Whether he blunders at the bar, Or owes his infamy to war; 40 Or if by licence or degree The sexton shares the doctor's fee:

Independent, however, of the serious injuries and great errors persons of the class above described cannot fail to commit in the exercise of their functions, purely judicial, the consequences of their inordinate avarice are still more lamentable, and the tacit permission to satisfy it, granted to them by the government under the specious title of a licence to trade.

Scarcely are they seated in the place of authority, when they become the chief consumers, purchasers, and exporters of every thing produced and manufactured within the districts under their command, thus converting their licence to trade into a positive monopoly.

Their horses giving in, Oakden and Hulkes returned, but although they applied for a squatting licence for the country they had been over, it was not then settled or stocked.

Soon, very soon, if you will have her!' 'I will have her to-morrow, if there is time to get a special licence,' exclaimed Hammond, bending down to kiss the dowager's hand, radiant with delight.

'You shall marry her very soon, if you like, marry her by special licence, in this room.

And now, dear Lady Maulevrier, give me but your consent, and I am off to York this afternoon, to interview the Archbishop, and get the special licence, which will allow me to we

' 'I have no objection to your getting the licence immediately; but you must let me write a cheque before you go.

A special licence is expensiveI believe it costs fifty pounds.

BY SPECIAL LICENCE.

'Lady Mary is going to be married to Mr. Hammond, by special licence, in this room, to-morrow afternoon, if it can be managed so soon,' said Lady Maulevrier.

I have had a telegram from Hammond, who has got the licence, and will come at half-past one.

It will not be a brilliant wedding, Mary, or a costly ceremonial, except for the licence.'

And now, all in a moment, he was sent off to get a special licence.

She was married yesterday afternoon in my morning room, by special licence, to the Earl of Hartfield, the lover of her choice, whom we at Fellside have all known as plain John Hammond.

Howsoever extravagant he may be in his notions of poetic licence, that licence is never with him a synonym for licentiousness.

Howsoever extravagant he may be in his notions of poetic licence, that licence is never with him a synonym for licentiousness.

Here is the licence to prove it.

He commissioned me, gentlemen," he continued, "to procure him a false licence and a false priest in order to deceive this young lady.

What did I do, but went and got a true licence and a true priest.

To my shame, I confess it, my only design was to keep the licence and let the squire know that I could prove it upon him whenever I wanted money.

He has, with an unlimited and daring licence, mixed the sacred and the profane together, the carnal and the spiritual man, the petulance of the bar with the dogmatism of the pulpit, the theatrical and theological, the modern and the obsolete;what wonder that this splendid piece of patchwork, splendid by contradiction and contrast, has delighted some and confounded others?

Mr. Irving has, in fact, without leave asked or a licence granted, converted the Caledonian Chapel into a Westminster Forum or Debating Society, with the sanctity of religion added to it.

But the common topics for the prosecutor to employ are these, one resting on the confession of the accused person, and the other pointing out what great licence for the violation of the law will follow, if it is once laid down that the thing to be inquired into is not the action but the cause of the action.

And if such a principle is once laid down, then a reason for violating the law, and a licence to do so, is given to every one, as soon as they perceive that you as judges decide the matter in a way which depends on the ability of the man who has violated the law, and not with reference to the law which you have sworn to administer.

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They wouldn't 'ear of it at fust, but arter Smith 'ad pointed out that they might 'ave to go to jail with Henery, and said things about 'is license, they gave way.