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Page 408
... Lord Justice Stowell of the Hadmir'lty . ' Tother's Baron Garrow of the Common Law ; a beast ; him as hanged that kid . You can sass him ; it doesn't matter . " Lord Stowell waved his hand to the clerk with the ragged gown ; the book ...
... Lord Justice Stowell of the Hadmir'lty . ' Tother's Baron Garrow of the Common Law ; a beast ; him as hanged that kid . You can sass him ; it doesn't matter . " Lord Stowell waved his hand to the clerk with the ragged gown ; the book ...
Page 409
... Lord Stowell said , " Yes , yes ; " and then , " Now , Mr. King's Advocate , I suppose Mr. Alfonso Jervis opens for you . " A dusty wig swam up from just below my left hand , almost to a level with the dock . The old judge shut his eyes ...
... Lord Stowell said , " Yes , yes ; " and then , " Now , Mr. King's Advocate , I suppose Mr. Alfonso Jervis opens for you . " A dusty wig swam up from just below my left hand , almost to a level with the dock . The old judge shut his eyes ...
Page 411
... Lord I protest . This is perjury . I was not the man . It was Nichols , a Nova Sco- tian . " Mr. Baron Garrow roared , " Silence , " his face suffused with blood . Old Lord Stowell ... God forbid , " he said ; " but at the proper time you can ...
... Lord I protest . This is perjury . I was not the man . It was Nichols , a Nova Sco- tian . " Mr. Baron Garrow roared , " Silence , " his face suffused with blood . Old Lord Stowell ... God forbid , " he said ; " but at the proper time you can ...
Page 412
... God's sake , don't perjure yourself . You are a decent man . " " No , I won't swear , " he said slowly . " I think he ... Lord Later , another vessel , an American , had and the pirates had gone in chase of her . Stowell moved one of his ...
... God's sake , don't perjure yourself . You are a decent man . " " No , I won't swear , " he said slowly . " I think he ... Lord Later , another vessel , an American , had and the pirates had gone in chase of her . Stowell moved one of his ...
Page 415
... Lord Stowell shivered , and said suddenly with haste , " Mr. Oldham , address yourself to Sir Robert . " I was almost happy ; the cloven hoof had peeped so damningly out . The little man bowed briskly to the old judge , asked for a ...
... Lord Stowell shivered , and said suddenly with haste , " Mr. Oldham , address yourself to Sir Robert . " I was almost happy ; the cloven hoof had peeped so damningly out . The little man bowed briskly to the old judge , asked for a ...
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Page 41 - Here's the mahn ye were speerin' after. Here's Macdonald." It was the voice of Barnes, and the voice of the every day. I discovered that I had been tremendously upset. The pulses in my temples were throbbing, and I wanted to shut my eyes — to sleep! I was tired; Romance had departed. Barnes and the Macdonald he had found for me represented all the laborious insects of the world; all the ants who are forever hauling immensely heavy and immensely unimportant burdens up weary hillocks, down steep...