"Nearly a month since, accident gave the clerk in question an opportunity of looking into one of the
documents on his master's table, which had attracted his attention from a slight peculiar ity in the form and color of the paper.
But nothing sensational was discovered among the
documents which filled his drawers.
The next paragraph asserted that the said Eustace Macallan, taken before John Daviot, Esquire, advocate, Sheriff-Substitute of Mid-Lothian, did in his presence at Edinburgh (on a given date, viz., the 29th of October), subscribe a Declaration stating his innocence of the alleged crime: this Declaration being reserved in the Indictment--together with certain
documents, papers and articles, enumerated in an Inventory--to be used in evidence against the prisoner.
I therefore felt disposed to undertake the task, provided
documents of sufficient extent and minuteness could be furnished to me.
Brooke, with an easy smile, "but I have
documents. I began a long while ago to collect
documents.
The "Epigrams of Homer" are derived from the pseudo-Herodotean "Life of Homer", but many of them occur in other
documents such as the "Contest of Homer and Hesiod", or are quoted by various ancient authors.
"Tom, if I could show you the translations I have made of the ancient
documents, referring to this idol and the wonderful city over which it kept guard, I'm sure you'd come with us."
The inspector begged the Englishman to seat himself in an arm-chair, and placed before him the register and
documents relative to the Chateau d'If, giving him all the time he desired for the examination, while De Boville seated himself in a corner, and began to read his newspaper.
It seems as though they had some objection to committing important
documents to the post."
Remarkable
documents,' added the lawyer, raising his eyes to the ceiling,
You must know that I had been engaged on the same sort of work yesterday, and that, while executing it, I had been approached by Timothei Ivanovitch with an urgent request for a particular
document. "Makar Alexievitch," he had said, "pray copy this out for me.
They would, they said, send an escort of Sagoths with me to fetch the precious
document from its hiding-place, keeping Dian at Phutra as a hostage and releasing us both the moment that the
document was safely restored to their queen.