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Court would call "one of the swells," -- so as to enjoy the privilege of being a benchfellow with the judge on the seat of judgment.
Phineas Redux Anthony Trollope 1848
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Court would call “one of the swells’ — so as to enjoy the privilege of being a benchfellow with the judge on the seat of judgment.
Phineas Redux 2004
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The task of seeing an important trial at the Old Bailey is by no means a pleasant business, unless you be what the denizens of the Court would call "one of the swells '-- so as to enjoy the privilege of being a benchfellow with the judge on the seat of judgment.
Phineas Redux 1873
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