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 And failing flame of water, such intents This phrase of mine obscures:

No adjective Beside to qualify the fact of her. The paint once dried, defendant made demand For sums, excess of reason, which, refused, The painter had his shameless painting set Within the windows of a coffee house, That all who paid might see and all who saw, Knowing her face,—it was a replica Most exquisite exact, her counsel saith,— Might stand and stare. To this so-stated bill Defendant has demurred.

So stands the cause. My Lords, here is no ground for equity. It is established from the earliest days