The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 14G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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... formed no part of the character of an able lawyer in those days : Sir Edward Coke , the most distinguished among the number for talents and attainments , was at the same time one of the coarsest pleaders that perhaps ever practised at ...
... formed no part of the character of an able lawyer in those days : Sir Edward Coke , the most distinguished among the number for talents and attainments , was at the same time one of the coarsest pleaders that perhaps ever practised at ...
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... formed and signed by all the principal inhabitants of the neigh- bourhood , to stand by and support their general benefactor , against any one who should attempt to offer the least injury to his person or fortune . Be- sides , the ...
... formed and signed by all the principal inhabitants of the neigh- bourhood , to stand by and support their general benefactor , against any one who should attempt to offer the least injury to his person or fortune . Be- sides , the ...
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... formed of him has been amply realized . " It is not a little to his praise , that during a period of more than seven years , in which Mr. Abbot held the important office of Speaker , no member of any party ever accused him of the ...
... formed of him has been amply realized . " It is not a little to his praise , that during a period of more than seven years , in which Mr. Abbot held the important office of Speaker , no member of any party ever accused him of the ...
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