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" Why should Honesty fly to some safer retreat, From attorneys and barges, od rot 'em ? For the lawyers are just at the top of the street, And the barges are just at the bottom. "
The Cornhill Magazine - Page 42
edited by - 1906
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The American Jurist and Law Magazine, Volume 6; Volume 24

1843 - 530 pages
...Honesty fly to some. safer retreat, From attorneys and barges, od rot 'em ? For the lawyers are just at the top of the street, And the barges are just at the bottom.' " He had a proper, unaffected, philosophical respect for rank, but he had formed too true and precise...
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The Companion: After-dinner Table-talk

Robert Conger Pell - 1850 - 196 pages
...Honesty fly to some safer retreat, From attorneys and barges, od rot 'em ? For the lawyers are just at the top of the street, And the barges are just at the bottom.' " He had a keen relish for life, but he spoke calmly and indifferently about dying — as in the verses...
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Table-talk on Books, Men, and Manners

Robert Conger Pell - 1853 - 252 pages
...Honesty fly to some safer retreat, From attorneys and barges, od rot 'em ? For the lawyers axe just at the top of the street, And the barges are just at the bottom.' " He had a keen relish for life, but he spoke calmly and indifferently about dying — as in the verses...
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Cyclopædia of Literary and Scientific Anecdote: Illustrations of the ...

William Keddie - 1854 - 400 pages
...Honesty fly to some safer retreat, From attorneys and barges, od rot 'em ? For the lawyers are just at the top of the street, And the barges are just at the bottom.' " BISHOP HOUGH. Doctor Hough, bishop of Worcester, who was as remarkable for the evenness of his temper...
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Sydney Smith

Abraham Hayward - 1858 - 494 pages
...Honesty fly to some safer retreat, From attorneys and barges, *od rot 'em ? For the lawyers are just at the top of the street, And the barges are just at the bottom.'" He had a proper, unaffected, philosophical respect for rank j but he had formed too true and precise...
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The Historical Magazine and Notes and Queries Concerning the ..., Volume 3

John Ward Dean, George Folsom, John Gilmary Shea, Henry Reed Stiles, Henry Barton Dawson - 1859 - 464 pages
...honesty fly to some safer retreat, From the lawyers and barges, odd rot 'em, When the lawyers are mat at the top of the street, And the barges are just at the bottom. CONTRIBUTORS то TUE " NORTH AMEBICAN REVIEW " FROM ITS COMMENCEMENT то ТПЕ PRESENT TIME.—...
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Wit and Wisdom; Jokes, Conundrums, Sentiments, and Aphorisms

Wit - 1860 - 288 pages
...honesty fly from the great retreat Of the lawyers and barges, 'Od rot 'em,' When the lawyers are just at the top of the street, And the barges are just at the bottom ?" A conceited fellow, in introducing his friend into company, said, " Gentlemen, I assure you he is...
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The wild garland; or, Curiosities of poetry, selected by I.J. Reeve, Volume 2

Isaac Jack Reeve - 1866 - 332 pages
...honesty seek any safer retreat, From the lawyers, or barges, odd rot 'em ? For the lawyers are just at the top of the street, And the barges are just at the bottom. SIR GEOEGE ROSE. INSCRIPTION FOR INNER-TEMPLE OATE. As by the Templars' hold yon go, The Horse and...
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Books and Authors; Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches

Books - 1868 - 220 pages
...Honesty fly to some safer retreat, From attorneys and barges, od rot 'em ? For the lawyers are /MS* at the top of the street, And the barges are just at the bottom."' CONTEMPORARY COPYRIGHTS. THE late Mr. Tegg, the publisher in Cheapside, gave the following list of...
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Epigrams and Literary Follies

Epigrams - 1868 - 144 pages
...Honesty fly to some safer retreat, From attorneys and barges, od rot 'em ? For the lawyers sue just at the top of the street, And the barges are just at the bottom." A FLUENT TALKER. Lysander talks extremely well; On any subject let him dwell, His tropes and figures...
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