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Forensic Jocularities
CONVERSATION IN CRAVEN STREET,
STRAND
JAMES SMITH:
At the top of my street the attorneys abound,
"And down at the bottom the barges are found:
Fly, Honesty, fly to some safer retreat,
For there's craft in the river, and craft in the street.
SIR GEORGE ROSE:
Why should Honesty fly to a safer retreat.
From attorneys and barges, 'od rot 'cm?
For the lawyers are just at the top of the street,
And the barges are just at the bottom.
JAMES SMITH AND SIR GEORGE ROSE.
A CHANCERY SUIT
Mr Leach made a speech,
Angry, neat, and wrong;
Mr Hart, on the other part,
Was right, dull, and long.
Mr Bell spoke very well,
Though nobody knew about what;
Mr Trower talked for an hour,
Sat down, fatigued and hot.
Mr Parker made that darker,
Which was dark enough without;
Mr Cooke quoted his book,
And the Chancellor said, J doubt.
SIR GEORGE ROSE
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