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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... appears upon the great stage of the world , but after he has finished the part he was to act , and made his exit , some one or other rises up , and undertakes to vindicate the character of his departed friend . The performance of this ...
... appears upon the great stage of the world , but after he has finished the part he was to act , and made his exit , some one or other rises up , and undertakes to vindicate the character of his departed friend . The performance of this ...
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... appear to deserve . I have ' reason to be concerned , lest my tenuity of style and language , not meeting with candid interpretation , may , in some sort , diminish the worth that belongs to them . But I have no means of improvement in ...
... appear to deserve . I have ' reason to be concerned , lest my tenuity of style and language , not meeting with candid interpretation , may , in some sort , diminish the worth that belongs to them . But I have no means of improvement in ...
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... appear in his writings , although the style is not so poignant as his father's was . But , to pursue the relation , his lady , by the inother's side , was descended of Sir George Whitmore , once lord mayor of London ; which opens a ...
... appear in his writings , although the style is not so poignant as his father's was . But , to pursue the relation , his lady , by the inother's side , was descended of Sir George Whitmore , once lord mayor of London ; which opens a ...
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... appear in the world , besides some who died in minority , viz . Frances , Edward , and Dorothy . The eldest son was Charles , who received the honour of knighthood , and married Catherine , the daughter of William Lord Grey of Wark ...
... appear in the world , besides some who died in minority , viz . Frances , Edward , and Dorothy . The eldest son was Charles , who received the honour of knighthood , and married Catherine , the daughter of William Lord Grey of Wark ...
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... appear in what follows ) , is not so notorious partiality in such a pompous writer of history wonderful ? But not only there , but in all the other writers of those times when the quality of those things re- lated require him to be ...
... appear in what follows ) , is not so notorious partiality in such a pompous writer of history wonderful ? But not only there , but in all the other writers of those times when the quality of those things re- lated require him to be ...
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