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"And we are Generals from Pettifoggers Street, you know!" cried the Generals joyfully.

From A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

And to the same Purpose, not only almost all the Francogallican Historians, but even all the Lawyers and Pettifoggers have wrote to this Day, as Paponius testifies, Arrest. lib.

From Franco-Gallia Or, An Account of the Ancient Free State of France, and Most Other Parts of Europe, Before the Loss of Their Liberties by Hotman, François

And he built a ship—not a ship exactly, but a boat—so that they could sail across the ocean-sea, up to Pettifoggers Street.

From A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

"What is going on now in Pettifoggers Street, your Excellency?" one General asked the other.

From A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

At last, behold Mother Nevá, and the splendid Katherine Canal, and great Pettifoggers Street!

From A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections by Hapgood, Isabel Florence