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BOSWELLIANA. 247
was very heavy. Sir Walter opened his cause. The other party
answered, and among other objections which they stated, they
insisted on some triHing point of form, that the cause had not
been regularly put up upon the wall. Sir Walter replied to all
their objections with accuracy and spirit, but took uo notice of
the trifling point of form. ' Lord Forglen,' said Sir Walter,
' you have pleaded your cause very well, but what do you say
to the wall ? ' ' Indeed,' said he, ' my lord, I have been speaking
to it this half-hour;' and off he went in a great passion."
Lord Auchinleck.
"Jack Bowes, an Englishman, who was married to a noted
midwife at Edinburgh, and was really mad, but had great
humour, got up one day on the steps which lead up to the New
Kirk (the lady's steps), and there he gathered a crowd about
him, and preached to them. ' Gentlemen,' said he, ' you will
find my text in the 2nd Epistle of St. Paul to Timothy, the 4th
chapter, and there the 13th verse, 'The cloak that I left at
Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the
books, but especially the parchments.' 'We insist upon the first
clause. We see, gentlemen, from these words that Paul was
a presbyter, for he wore a cloak. He does not say the gown
which I left at Troas, but the cloak which I left at Troas with
Carpus, when thou comest bring with thee. Timothy, we all
know, was a bishop. Now, my friends, the doctrine I would
inculcate from this is, that a presbyter had a bishop for his
Lord Auchinleck.
"A drover owed another , as the price of lambs.
His creditor came and craved time for the money. ' John,' said
he, ' let me alone for a fortnight, for I really cannot pay you
sooner.' The creditor insisted, and called him before a judge and
put him to his oath. He swore positively that he owed no such
debt. After the court was over, the creditor asked him how he
could swear against what he had owned so often. ' Because,'
said he, ' you forced me, and I had nothing else for it ; but,
however, John, you shall lose nothing by it, for I shall give you
was very heavy. Sir Walter opened his cause. The other party
answered, and among other objections which they stated, they
insisted on some triHing point of form, that the cause had not
been regularly put up upon the wall. Sir Walter replied to all
their objections with accuracy and spirit, but took uo notice of
the trifling point of form. ' Lord Forglen,' said Sir Walter,
' you have pleaded your cause very well, but what do you say
to the wall ? ' ' Indeed,' said he, ' my lord, I have been speaking
to it this half-hour;' and off he went in a great passion."
Lord Auchinleck.
"Jack Bowes, an Englishman, who was married to a noted
midwife at Edinburgh, and was really mad, but had great
humour, got up one day on the steps which lead up to the New
Kirk (the lady's steps), and there he gathered a crowd about
him, and preached to them. ' Gentlemen,' said he, ' you will
find my text in the 2nd Epistle of St. Paul to Timothy, the 4th
chapter, and there the 13th verse, 'The cloak that I left at
Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the
books, but especially the parchments.' 'We insist upon the first
clause. We see, gentlemen, from these words that Paul was
a presbyter, for he wore a cloak. He does not say the gown
which I left at Troas, but the cloak which I left at Troas with
Carpus, when thou comest bring with thee. Timothy, we all
know, was a bishop. Now, my friends, the doctrine I would
inculcate from this is, that a presbyter had a bishop for his
Lord Auchinleck.
"A drover owed another , as the price of lambs.
His creditor came and craved time for the money. ' John,' said
he, ' let me alone for a fortnight, for I really cannot pay you
sooner.' The creditor insisted, and called him before a judge and
put him to his oath. He swore positively that he owed no such
debt. After the court was over, the creditor asked him how he
could swear against what he had owned so often. ' Because,'
said he, ' you forced me, and I had nothing else for it ; but,
however, John, you shall lose nothing by it, for I shall give you
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| Description | The commonplace book of James Boswell. With a memoir and annotations by the Rev. Charles Rogers, and introductory remarks by the Rt. Hon. Lord Houghton. [With a portrait.] |
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