Take Caee or Your Le&s, Boys.—Robert Henly, an able barrister, raised to the woolsack in the early part of the reign of George 111, had been in his youth a hard drinker. Shuffling into his place in the House of Lords, tortured by the gout, he was heard to mutter :" 0, dear! If I had known that these legs were one day to carry a Lord Chancellor, I'd have taken better care of them when I was young. ,r
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 14, Issue 721, 27 September 1869, Page 3
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79Untitled Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 14, Issue 721, 27 September 1869, Page 3
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