Briefless Ballads and Legal Lyrics: Second Series

By James Williams

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: Dec 10, 2019
• ISBN: 4064066224509

James Williams

Mindful Dad, Counsellor MBAC, parent mentor and author helping sensitive children to be better understood so they can thrive in our overwhelming world. High sensitivity has a massive impact on my family's life, and coming to understand the trait has transformed our lives – for the better. Before we understood high sensitivity we were bumbling about in the dark; now we're in the light.

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James Williams

Briefless Ballads and Legal Lyrics

Second Series

Published by Good Press, 2022

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EAN 4064066224509

Table of Contents

Justinian at Windermere

A Vision of Legal Shadows

The Squire's Daughter

Her Letter in Chambers

Law and Poetry

Somewhere

Roman Law

Bologna

A Garden Party in the Temple

The Spinning-House of the Future

How we found our Verdict

A Greek Libel

Le Temps Passé

Lawn Tennis in the Temple Gardens

A Ballade of Lost Law

Comœdia Juris

Cases

Cases

MYLWARD v. WELDON

HAMPDEN v. WALSH

WILLIS v. THE BISHOP OF OXFORD

DASHWOOD v. JERMYN

EX PARTE JONES

FINLAY v. CHIRNEY

POLLARD v. PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY

THE MINNEAPOLIS CASE

COMMONWEALTH v. MARZYNSKI

Translations

Translations

GREEK ANTHOLOGY

MARTIAL

THE COURT OF REASON

TO ROME

JUSTICE

THE POET AND THE ADVOCATE

Justinian at Windermere

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We

took a hundredweight of books

To Windermere between us,

Our dons had blessed our studious looks,

Had they by chance but seen us.

Maine, Blackstone, Sandars, all were there,

And Hallam's Middle Ages,

And Austin with his style so rare,

And Poste's enticing pages.

We started well: the little inn

Was deadly dull and quiet,

As dull as Mrs. Wood's East Lynne,

Or as the verse of Wyatt.

Without distraction thus we read

From nine until eleven,

Then rowed and sailed until we fed

On potted char at seven.

Two hours of work! We could devote

Next day to recreation,

Much illness springs, so doctors note,

From lack of relaxation.

Let him read law on summer days,

Who has a soul that grovels;

Better one tale of Thackeray's

Than all Justinian's novels.

At noon we went upon the lake,

We could not stand the slowness

Of our lone inn, so dined on steak

(They called it steak) at Bowness.

We wrestled with the steak, when lo!

Rose Jack in such a hurry,

He saw a girl he used to know

In Suffolk or in Surrey.

What matter which? to think that she

Should lure him from his duty!

For Jack, I knew, would always be

A very slave to beauty.

And so it proved, alas! for Jack

Grew taciturn and thinner,

Was out all day alone, and back

Too often late for dinner.

What could I do? His walks and rows

All led