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Page 20
... doubt that every solicitor who has to make his own connexion , as it is 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 ...
... doubt that every solicitor who has to make his own connexion , as it is 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 ...
Page 23
... doubts : he then proceeded . " It is most painful , Sir , to any man who feels the due importance of the pastoral rela- tion , to be involved in a controversy with a parishioner about the temporalities of the church ; but we owe a duty ...
... doubts : he then proceeded . " It is most painful , Sir , to any man who feels the due importance of the pastoral rela- tion , to be involved in a controversy with a parishioner about the temporalities of the church ; but we owe a duty ...
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... doubt it : my assent to the position was this time most . cordial . " Easter offerings , Sir , are , as you of course well know , dues of common right . " He paused , as if for a professional confirma- tion of the dogma , but I knew ...
... doubt it : my assent to the position was this time most . cordial . " Easter offerings , Sir , are , as you of course well know , dues of common right . " He paused , as if for a professional confirma- tion of the dogma , but I knew ...
Page 68
... doubt , I presume , that you are the party intended ? " " None at all , none whatever : the principal speaker ' at this celebrated meeting , could be nobody but me , Sir . I was undoubtedly the principal speaker there . I moved the ...
... doubt , I presume , that you are the party intended ? " " None at all , none whatever : the principal speaker ' at this celebrated meeting , could be nobody but me , Sir . I was undoubtedly the principal speaker there . I moved the ...
Page 85
... doubt , to have to tell your client , " Oh yes , Sir ! we have succeeded for you ; but instead of receiving costs , you will have forty or fifty pounds to pay to your oppon- ent . " Independently of this , a hundred acci- dents may ...
... doubt , to have to tell your client , " Oh yes , Sir ! we have succeeded for you ; but instead of receiving costs , you will have forty or fifty pounds to pay to your oppon- ent . " Independently of this , a hundred acci- dents may ...
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