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Article ADVICE TO AN ATTORNEY'S CLERK. ← Page 3 of 3 Article ORIGIN OF THE MAY-POLE. Page 1 of 2 →
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Advice To An Attorney's Clerk.
were not prepared—the witnesses were not in the Ava } ' —and , if you are hard pushed , you may swear that the judge was in an ill humour , and that you chose rather to be nonsuited , than lose your cause irretrievably . If the client is rich , you may tip your employer the wink , and he will back you with a thousand cases in point , as he cannot in conscience be angry with the nursing a fat cause for six months longer ,
which , had not your prudence interfered , the Lord Chief Justice mig ht have weaned immediately . After "having acquired 'die learning—Avhich some silly people define to be the quirks and quibbles of your trade—you will undoubtedly have some thoughts of setting up for yourself ; as it will therefore be necessary to frequent good company on the score of practice , 1 Avould advise you to dine at the Go , drink ale and smoke at the Blue Roarer , sup at the Glue , and take your morning coffee at the Finish .
Origin Of The May-Pole.
ORIGIN OF THE MAY-POLE .
FOR THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE .
AN attempt has been made in this age of discovery , to prove the May-pole of Saxon invention , and that it originated in the days of rustic freedom ; on which account it has been called the English Tree of Liberty . It has also been asked , with peculiar emphasis , Are there many such ? I answer , as boldly , Tes—and will add , by way of illustration , that every sign-post may be called a Tree of Liberty , as it the house to
indicates that freedom and ease are to be enjoyed in which it invites . There is likewise to be found in it full freedom of debate ; nor does oppression prevent a manly and decent observation on public affairs from being made therein . I shall again add , that every reA'erend oak on the village plain , or solemn yew in the country churchyardis a Tree of Liberty—under which the happy peasants
, of this land can talk on matters of church and state as they please . The origin of the May-pole is much earlier than has been described by the sagacious observer to whom I allude . I can have no doubt but that the Spring was very early a season of rejoicing among all the inhabitants of the earth . Certain it is , that as earlas the time of Solomon it was considered as the peculiar season
y of joy and love . In the Canticles , chap . ii . ver . 10 , the spouse represents her lover as'saying , " My beloved spake , and said ' unto me , Rise up , my love , my fair one , and come away . For lo , the winter is past , the rain is over and gone . The flowers appear on the earth , the time of the singing of birds is come , and the voice of the turtle is heard in « ur laud . " The fig-tree putteth forth her green figs , and
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Advice To An Attorney's Clerk.
were not prepared—the witnesses were not in the Ava } ' —and , if you are hard pushed , you may swear that the judge was in an ill humour , and that you chose rather to be nonsuited , than lose your cause irretrievably . If the client is rich , you may tip your employer the wink , and he will back you with a thousand cases in point , as he cannot in conscience be angry with the nursing a fat cause for six months longer ,
which , had not your prudence interfered , the Lord Chief Justice mig ht have weaned immediately . After "having acquired 'die learning—Avhich some silly people define to be the quirks and quibbles of your trade—you will undoubtedly have some thoughts of setting up for yourself ; as it will therefore be necessary to frequent good company on the score of practice , 1 Avould advise you to dine at the Go , drink ale and smoke at the Blue Roarer , sup at the Glue , and take your morning coffee at the Finish .
Origin Of The May-Pole.
ORIGIN OF THE MAY-POLE .
FOR THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE .
AN attempt has been made in this age of discovery , to prove the May-pole of Saxon invention , and that it originated in the days of rustic freedom ; on which account it has been called the English Tree of Liberty . It has also been asked , with peculiar emphasis , Are there many such ? I answer , as boldly , Tes—and will add , by way of illustration , that every sign-post may be called a Tree of Liberty , as it the house to
indicates that freedom and ease are to be enjoyed in which it invites . There is likewise to be found in it full freedom of debate ; nor does oppression prevent a manly and decent observation on public affairs from being made therein . I shall again add , that every reA'erend oak on the village plain , or solemn yew in the country churchyardis a Tree of Liberty—under which the happy peasants
, of this land can talk on matters of church and state as they please . The origin of the May-pole is much earlier than has been described by the sagacious observer to whom I allude . I can have no doubt but that the Spring was very early a season of rejoicing among all the inhabitants of the earth . Certain it is , that as earlas the time of Solomon it was considered as the peculiar season
y of joy and love . In the Canticles , chap . ii . ver . 10 , the spouse represents her lover as'saying , " My beloved spake , and said ' unto me , Rise up , my love , my fair one , and come away . For lo , the winter is past , the rain is over and gone . The flowers appear on the earth , the time of the singing of birds is come , and the voice of the turtle is heard in « ur laud . " The fig-tree putteth forth her green figs , and