The poetical works of John Godfrey Saxe Household Edition : with illustrations |
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ON AN ILL-READ LAWYER. |
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ON AN ILL-READ LAWYER.
An idle attorney besought a brotherFor something to read,—some novel or other,
That was really fresh and new.
“Take Chitty!” replied his legal friend,
“There is n't a book that I could lend
Would prove more novel to you!”
| The poetical works of John Godfrey Saxe | |