with the same adventures , more or less ; but I cannot help thinking that I have had more than my fair share . There are two classes of clients that I have always found especially fickle and difficult to please ; and yet ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acquaintance action adviser affair answer attorney Bedworth believe bill breach of promise Bumby called cause certainly chair character charge Chartres circumstances claret jug clerk client connexion consulted costs counsel course Dartford dear defendant difficult doubt duty evidence explain father feel four-and-twenty gentleman give Gregory Sharpe Gribble Gubble half Harley street heard honest honor hour hundred pounds husband jury kicked knew lady less letter libel lord Lounch marriage matter means men of respect ment mind never nexion obtained occasion Old Bailey once opinion papers party plaintiff pocket profes profession professional quarrel question received respectable scarcely Sharpe Simkin Sniggle solicitor soon Stanfield subpoena sure swindler tell temper Tetsworth thing thought tion told trifling twenty usual wife Wilson wish witness word young
Popular passages
Page 93 - Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win, By fearing to attempt.
Page 264 - Attorney" agrees with us in both these points: "Of all witnesses in an honest cause, an intelligent child is the best; of all witnesses in any cause, a woman is the worst, unless she happens to be very pretty and engaging, for then she will answer the purpose, whatever it be, most successfully.
Page 205 - ... in the higher walks of the profession, have in many instances, established for themselves an acknowledged title to rank with the first circles; though I do not say the most fashionable, for I by no means class these among the most worthy, or the most important ; but though by this accession of better born, and therefore generally better educated men, we have improved our social position, and can now enumerate hundreds among us, who are not less gentlemen by birth, by feeling, and by manners,...
Page 72 - No man can limit himself as to the extent of costs, without cramping his exertions to a degree that may prove highly injurious to his client's interests. The casualties and accidents of litigation are so frequent, and sometimes so expensive, that they occasion more expenditure than even the whole of the proceedings that go on in the accustomed course ; and if the cause of action is not of sufficient importance to warrant costs out of the ordinary routine, if necessary, it is wiser and more honest...
Page 203 - ... be supposed to have been previously formed. It must be confessed that till within the last forty or fifty years, an attorney's title to be ranked even among the middle classes of society, was very equivocal. Mr. Latitat was the rogue of every farce-—the knave of every novel: his occupation made him adroit and intelligent, but it also made him suspected; it frequently brought him into personal contact with the dishonest and degraded, and he acquired, often undeservedly, a taint of reputation...
Page 201 - Masters, it is proved already that you are little better than false knaves : it will go near to be thought so shortly.
Page 73 - In ordinary actions to recover debts, or damages for pecuniary injury, the expense resolves itself into mere matter of arithmetical calculation; such actions, however, form by no means the staple commodity in the business of an eminent attorney. A curious instance of this accidental expenditure to a small extent, once occurred to myself. I was engaged in a cause at the assizes about fifty miles from London. It stood first in the paper for the day following my arrival. I had...
Page 89 - ... patron, or adopted out of Christian charity! How often have I known jurymen vaunt with self-complacency, of their justice, when some poor devil has obtained from this same justice, just enough to pay his surgeon's bill, after having been disabled for life by a drunken coachman, or a larking dandy; while the attorney, who has brought the action from mere compassion, has had the pleasure of hearing himself branded by counsel, as a wretch prowling about the streets for quarrels, and obtains for...
Page 79 - I've not half finished my dinner; and ten minutes more would have found me in bed, which I never leave at night, unless burnt out." But Mr. Gurney had given me my cue. A chaise and four was already at the door; poor Gubble's great coat and boots safely deposited within it, with an extra blanket, and a secon'l bottle to keep him warm.
Page 5 - Umph ! a pretty joke to let this villain rob me in this way ! I thought you would get me out of it; but you say you are not certain. I should like to ask Mr. Scarlett." Lord Abinger at that time ruled the day. I suggested the opinion of a junior counsel, as more easily attainable, and the opinion was taken. It confirmed mine, but my client was still dissatisfied ; he went to another...