. Death's doings: consisting of numerous original compositions, in verse and prose, the friendly contributions of various writers; principally intended as illustrations of thirty copperplates . s—For clever Lawyers there, with ease,Get fame, as well as lots of fees!He should no legal mode publics follies to correct;By this I mean, a good tacticianShould fearlessly perform his mission,Nor suffer any threadbare maximBout want of honesty to tax him— DEATH. Hold ! hold !—for Honestys the words by Lawyers heard enough!—so, come with me. LAWYER. Oh, no ! we never sh
. Death's doings: consisting of numerous original compositions, in verse and prose, the friendly contributions of various writers; principally intended as illustrations of thirty copperplates . s—For clever Lawyers there, with ease,Get fame, as well as lots of fees!He should no legal mode publics follies to correct;By this I mean, a good tacticianShould fearlessly perform his mission,Nor suffer any threadbare maximBout want of honesty to tax him— DEATH. Hold ! hold !—for Honestys the words by Lawyers heard enough!—so, come with me. LAWYER. Oh, no ! we never should agree ;Besides, you said, some other dayYoud call, when I was in the way. DEATH. I own I did—then, be it so,And when you feel disposd to go. ^4 386 DEATH S DOINGS. Perhaps youll kindly let me know :— As to the cause I had to try With you—why, let it een stand by— Some other time will do—Ill now. With your permission, make my bow ; But dont forget me ! if you do, Ill certainly remember you. And you shall recollect this warning;— Good morning to you. Sir—good morning ! Next time youll go /—Ill not be flammd. {Exit Death. LAWYER (solus). Go!—if I do go, S. 387 L A W * To him who goes to law, nine things are requi-site. First, a good deal of money; secondly, agood deal of patience; thirdly, a good cause;fourthly, a good attorney; fifthly, a good counsel;sixthly, good evidence; seventhly, a good jury;eighthly, a good judge ; and, ninthly, good lucky Law has been most aptly compared to an ab-sorbent pipe or channel, through which, whatever maybe poured into it, nothing passes; and its delay andexpense have been exemplified by a chancery suit,which, having maintained its conductor for thirtyyears, is left as a notable legacy to his heir. It hasbeen made a question, whether more than half theestates in this kingdom would not change possessors,was their legality properly sifted. Few, it isthought, would bear the ordeal touch of the lawyersquill; flaw i
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