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  • "You've got him?" ejaculated the man-of-law, aghast.

    Peg O' My Heart J. Hartley Manners 1899

  • Dropping a penny into the man's hand with a hope that it might help the monkeys to climb, Captain Bream turned into the labyrinth, and soon after found himself in a dark little room which was surrounded by piles of japanned tin boxes, and littered with bundles of documents, betokening the daily haunt of a man-of-law.

    The Young Trawler 1859

  • "I have an appointment with that wee wastrel of a man-of-law, McKinstrie, down at the Foulds.

    Patsy 1887

  • "Let me, however, caution you, my dear sir, not to be too sanguine," said the man-of-law, looking over his spectacles at his client; "you have no idea how deceptive descriptions are.

    The Young Trawler 1859

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