Kay's Edinburgh portraits : a series of anecdotal biographies chiefly of Scotchmen . played as a feudal lawyer, in the management of these cases—some ofthem of the greatest importance—obtained for him a degree of reputationwhich soon became for him substantially apparent in the rapid increaseof his general practice. The easy unaffected manners of Mr. MQueenalso tended much to promote success. At those meetings called con-sultations, which, for many years after his admission to the bar, weregenerally held in taverns, he peculiarly shone, both in legal andsocial qualifications. Ultimately his pr
Kay's Edinburgh portraits : a series of anecdotal biographies chiefly of Scotchmen . played as a feudal lawyer, in the management of these cases—some ofthem of the greatest importance—obtained for him a degree of reputationwhich soon became for him substantially apparent in the rapid increaseof his general practice. The easy unaffected manners of Mr. MQueenalso tended much to promote success. At those meetings called con-sultations, which, for many years after his admission to the bar, weregenerally held in taverns, he peculiarly shone, both in legal andsocial qualifications. Ultimately his practice became so great, especiallybefore the Lord Ordinary, that he has been repeatedlj^ known to pleadfrom fifteen to twenty causes in one day. Some idea of the iutluenceand high character to which he had attained as an advocate, may begathered from the couplet in the Court of Session Garland, byBoswell:— However of oar cause not being the whole Lords we straightway reclaimed ;And our petition was appointed to be seen,Because it xvaa drawn hij Robbie f5
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