Take to the study of the law. Possession is nine points of it, which thou hast of me. Self-possession is the tenth.
R.D. Blackmore...because I rant not, neither rave of what I feel, can you be so shallow as to dream that I feel nothing?
R.D. BlackmoreKnowing Master Huckaback to be a man of his word, as well as one who would have others so, I was careful to be in good time the next morning . . .
R.D. Blackmore'Curio vult advisari,' as the lawyers say; which means, 'Let us have another glass, and then we can think about it.'
R.D. Blackmore