OBITER DICTA.

'An obiter dictum, in the language of the law, is a gratuitous opinion, an individual impertinence, which, whether it be wise or foolish, right or wrong, bindeth none-not even the lips that utter it.'

OLD Judge.

TWELFTH EDITION.

LONDON: ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW

1890.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

LIBRARY

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ON THE ALLEGED OBSCURITY OF MR.

BROWNING'S POETRY ·