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One of the points of his speech
People look at the exhibits
First Day of Oysters
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Reversing the Proverb mb-width 2691 One of the points of'Reversing the Proverb', 1864. The Oyster where it ought to be, And Shell and Shell the Lawyer's Fee. Here, the plaintiff whose case is settled is walking away with the oyster, and the lawyer and barrister get the shells. Punch makes the point that usually it was the other way round. This cartoon may be satirising the length of the average Chancery case during the mid Victorian period. Some of these cases might last for decades, and people joined in
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