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... replied that he was St. Evona the advocate . " Away , away ! " said St. Peter ; " here is but one advocate in heaven ; here is no room for you lawyers . " " Oh , but , " said St. Evona , " I am that honest lawyer who never took fees on ...
... replied that he was St. Evona the advocate . " Away , away ! " said St. Peter ; " here is but one advocate in heaven ; here is no room for you lawyers . " " Oh , but , " said St. Evona , " I am that honest lawyer who never took fees on ...
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... replied that it was far from an equitable proceeding to condemn the whole for the faults of some , since he personally knew several worthy men of the profession who constantly en- deavoured to compose differences , instead of promoting ...
... replied that it was far from an equitable proceeding to condemn the whole for the faults of some , since he personally knew several worthy men of the profession who constantly en- deavoured to compose differences , instead of promoting ...
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... replied to all the objections with accuracy and spirit , but took no notice of the trifling point of form about the notice . Lord Forglen said , " Sir Walter , you have argued your case very well , but what do you say to the wall ...
... replied to all the objections with accuracy and spirit , but took no notice of the trifling point of form about the notice . Lord Forglen said , " Sir Walter , you have argued your case very well , but what do you say to the wall ...
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... replied , " I don't know , but I am sure he never was just before . " When this old judge was decrepit , he perpetrated an excellent joke upon himself . As he was coming out of court shuffling along , a friend stopped him and inquired ...
... replied , " I don't know , but I am sure he never was just before . " When this old judge was decrepit , he perpetrated an excellent joke upon himself . As he was coming out of court shuffling along , a friend stopped him and inquired ...
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... Court of Exchequer , was asked how he got on in his court with the business , when he sat between Chief Baron Macdonald and Baron Graham . He replied , " What between snuff - box on 40 CURIOSITIES OF LAW AND LAWYERS .
... Court of Exchequer , was asked how he got on in his court with the business , when he sat between Chief Baron Macdonald and Baron Graham . He replied , " What between snuff - box on 40 CURIOSITIES OF LAW AND LAWYERS .
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Page 124 - Gentlemen may cry peace, peace! But there is no peace! The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field ! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? ' Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take; but as for me — give me liberty, or give me death!
Page 124 - Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne.
Page 124 - The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable, and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace! peace!
Page 386 - Rich windows that exclude the light, And passages, that lead to nothing. Full oft within the spacious walls, When he had fifty winters o'er him, My grave Lord-Keeper led the brawls ; The seals and maces danc'd before him.
Page 393 - No one venerates the peerage more than I do ; — but, my lords, I must say, that the peerage solicited me, not I the peerage. Nay more, I can say, and will say, that as a peer of parliament, as speaker of this right...
Page 124 - If we wish to be free — if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending — if we mean. not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained — we must fight! — I repeat it, sir, we must fight!! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts, is all that is left us. They tell us, sir, that we are weak —...
Page 108 - Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the judge determines it. I have said that you are to state facts fairly ; so that your thinking, or what you call knowing, a cause to be bad, must be from reasoning, must be from your supposing your arguments to be -weak and inconclusive.
Page 698 - Sir Francis Bacon was married yesterday to his young wench in Maribone Chapel. He was clad from top to toe in purple, and hath made himself and his wife such store of fine raiments of cloth of silver and gold that it draws deep into her portion.
Page 111 - If the advocate refuses to defend, from what he may think of the charge or of the defence, he assumes the character of the judge; nay, he assumes it before the hour of judgment ; and in proportion to his rank and reputation, puts the heavy influence of perhaps a mistaken opinion into the scale against the accused, in whose favor the benevolent principle of English law makes all presumptions, and which commands the very judge to be his counsel.
Page 142 - And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.