Fufidius himself was likewise a tolerable pleader. From Wordnik.com. [Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker.] Reference
Mr. Sludge is a bad Yankee, as well as impudent pleader. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864] Reference
That's my case, madam, 'added the juvenile pleader, with. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Mary] Reference
Where stands a pleader just prepar'd to rouse our tears. From Wordnik.com. [The Poems and Fragments of Catullus] Reference
He occupied a position of some eminence as a pleader at the. From Wordnik.com. [The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus] Reference
Tonight the fighter was gone, and the pleader took his place. From Wordnik.com. [The Kentucky Ranger] Reference
"But now you've struck it rich, pardner," went on the pleader. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon, or, the Longest Shots on Record] Reference
In that bright assembly we find no orator, no pleader of causes. From Wordnik.com. [A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements] Reference
She listening, as women always listen when the pleader is eloquent. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
She caught it up and fondled it, the knowing little pleader mewing such. From Wordnik.com. [The Heiress of Wyvern Court] Reference
Fronto, M. Cornelius, a rhetorician and pleader, made consul in 143 A.D. From Wordnik.com. [Meditations] Reference
I consider him a fine jurist, an eloquent pleader, and a perfect gentleman. From Wordnik.com. [That Mainwaring Affair] Reference
At the bar he became known as a sound, but not especially brilliant pleader. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail] Reference
He's a good conveyancer, but he isn't any pleader and doesn't pretend to be. From Wordnik.com. [The Imperialist] Reference
The youthful pleader had unconsciously used the most potent argument possible. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
He was already a man of established reputation both as a pleader and a writer. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order] Reference
Quintilian engaged as a pleader at Rome, and makes some references to his cases. From Wordnik.com. [The Student's Companion to Latin Authors] Reference
To one such pleader, the President severely, but humorously, responded, in writing. From Wordnik.com. [The Lincoln Story Book] Reference
As before, the serio-comic pleader was successful, and obtained the desired injunctions. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
And the little pleader there in the bed looked so eager and longing -- so Blossom-sweet!. From Wordnik.com. [Judith Lynn A Story of the Sea] Reference
As a technical pleader, though he stood high, there were others upon the circuit equally gifted. From Wordnik.com. [Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men] Reference
The same story is told of an eminent Irish lawyer, who had offended the client of a rival pleader. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Myrtle had, perhaps, never so seriously inclined her ear to the honeyed accents of the young pleader. From Wordnik.com. [Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers] Reference
He is fitted to be a consulting lawyer or court pleader, and could occupy a chair in a college of law. From Wordnik.com. [Five Lectures on Blindness] Reference
He was conceded to be an able lawyer, perhaps the best land lawyer and special pleader in that part of Ohio. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
The following letters show the earnestness of the pleader, and prove the caution and subtlety of the General. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I.] Reference
Chamillart, comptroller-general of the finances in the reign of Louis XIV., had been a celebrated pleader. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes Historical, Literary, and Humorous—A New Selection] Reference
The Scotch bar had once to boast in Mr. Erskine, of Cardross, of a pleader quite as diminutive as Mr. Collis. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes Historical, Literary, and Humorous—A New Selection] Reference
This was the pleader of the court-house rally, and she forgot the gaucheries and limitations of a moment since. From Wordnik.com. [The Henchman] Reference
Moreover, if a pleader is long-winded, you will not be fasting and chafing and seeking vengeance on the accused. From Wordnik.com. [The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2] Reference
His arms encircled the shoulders of the adorable pleader, and his lips were buried in the masses of her dark hair. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
In one of these absences his wife deemed it fit for his coming dignity of pleader to have a second story and roof of. From Wordnik.com. [The Lincoln Story Book] Reference
The unsuccessful pleader covered her face with her hands for a few moments; then raising her head said, slowly and sadly. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience] Reference
Although the life of a soldier sleeping on post was at stake, the pleader wished to forbear on finding that the supreme decider, the. From Wordnik.com. [The Lincoln Story Book] Reference
As soon as the pleader presented himself, Mr. Lincoln assumed an easy attitude, legs stretched, leaning back, and read the petition. From Wordnik.com. [The Lincoln Story Book] Reference
He used, on some occasions, to plead in the Norfolk Courts, and we have frequently seen him opposed to his father as a special pleader. From Wordnik.com. [A Sketch of the Life of the late Henry Cooper Barrister-at-Law, of the Norfolk Circuit; as also, of his Father] Reference
But upon this subject, she was as dexterous a special pleader as Neale, and as skilful in giving a false coloring to facts, as D'Aubigné. From Wordnik.com. [Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States] Reference
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