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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... actions are honourable , the honour is as much the history as the fact ; and so for infamy . It is justice , as well his- torical as civil , to give to every one his due . And whoever engageth in such designs as these , and governs ...
... actions are honourable , the honour is as much the history as the fact ; and so for infamy . It is justice , as well his- torical as civil , to give to every one his due . And whoever engageth in such designs as these , and governs ...
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... actions or occa- sion might deserve , it is done in an ill - natured manner and with a leer , implying rather disgrace than any honour to his memory . And since his death we do not find in ordinary converse or consultation of things ...
... actions or occa- sion might deserve , it is done in an ill - natured manner and with a leer , implying rather disgrace than any honour to his memory . And since his death we do not find in ordinary converse or consultation of things ...
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... actions ( so near his time as we are ) now extant ; and probably after a reign or two more , bating a formal list of Lord Keepers that lets none escape , his very name will be forgot . may 3. Here is reason enough to incline any one ...
... actions ( so near his time as we are ) now extant ; and probably after a reign or two more , bating a formal list of Lord Keepers that lets none escape , his very name will be forgot . may 3. Here is reason enough to incline any one ...
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... actions : and who else should be called upon to show to posterity what he was ? And also that there was once a magistrate of a kind , since the loss of him ( barring all comparisons ) rather to be wished than hoped for . And not only to ...
... actions : and who else should be called upon to show to posterity what he was ? And also that there was once a magistrate of a kind , since the loss of him ( barring all comparisons ) rather to be wished than hoped for . And not only to ...
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... action lay because he had the lord's order : For though he might fine to the value it did not answer , because at that rate men might enfranchise the copyhold in spite of the lord's teeth . He hath said that the greatest trouble he had ...
... action lay because he had the lord's order : For though he might fine to the value it did not answer , because at that rate men might enfranchise the copyhold in spite of the lord's teeth . He hath said that the greatest trouble he had ...
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