Lexicographical Neighbors of Ludships
Literary usage of Ludships
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Comic Almanack: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales by William Makepeace Thackeray, Albert Smith, Gilbert Abbott À Beckett, Horace Mayhew (1853)
"MAY it please your ludships, Edward Thomson owns Two small estates—one let on
... I trust your ludships will not yet determine, While 'neath the weight of ..."
2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1888)
"When I 'm not doing that, I have the pleasure of addressing your ludships.
Small Advocate. I am one of Mr. JONES'S junior clerks, m'Lud. first Judge. ..."
3. The Canada Law Journal by Law Society of Upper Canada, William S. Hein & Company, Canadian Bar Association (1888)
"When I'm not doing that, I have the pleasure of addressing your ludships.
First Judge.—Has a junior clerk who assists in sweeping out the office as an ..."
4. Briefs and Papers: Sketches of the Bar and the Press by Thomas Wemyss Reid, Charles Russell Russell of Killowen (1872)
"... M' luds, I shall be followed by m' learned friend Mr. Brown, who is with me
in this case, and he will, I have pleasure in assuring your ludships, ..."
5. At Hawarden with Mr. Gladstone: And Other Transatlantic Experiences by William Henry Rideing (1896)
"... a maiden assize — that is, one at which no prisoners are to be tried — he is
expected to present their " ludships " with a pair of white gloves apiece. ..."
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