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The Law and Lawyers of Pickwick. _A LECTURE_. With an Original Drawing of "Mr. Serjeant Buzfuz." BY FRANK LOCKWOOD, Q.C. M.P. LONDON: _THE ROXBURGHE PRESS_, _3_, _Victoria Street_, _Westminster_, AND 32, CHARING CROSS, S.W. Uniform with this Edition. Some Thoughts Concerning Them.
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the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
From this reading “BY FRANK LOCKWOOD, Q.C. M.P. LONDON: _THE ROXBURGHE PRESS_, _3_, _Victoria Street_, _Westminster_, AND 32, CHARING CROSS, S.W. Uniform with this Edition.”
plural of “lawyer” — a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
From this reading “The Law and Lawyers of Pickwick.”
deliver a lecture or talk
preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
From this reading “With an Original Drawing of "Mr. Serjeant Buzfuz."”
exert pressure or force to or upon
always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences
From this reading “BY FRANK LOCKWOOD, Q.C. M.P. LONDON: _THE ROXBURGHE PRESS_, _3_, _Victoria Street_, _Westminster_, AND 32, CHARING CROSS, S.W. Uniform with this Edition.”
queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901)
a borough of Greater London on the Thames; contains Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey
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From this reading BY FRANK LOCKWOOD, Q.C. M.P. LONDON: _THE ROXBURGHE PRESS_, _3_, _Victoria Street_, _Westminster_, AND 32, CHARING CROSS, S.W. Uniform with this Edition.
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From this reading BY FRANK LOCKWOOD, Q.C. M.P. LONDON: _THE ROXBURGHE PRESS_, _3_, _Victoria Street_, _Westminster_, AND 32, CHARING CROSS, S.W. Uniform with this Edition.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _A LECTURE_.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading With an Original Drawing of "Mr. Serjeant Buzfuz."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Law and Lawyers of Pickwick.
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From this reading With an Original Drawing of "Mr. Serjeant Buzfuz."
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY FRANK LOCKWOOD, Q.C. M.P. LONDON: _THE ROXBURGHE PRESS_, _3_, _Victoria Street_, _Westminster_, AND 32, CHARING CROSS, S.W. Uniform with this Edition.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading BY FRANK LOCKWOOD, Q.C. M.P. LONDON: _THE ROXBURGHE PRESS_, _3_, _Victoria Street_, _Westminster_, AND 32, CHARING CROSS, S.W. Uniform with this Edition.
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From this reading BY FRANK LOCKWOOD, Q.C. M.P. LONDON: _THE ROXBURGHE PRESS_, _3_, _Victoria Street_, _Westminster_, AND 32, CHARING CROSS, S.W. Uniform with this Edition.
-ing form of “concern” — be relevant to
From this reading Some Thoughts Concerning Them.
travel across or pass over
From this reading BY FRANK LOCKWOOD, Q.C. M.P. LONDON: _THE ROXBURGHE PRESS_, _3_, _Victoria Street_, _Westminster_, AND 32, CHARING CROSS, S.W. Uniform with this Edition.
an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper
From this reading With an Original Drawing of "Mr. Serjeant Buzfuz."
the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
From this reading BY FRANK LOCKWOOD, Q.C. M.P. LONDON: _THE ROXBURGHE PRESS_, _3_, _Victoria Street_, _Westminster_, AND 32, CHARING CROSS, S.W. Uniform with this Edition.
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading BY FRANK LOCKWOOD, Q.C. M.P. LONDON: _THE ROXBURGHE PRESS_, _3_, _Victoria Street_, _Westminster_, AND 32, CHARING CROSS, S.W. Uniform with this Edition.
the collection of rules imposed by authority
From this reading The Law and Lawyers of Pickwick.
plural of “lawyer” — a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
From this reading The Law and Lawyers of Pickwick.
deliver a lecture or talk
From this reading _A LECTURE_.
