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wish you, therefore, no further to confide in 

 what I say, than as I confirm my assertions 

 by facts ; and to regard me, on this occasion, 

 in the Hght I appear to myself, as one ven- 

 turing to come forwards a voluntary advo- 

 cate in the cause of Hunter versus Cuvier 

 and others, and in this character I may thus 

 address you. < 



Gentlemen, (of the Jury), I trust I can 

 prove to your perfect conviction, by ample 

 and incontrovertible evidence, that my 

 client died seised and possessed of very 

 considerable literary property, the hard- 

 earned gainings of great talent and unpa- 

 ralleled industry. It is not, however, for 

 the property that I plead, because that is 

 already secured ; it is fenced in, land- 

 marks are set up, it is registered in public 

 documents. I plead only, for the resti- 

 tution of a great and accumulated income 

 of reputation, derivable from that property ; 

 which I trust you will perceive to be justly 

 due, and will consequently award to my 

 client and his country. In mentioning our 

 country, think not, that pleader-like, I wish 



