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           IhavealreadysomeacquaintancewiththelawasadefendantoncivilprocessandIshallimmediatelyapplymyselftotheCommentariesofoneofthemosteminentandremarkableofourEnglishjurists.IbelieveitisunnecessarytoaddthatIalludetoMr.justiceBlackstone.’

           Theseobservations,andindeedthegreaterpartoftheobservationsmadethatevening,wereinterruptedbyMrs.Micawber’sdiscoveringthatMasterMicawberwassittingonhisboots,orholdinghisheadonwithbotharmsasifhefeltitloose,oraccidentallykickingTraddlesunderthetable,orshufflinghisfeetoveroneanother,orproducingthematdistancesfromhimselfapparentlyoutrageoustonature,orlyingsidewayswithhishairamongthewine-glasses,ordevelopinghisrestlessnessoflimbinsomeotherformincompatiblewiththegeneralinterestsofsociety;andbyMasterMicawber’sreceivingthosediscoveriesinaresentfulspirit.Isatallthewhile,amazedbyMr.Micawber’sdisclosure,andwonderingwhatitmeant;untilMrs.Micawberresumedthethreadofthediscourse,andclaimedmyattention.

           ‘WhatIparticularlyrequestMr.Micawbertobecarefulof,is,’saidMrs.Micawber,‘thathedoesnot,mydearMr.Copperfield,inapplyinghimselftothissubordinatebranchofthelaw,placeitoutofhispowertorise,ultimately,tothetopofthetree.IamconvincedthatMr.Micawber,givinghismindtoaprofessionsoadaptedtohisfertileresources,andhisflowoflanguage,mustdistinguishhimself.Now,forexample,Mr.

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