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From this reading BY FRANK LOCKWOOD, Q.C. M.P. LONDON: _THE ROXBURGHE PRESS_, _3_, _Victoria Street_, _Westminster_, AND 32, CHARING CROSS, S.W. Uniform with this Edition.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading BY FRANK LOCKWOOD, Q.C. M.P. LONDON: _THE ROXBURGHE PRESS_, _3_, _Victoria Street_, _Westminster_, AND 32, CHARING CROSS, S.W. Uniform with this Edition.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading BY FRANK LOCKWOOD, Q.C. M.P. LONDON: _THE ROXBURGHE PRESS_, _3_, _Victoria Street_, _Westminster_, AND 32, CHARING CROSS, S.W. Uniform with this Edition.
a form of address for a man
From this reading With an Original Drawing of "Mr. Serjeant Buzfuz."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Law and Lawyers of Pickwick.
preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
From this reading With an Original Drawing of "Mr. Serjeant Buzfuz."
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading BY FRANK LOCKWOOD, Q.C. M.P. LONDON: _THE ROXBURGHE PRESS_, _3_, _Victoria Street_, _Westminster_, AND 32, CHARING CROSS, S.W. Uniform with this Edition.
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From this reading The Law and Lawyers of Pickwick.
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading BY FRANK LOCKWOOD, Q.C. M.P. LONDON: _THE ROXBURGHE PRESS_, _3_, _Victoria Street_, _Westminster_, AND 32, CHARING CROSS, S.W. Uniform with this Edition.
the 17th letter of the Roman alphabet
From this reading BY FRANK LOCKWOOD, Q.C. M.P. LONDON: _THE ROXBURGHE PRESS_, _3_, _Victoria Street_, _Westminster_, AND 32, CHARING CROSS, S.W. Uniform with this Edition.
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From this reading BY FRANK LOCKWOOD, Q.C. M.P. LONDON: _THE ROXBURGHE PRESS_, _3_, _Victoria Street_, _Westminster_, AND 32, CHARING CROSS, S.W. Uniform with this Edition.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading BY FRANK LOCKWOOD, Q.C. M.P. LONDON: _THE ROXBURGHE PRESS_, _3_, _Victoria Street_, _Westminster_, AND 32, CHARING CROSS, S.W. Uniform with this Edition.
an English barrister of the highest rank
From this reading With an Original Drawing of "Mr. Serjeant Buzfuz."
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Some Thoughts Concerning Them.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading BY FRANK LOCKWOOD, Q.C. M.P. LONDON: _THE ROXBURGHE PRESS_, _3_, _Victoria Street_, _Westminster_, AND 32, CHARING CROSS, S.W. Uniform with this Edition.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Law and Lawyers of Pickwick.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Some Thoughts Concerning Them.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading BY FRANK LOCKWOOD, Q.C. M.P. LONDON: _THE ROXBURGHE PRESS_, _3_, _Victoria Street_, _Westminster_, AND 32, CHARING CROSS, S.W. Uniform with this Edition.
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Some Thoughts Concerning Them.
always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences
From this reading BY FRANK LOCKWOOD, Q.C. M.P. LONDON: _THE ROXBURGHE PRESS_, _3_, _Victoria Street_, _Westminster_, AND 32, CHARING CROSS, S.W. Uniform with this Edition.
queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901)
From this reading BY FRANK LOCKWOOD, Q.C. M.P. LONDON: _THE ROXBURGHE PRESS_, _3_, _Victoria Street_, _Westminster_, AND 32, CHARING CROSS, S.W. Uniform with this Edition.
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading BY FRANK LOCKWOOD, Q.C. M.P. LONDON: _THE ROXBURGHE PRESS_, _3_, _Victoria Street_, _Westminster_, AND 32, CHARING CROSS, S.W. Uniform with this Edition.
a borough of Greater London on the Thames; contains Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey
From this reading BY FRANK LOCKWOOD, Q.C. M.P. LONDON: _THE ROXBURGHE PRESS_, _3_, _Victoria Street_, _Westminster_, AND 32, CHARING CROSS, S.W. Uniform with this Edition.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With an Original Drawing of "Mr. Serjeant Buzfuz."
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