Sober as a judge (1682)

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(OCLC WORLDCAT)
Sober as a judge.
Author: Cecil, Henry, 1902-
Publication: New York, Harper 1958
Document: English : Book  : Fiction
Libraries Worldwide: 174

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Peoples Press -  6/5/1835
...thAi to one DAvid, while my heAd is AS SOBER AS A JUDGE. They were corned.....And only in obedience to his judgment SOBER reASon is not precipitAte; but..
Gettysburg,  Pennsylvania     Friday, June 05, 1835   661 k

Zanesville Courier -  3/6/1849
...took him At his wArd, reformed, wAS AS SOBER AS A JUDGE, And tho other dAy, the.....oturdy, of course, miido no secret of JUDGE of I In9th Circuit, is repirdrxl..
Zanesville,  Ohio     Tuesday, March 06, 1849   743 k

Adams Sentinel -  6/20/1853
...object of his seArch but Ao eo, he wAS SOBER AS A JUDGE. He lifted tbe edge of.....looked under it, And even going so fAr AS to brush her dress pArtiAlly ASide AS..
Gettysburg,  Pennsylvania     Monday, June 20, 1853   1013 k

Daily Globe -  11/15/1854
...A witness, sAid the prisoner wAS AS SOBER AS A JUDGE. His lordship sAid he.....nc stAnhope. of LieutenAnt i whAt JUDGE witnesA pointed At, lo know the..
Washington,  District Of Columbia     Wednesday, November 15, 1854   1146 k

Compiler -  2/13/1860
...through th'e heAd with ApiAtol. SOBER AS A, JUDGE. A committee of the.....A juror in the Court over which this JUDGE prositfe's, swore thAt the JUDGE..
Gettysburg,  Pennsylvania     Monday, February 13, 1860   897 k

Appleton Motor -  9/6/1860
...be AnnihilAted. there stood StcwArt AS SOBER AS A JUDGE, without relAxing A.....the mArriAge." Tills wAS sAid with A SOBER And innocent look, AS if the..
Appleton,  Wisconsin     Thursday, September 06, 1860   715 k

Reno Evening Gazette -  5/13/1907
...A lArge voice but Sn reAlity he is AS SOBER AS A JUDGE, And probAbly hAS not.....At the trAck, And most of them Are AS SOBER AS church deAcons. Once in A while..
Reno,  Nevada     Monday, May 13, 1907   738 k

Lima Daily News -  5/29/1913
...j the Aphorism About being AS "SOBER AS A JUDGE." If there hAS ever.....be A historic precedent. "AS SOBER AS Teddy" mAy yet displAce..
Lima,  Ohio     Thursday, May 29, 1913   638 k

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...harmless Drudge, As grave and sober as a Judge. 'Fortune, replies...

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...as grave, and dry, and sober as a judge, forsooth! and...

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...for me; I'm scarce as sober as a judge should be....

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...fear me man, I am sober as a Judge. And how...

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...Sir, that I am as sober as a Judge; and if...

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...short as soon as she got through, and looked as sober as a Judge all the time---Even so did Chloe Dawson....

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...who but he, as fresh as a four-year-old, and as sober as a judge: 'tisn't all your fat bishops that can...

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...make no more friends than you can help, and keep sober as a judge. Come, sir, you've been talking long enough,...