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Page 21
... the disposition of country gentlemen to get into quarrels , when a lawyer's
advice becomes precious , and a thousand other contingencies , of which , with
patience and address , he doubted not to be able to avail himself , would soon
place ...
... the disposition of country gentlemen to get into quarrels , when a lawyer's
advice becomes precious , and a thousand other contingencies , of which , with
patience and address , he doubted not to be able to avail himself , would soon
place ...
Page 80
... also of some of the veterans of the law had not admitted innovation . One or
two eminent lawyers still saw their clients in taverns , as was the general custom
fifty years before ; and although their habits were already 80 WAVERLEY
NOVELS.
... also of some of the veterans of the law had not admitted innovation . One or
two eminent lawyers still saw their clients in taverns , as was the general custom
fifty years before ; and although their habits were already 80 WAVERLEY
NOVELS.
Page 81
Among those praisers of the past time , who with ostentatious obstinacy affected
the manners of a former generation , was this same Paulus Pleydell , Esq . ,
otherwise a good scholar , an excellent lawyer , and a worthy man . Under the ...
Among those praisers of the past time , who with ostentatious obstinacy affected
the manners of a former generation , was this same Paulus Pleydell , Esq . ,
otherwise a good scholar , an excellent lawyer , and a worthy man . Under the ...
Page 91
I am Dandie Dinmont , sir , of the Charlies - hope — the Liddesdale lad — ye'll
mind me ? It was for me ye won yon grand plea . ” “ What plea , you loggerhead ?
" said the lawyer , " d'ye think I can remember all the fools that come to plague me
...
I am Dandie Dinmont , sir , of the Charlies - hope — the Liddesdale lad — ye'll
mind me ? It was for me ye won yon grand plea . ” “ What plea , you loggerhead ?
" said the lawyer , " d'ye think I can remember all the fools that come to plague me
...
Page 92
Now , you looby , ” said the lawyer , “ cannot you conceive that your business can
be nothing to Colonel Mannering , but that he may not choose to have these
great ears of thine regaled with his matters ? ” • Aweel , sir , just as you and he
like ...
Now , you looby , ” said the lawyer , “ cannot you conceive that your business can
be nothing to Colonel Mannering , but that he may not choose to have these
great ears of thine regaled with his matters ? ” • Aweel , sir , just as you and he
like ...
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