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Page 6
... fire , and I saw at once it was all right . I paid two guineas or more for that cock of the eye ; but it don't matter for that , so long as that rascal can't rob me and laugh at me to boot ; and he would have 6 ADVENTURES OF AN ATTORNEY.
... fire , and I saw at once it was all right . I paid two guineas or more for that cock of the eye ; but it don't matter for that , so long as that rascal can't rob me and laugh at me to boot ; and he would have 6 ADVENTURES OF AN ATTORNEY.
Page 7
... matter , £ 2 . 14s . 6d . , and lost my client and my legal repute into the bargain Weeks and even months rolled on ... Matters looked desperate , and some extraordinary effort must be made IN SEARCH OF PRACTICE . 7.
... matter , £ 2 . 14s . 6d . , and lost my client and my legal repute into the bargain Weeks and even months rolled on ... Matters looked desperate , and some extraordinary effort must be made IN SEARCH OF PRACTICE . 7.
Page 24
... matters , but the slight research which my clerical duties have allowed me to make into them , has taught me to con- sider this as an axiom in law ; for I find it so laid down by my Lord Coke , and also recognized in the learned book of ...
... matters , but the slight research which my clerical duties have allowed me to make into them , has taught me to con- sider this as an axiom in law ; for I find it so laid down by my Lord Coke , and also recognized in the learned book of ...
Page 27
... matter : he returned to me the next day to tell me that he had been to the Temple and Lincoln's Inn libraries , and even to the British Museum , but could discover neither the case nor the book . " Very likely , Sir ; it is extremely ...
... matter : he returned to me the next day to tell me that he had been to the Temple and Lincoln's Inn libraries , and even to the British Museum , but could discover neither the case nor the book . " Very likely , Sir ; it is extremely ...
Page 31
... line of it , and saying there must be some strange mistake , and begging pardon for the intrusion , withdrew , Here was new matter for curiosity , but my thoughts still fondly clinging at intervals IN SEARCH OF PRACTICE . 31.
... line of it , and saying there must be some strange mistake , and begging pardon for the intrusion , withdrew , Here was new matter for curiosity , but my thoughts still fondly clinging at intervals IN SEARCH OF PRACTICE . 31.
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