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... comforting myself for the plague of prospective labor , I eyed the grave red - lettered calf - skin , resumed the newspaper , read every advertisement , and finally gaped out of the window in 2 ADVENTURES OF AN ATTORNEY.
... comforting myself for the plague of prospective labor , I eyed the grave red - lettered calf - skin , resumed the newspaper , read every advertisement , and finally gaped out of the window in 2 ADVENTURES OF AN ATTORNEY.
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Samuel Warren. advertisement , and finally gaped out of the window in vain speculation of finding a client in some passer by . How long this interesting state of indolent expectation might have continued , had I waited for clients to ...
Samuel Warren. advertisement , and finally gaped out of the window in vain speculation of finding a client in some passer by . How long this interesting state of indolent expectation might have continued , had I waited for clients to ...
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... finally , by cutting down one claim , compromising another , and setting at defiance two or three score , till they willingly took a shilling in the pound , I succeeded in extricat- ing my " honorable " client , and comfortably left her ...
... finally , by cutting down one claim , compromising another , and setting at defiance two or three score , till they willingly took a shilling in the pound , I succeeded in extricat- ing my " honorable " client , and comfortably left her ...
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... finally , I returned thanks to the chair . Indeed , I may say that nobody of any consequence took any part in the affair , but myself . " " Then it is unquestionable , Mr. Bedworth , that you are the ' gaol - bird ? " " " I am , Sir ...
... finally , I returned thanks to the chair . Indeed , I may say that nobody of any consequence took any part in the affair , but myself . " " Then it is unquestionable , Mr. Bedworth , that you are the ' gaol - bird ? " " " I am , Sir ...
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... finally his costs swelled up to three hun- dred and sixty pounds . He then libelled me for having deceived him : paid me with a bill at twelve months , which was dishonored ; and at the end of some three years , and not before , my ...
... finally his costs swelled up to three hun- dred and sixty pounds . He then libelled me for having deceived him : paid me with a bill at twelve months , which was dishonored ; and at the end of some three years , and not before , my ...
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