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ON AN ILL-READ LAWYER by JOHN GODFREY SAXE

First Line: AN IDLE ATTORNEY BESOUGHT A BROTHER
Last Line: "WOULD PROVE MORE NOVEL TO YOU!"
Subject(s): LAW & LAWYERS;
AN idle attorney besought a brother
For 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!"



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