...particular, an admirable collection of classics. " These," said Pleydell, " are my tools of trade. A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic,...possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himseli an architect." But Manuering was chiefly delighted with the view from the windows, which commanded...

...characters, say, when pointing to his library of well-selected classics : " There are my tools of trade. A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic...these, he may venture to call himself an architect." A pedantic use of such learning is, however, carefully to be avoided ; for thus is shown rather a want...

...in particular, an admirable collection of classics. " These," said Pleydell, "are my tools of trade. A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic,...delighted with the view from the windows, which commanded that incomparable prospect of the ground between Edinburgh and the sea ; the Frith of Forth, with its...

...particular, an admirable collection of classics. " These," said Pleydell, " are my tools of trade. A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic,...delighted with the view from the windows, which commanded that incomparable prospect of the ground between Edinburgh and the sea ; the Frith of Forth, with its...

...in particular, an admirable collection of classics. "These, "said Pleydell, "are my tools of trade. A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic,...delighted with the view from the windows, which commanded that incomparable prospect of the ground between Edinburgh and the sea ; the Frith of Forth, with its...

...particular, an admirable collection of classics. " These," said Pleydell, " are my tools of trade. A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic,...delighted with the view from the windows, which commanded that incomparable prospect of the ground between Edinburgh and the sea; the Firth of Forth, with its...

...books, the best editions of the best authors, and in particular an admirablt collection of classics. mason ; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he...delighted with the view from the windows, which commanded that incomparable prospect of the ground between Edinburgh and the sea — the Firth of Forth, with...

...Walter Scott, where, in Guy Mannering, he puts into the mouth of Mr. Counsellor Pleydell these words : "A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic,...these, he may venture to call himself an architect." The same idea is more fully elaborated by Charles Sumner in a letter to Jonathan F. Sears. "A lawyer,"...

...in particular an admirable collection of classics. "These," said Pleydell, "are my tools of trade. A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic,...delighted with the view from the windows, which commanded that incomparable prospect of the ground between Edinburgh and the sea — the Firth of Forth, with...

...profession. Sir Walter Scott, who was educated for the bar and practiced some years, declared that "a lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic,...these, he may venture to call himself an architect." Hamilton Harris loved literature scarcely less than law, as his various literary addresses attest,...