The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford; the Hon. Sir Dudley North; and the Hon. and Rev. Dr. John North: Together with the Autobiography of the Author, Volume 11890 |
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... Notes elucidatory of the text , together with an Index , on which he evidently bestowed great pains . All these editions have become scarce , while the great value of the biographies , as contributions to the history of the time with ...
... Notes elucidatory of the text , together with an Index , on which he evidently bestowed great pains . All these editions have become scarce , while the great value of the biographies , as contributions to the history of the time with ...
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... notes have been incorporated in the present edition . It was thought well , however , to remodel the Index entirely . As a Personal Index I believe it will be found exhaustive . Scarning Rectory , August , 1890 . A. J. A 14 . M K TO THE ...
... notes have been incorporated in the present edition . It was thought well , however , to remodel the Index entirely . As a Personal Index I believe it will be found exhaustive . Scarning Rectory , August , 1890 . A. J. A 14 . M K TO THE ...
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... Note in the first edition . William Lord North and Grey died without issue , 31st . Oct. , 1734 and on his death , the title of Lord North descended to Francis Lord Guilford , the grandson of the lord keeper . Roger , married Mary , the ...
... Note in the first edition . William Lord North and Grey died without issue , 31st . Oct. , 1734 and on his death , the title of Lord North descended to Francis Lord Guilford , the grandson of the lord keeper . Roger , married Mary , the ...
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... note there , brought into his mind the agitation of the matter at large in the book ; and , for this reason , the commonplace book is of little to use any but to him that made it . For the law is inculcated by reading the long arguments ...
... note there , brought into his mind the agitation of the matter at large in the book ; and , for this reason , the commonplace book is of little to use any but to him that made it . For the law is inculcated by reading the long arguments ...
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... note - book , pen and ink ready : and in that he wrote as a reporter and afterwards , generally that very day , he posted his gatherings into a fair book ; for then he could supply out of his memory what was imperfectly taken , and ...
... note - book , pen and ink ready : and in that he wrote as a reporter and afterwards , generally that very day , he posted his gatherings into a fair book ; for then he could supply out of his memory what was imperfectly taken , and ...
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