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... appearance before Lord Eskgrove at Jedburgh , 238. The Judge charged , 238. Brougham's defence of a sheep - stealer , 239. Q. Whether half- boots are boots ? 240. How far ebriety may be a defence for a husband beating his wife , 240 ...
... appearance before Lord Eskgrove at Jedburgh , 238. The Judge charged , 238. Brougham's defence of a sheep - stealer , 239. Q. Whether half- boots are boots ? 240. How far ebriety may be a defence for a husband beating his wife , 240 ...
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... appeared who was to turn him out of office . The worthy old - fashioned Peer , who had been a sincere and bigoted Tory all his life , could not look with benignity on one who , he was credibly informed , had danced round the Tree of ...
... appeared who was to turn him out of office . The worthy old - fashioned Peer , who had been a sincere and bigoted Tory all his life , could not look with benignity on one who , he was credibly informed , had danced round the Tree of ...
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... appeared very prosperous . His spirited and noble bearing had secured him a favourable hearing in the House of Commons , and his very agreeable manners had made him popular with all branches of the profession of the law . Nor did he ...
... appeared very prosperous . His spirited and noble bearing had secured him a favourable hearing in the House of Commons , and his very agreeable manners had made him popular with all branches of the profession of the law . Nor did he ...
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... appeared to great advantage compared with Gifford , his colleague , who , though naturally acute and shrewd , now lamentably exposed his defective education , and proved that his sudden and unexpected rise was a mere frolic of fortune ...
... appeared to great advantage compared with Gifford , his colleague , who , though naturally acute and shrewd , now lamentably exposed his defective education , and proved that his sudden and unexpected rise was a mere frolic of fortune ...
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... appeared A.D. 1826 . to me , without any doubt about accepting it . Indeed , though I doubted whether he would accept , as he never had been in a the Rolls . Court of Equity at all , and never would take a brief in a Scotch cause , yet ...
... appeared A.D. 1826 . to me , without any doubt about accepting it . Indeed , though I doubted whether he would accept , as he never had been in a the Rolls . Court of Equity at all , and never would take a brief in a Scotch cause , yet ...
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