The elements he lives in:"

his voice, manner, and personal appearance, are not the happiest; but
the gigantic powers of his mind, and the energy of his unconquerable
spirit, rise superior to these defects. His style of speaking is marked
by a nervous freedom of the most convincing character; he aims little at
refinement, and labours more to make himself intelligible than elegant.
In zeal for his clients, no man is more indefatigable; and he always
appears to dart forward with an undaunted resolution to overcome and
accomplish. But here I must stop sketching characters, and refer you
to a very able representation of the court, the bar, and jury, by
our friend Transit, in which are accurate likenesses of all I have
previously named, and also of the following worthies, Messrs. Raine,
Pollock, Ashworth, Courtney, Starkie, Williams, Parke, Rotch, Piatt,
Patterson, Raper, Browne, Lawrence, and Whately, to which are added some
whom--

"God forbid me if I slander them with the title of learned,
for generally they are not."--Nash's Lenten Stuff, 1599.

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We were just clearing the steps of the court house, when a
jolly-looking, knowing sort of fellow, begged permission to speak to
Echo. A crimson flush o'erspread Tom's countenance in a moment. Transit,
who was down, as he phrased it, tipped me a wink; and although I had
never before seen either of the professional brothers-in-law, John Doe
and Richard Roe, the smart jockey-boots, short stick, sturdy appearance,
and taking manners of the worthy, convinced me at once, that our new
acquaintance was one or other of those well-known personages: to
be brief, poor Tom was arrested for a large sum by a Bond-street
hotel-keeper, who had trusted him somewhat too long.

~362~~Arrangement by bail was impossible: this was a proceeding on a
judgment; and with as little ceremony, and as much _sang froid_ as
he would have entered a theatre, poor Tom was placed inside a hackney
coach, accompanied by the aforesaid personage and his man, and drove off
in apparent good spirits for the King's Bench Prison, where Transit and
myself promised to attend him on the morrow, employing the mean time in
attempting to free him from durance vile. It was about twelve at noon of
the next day, when Transit and myself, accompanied by Tom's creditor
and his solicitor, traversed over Waterloo Bridge, and bent our steps
towards the abode of our incarcerated friend.