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WHEN Maurice Margarot was tried at Edinburgh for sedition, the Lord
Justice asked him, Hae you ony counsel, mon?--No.--Do you want to
hae ony appointed?--I only want an interpreter to make me understand
what your lordships say.
CXXXIII--EASY AS LYING.
ERSKINE, examining a bumptious fellow, asked him, if he were not a
rider? I'm a traveller, sir, replied the witness, with an air of
offended importance. Indeed, sir. And, pray, are you addicted to the
failing usually attributed to travellers?
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