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Long lawsuit, in consequence; lengthy law-pleadings, and much parchment and wiggery, in that German Triple-Elixir of Chancery;—little to the joy of Friedrich Wilhelm.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 06 by Carlyle, Thomas
There was nothing about their outward appearance of the august wiggery of statecraft, nothing of the ponderous dignity of ministerial position.
From Phineas Finn The Irish Member by Trollope, Anthony
To follow wiggeries and forms with solemn attention, careless what became of the internal fact?
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 21 by Carlyle, Thomas
She was a ghastly thing to look at, as well from the quantity as from the nature of the wiggeries which she wore.
From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Trollope, Anthony
For his love of Justice was really great; and the mendacities and wiggeries, attached to such a necessary of life as Law, found no favor from him at any time.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 11 by Carlyle, Thomas
Mrs. Van Siever in her present habiliments was not a thing so terrible to look at as she had been in her wiggeries at Mrs. Dobbs Broughton's dinner-table.
From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Trollope, Anthony
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