Word: bench
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...which he mastered every subject submitted for his examination in all its parts and relations, and was able to reach conclusions with almost unerring judgment. He had eminently legal and judicial qualities of mind which placed him in the first rank at the bar, as well as upon the bench. To these qualities he added the graces and amenities of a gentleman, which attached to him a wide circle of personal friends. He died at the age of sixty-five, in the midst of professional success, and in the full enjoyment of the confidence and respect of all who knew...
AGED PROFESSOR (to student at end of bench). Why is yonder organ like unto a widow...
...volume in French, which a scandalized bench...