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I know you Lawyers can, with ease, Twist words and meanings as you please; That… — John Gay

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I know you Lawyers can, with ease, Twist words and meanings as you please; That language, by your skill made pliant, Will bend to favour every client.

John Gay
1732
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Gay, John. "The Dog and the Fox." Fables. London: John Knapton, Paul Knapton, and T. Cox, 1738, pt. 2, I. 1.

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