...with hrs . - eld bid pfoverbj " learning is better than house or land;" Out of forty-nine suits Vvhich he had, he never lost one but seventeen; the rest he gained with costs, double costSj treble costs sometimes—- but even that did not pay i He was a very learned man in the law,...

...could hardly turn about for them. I made bold to shrug my shoulders once in his presence, and thanked my stars I was not born a gentleman to so much toil...— but Sir Murtagh took me up short with his old old proverb, " learning is better thari house or land." Out of forty-nine suits which he had, he never...

...could hardly turn about for. them. I made bold to shrug my shoulders once in his presence* and thanked my stars I was not born a gentleman to so much toil...— but Sir Murtagh took me up short with his old % learning is better than house or land." Out of forty-nine suits which he had, he never lost one but...

...could hardly turn about for them. I made bold to shrug my shoulders once in his presence, and thanked my stars I was not born a. gentleman to so much toil...— but Sir Murtagh took me up short with his old' old proverb, "learning is better than house or land." Out of forty-nine suits which he had, he never...

...for my lord's nag. The boor's wife has sons, They must go to look after my lord's poultry." Page 80. Out of forty-nine suits which he had, he never lost one — but seventeen. — Thady's language in this instance is a specimen of a mode of rhetoric common in Ireland. An astonishing...

...for my lord's nag. The boor's wife has sons, They must go to look after my lord's poultry." Page 17- Out of forty-nine suits which he had, he never lost one— but seventeen — Thady's language in this instance is a specimen of a mode of rhetoric common in Ireland. An astonishing...

...could hardly turn about for them. I made bold to shrug my shoulders once in his presence, and thanked my stars I was not born a gentleman to so much toil...gained with costs, double costs, treble costs sometimes ; bat even that did not pay. He was a very learned man in the law, and had the character of it ; but...

...could hardly turn about for them. I made bold to shrug my shoulders once in his presence, and thanked my stars I was not born a gentleman to so much toil...gained with costs, double costs, treble costs sometimes ; bat even that did not pay. He was a very learned man in the law, and had the character of it ; but...

...the face of the earth furnished him good matter for a suit. He used to boast that he had a law suit for every letter in the alphabet. How I used to wonder...Sir Murtagh took me up short with his old proverb, K Learning is better than house or land. " Out of forty-nine suits which he had, he never lost one...

...could hardly turn about for them. I made bold to shrug my shoulders once in his presence, and thanked my stars I was not born a gentleman to so much toil...suits which ^ he had, he never lost one but seventeen ; l the rest he gained •) with costs, double costs, treble costs sometimes ; but even ! that did...