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Michaelmas term, or the battle of the loggerheads. Address'd to all the Learned Members of Rufus-Hall, and the Inns of C-t. A Ballad to the Tune of Dear Catholic Brother. Publish'd from a MS. found amongst the Papers of a noble L-d lately deceas'd.
Date: [1742]- Books
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The pleader's guide, a didactic poem, in two books, containing the conduct of a suit at law, with the arguments of Counsellor Bother'um, and Counsellor Bore'um, in an action betwixt John-a-Gull, and John-a-Gudgeon, For Assault and Battery, at a late Contested Election. By the late John Surrebutter, Esq. Special Pleader, and Barrister at law.
Anstey, John, -1819.Date: 1796- Books
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The lawyers' panic, or, Westminster Hall in an uproar, a prelude, acted at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, with universal applause. By John Dent, Author Of Too Civil BY Half, The Candidate, And The Receipt Tax, &c.
Dent, John, active 1782-1795.Date: MDCCLXXXV. [1785]- Books
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Advice to a certain Lord High Chancellor, twelve judges, 600 barristers, 700 English and 800 Irish students of the law, and 30,000 attornies! in which all the modern rules of practice are laid down and exemplified: and, among other things, some anecdotes are related, and honourable Mention made, o the following Illustrious Characters, viz. The Right Hon. Edward Lord Thurlow. Mr. Holloway, Attorney. The Right Hon. William Pitt. George Barrington. Lloyd Lord Kenyon. Mr. Justice Ashurst. Mr. Justice Grose. The Hon. Thomas Erskine. The Respectable Messrs. Priddle and Sambich, Attornies. Counsellor Garrow, &c. &c. Strongly Recommended to all Gentlemen who Wish to know the Law; and to all Clients whose Persons or Fortunes are in the Power of Lawyers.
Date: M.DCC.XCII. [1792]