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The Signs Of England.
THE SIGNS OF ENGLAND .
BY O ^ TE WHO HAS PAINTED MANY . SI UK THE SECOND . —ATTOENEYS . Reader , have you ever had a lawyer ? That is , have you ever had anybody who transacted that business for you which , as we may rather curiously , not gracefully , figure it , has prongs ? ¦ If so , you
know what it is to beat your brains and worry yourself towards the discovery of a good man—which in this instance means a good lawyer— -and afterwards to find that you must decide just as circumstances—those silken strings which sometimes turn to a net of iron —lead you . ¥ e say , if you have ever chosen a lawyer , you know what it is to cudgel your sagacity to find out the fittest man for your
purpose;—the cleverest , honestest , cheapest man of red tape . Ah ! he who really goes upon the principle of " no cure , no pay , " is the best . And he who assures you that he will never—no , never!—charge you anything , if he succeed or not in your case , is the " pearl "far , indeed , above rubies , that is , if he holds to his word .
We admire amazingly , and altogether give in to , this principle of " no cure , no pay . " Amidst the , at least , sixteen dozen law cases , plaints , assumpsits , claims , demands , rights of action , actions , and so forth—all of the justest ^ of course—and all the most certain of legal remedy , too , —all these law pleas which we have essayed or meditated—these which have fallen to our experience as our quantum
of legal weight to carry during our life , like Christian's sack of sins , through the world ; amidst all this there is not one case that we would not have put out to some lawyer , as some sages do their cloth to be made up , unless we had been deterred by that inevitable certainty , that , whether we were right or whether we were wrong , we should have to pay for our law . So much moral as well as legal
right , and so many intended good actions—law actions—have been thrown into the Thames by us , that , really , we are sick of thinking about it ! , We have , as it were , offended Justice herself—sitting , as she does , with her even balances , hoodwinked , on her stone throne—• by shaking our head at her , though she could not see it ! If we could have been sure that all those disinterested , enthusiastic
promises of victory were genuine , we would have been happy . If we could have really believed that we had such a clear case ;—if we could have seen as distinctly as the lawyer of whom we sought an opinion , that it was so faultless—that its complexion was so very fair—that it
was so obvious , so incontrovertible in any court of the United Kingdom—so very unmistakeable and evident , that the judge had only to nod his head and say , " Give this man justice ! Give it him ! Take the costs ! Here is the legal money-bag , out of winch , of full right , to help yourself ! " If , now , we could really have been convinced of ail this , we should have embraced Mr . Quirk Mr . Gammon , or Mr .
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The Signs Of England.
THE SIGNS OF ENGLAND .
BY O ^ TE WHO HAS PAINTED MANY . SI UK THE SECOND . —ATTOENEYS . Reader , have you ever had a lawyer ? That is , have you ever had anybody who transacted that business for you which , as we may rather curiously , not gracefully , figure it , has prongs ? ¦ If so , you
know what it is to beat your brains and worry yourself towards the discovery of a good man—which in this instance means a good lawyer— -and afterwards to find that you must decide just as circumstances—those silken strings which sometimes turn to a net of iron —lead you . ¥ e say , if you have ever chosen a lawyer , you know what it is to cudgel your sagacity to find out the fittest man for your
purpose;—the cleverest , honestest , cheapest man of red tape . Ah ! he who really goes upon the principle of " no cure , no pay , " is the best . And he who assures you that he will never—no , never!—charge you anything , if he succeed or not in your case , is the " pearl "far , indeed , above rubies , that is , if he holds to his word .
We admire amazingly , and altogether give in to , this principle of " no cure , no pay . " Amidst the , at least , sixteen dozen law cases , plaints , assumpsits , claims , demands , rights of action , actions , and so forth—all of the justest ^ of course—and all the most certain of legal remedy , too , —all these law pleas which we have essayed or meditated—these which have fallen to our experience as our quantum
of legal weight to carry during our life , like Christian's sack of sins , through the world ; amidst all this there is not one case that we would not have put out to some lawyer , as some sages do their cloth to be made up , unless we had been deterred by that inevitable certainty , that , whether we were right or whether we were wrong , we should have to pay for our law . So much moral as well as legal
right , and so many intended good actions—law actions—have been thrown into the Thames by us , that , really , we are sick of thinking about it ! , We have , as it were , offended Justice herself—sitting , as she does , with her even balances , hoodwinked , on her stone throne—• by shaking our head at her , though she could not see it ! If we could have been sure that all those disinterested , enthusiastic
promises of victory were genuine , we would have been happy . If we could have really believed that we had such a clear case ;—if we could have seen as distinctly as the lawyer of whom we sought an opinion , that it was so faultless—that its complexion was so very fair—that it
was so obvious , so incontrovertible in any court of the United Kingdom—so very unmistakeable and evident , that the judge had only to nod his head and say , " Give this man justice ! Give it him ! Take the costs ! Here is the legal money-bag , out of winch , of full right , to help yourself ! " If , now , we could really have been convinced of ail this , we should have embraced Mr . Quirk Mr . Gammon , or Mr .