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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... brothers and the best of friends , the whole world must be sensible . How well the writer has succeeded in his attempt to discharge it , must be left to the determina- tion of those who shall peruse this work . B . And the same ...
... brothers and the best of friends , the whole world must be sensible . How well the writer has succeeded in his attempt to discharge it , must be left to the determina- tion of those who shall peruse this work . B . And the same ...
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... brother ; so I think myself bound to make them public , for the former reason , and to beg they may be honoured with your Lord- ship's name in the front , as a public acknowledgment of the many favours your Lordship has conferred upon ...
... brother ; so I think myself bound to make them public , for the former reason , and to beg they may be honoured with your Lord- ship's name in the front , as a public acknowledgment of the many favours your Lordship has conferred upon ...
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... brothers and friends , the late Lord Keeper North , Sir Dudley North , and Dr. John North . They were all persons of celebrated worth and ability in their several professions ; and whose behaviour upon the public stage , as well as in ...
... brothers and friends , the late Lord Keeper North , Sir Dudley North , and Dr. John North . They were all persons of celebrated worth and ability in their several professions ; and whose behaviour upon the public stage , as well as in ...
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... brothers in common ; and that is their parentele and family relation : and then proceed to the lives , beginning with the eldest , the Lord Guilford , lord keeper of the great seal of England , then the second , Sir Dudley North , and ...
... brothers in common ; and that is their parentele and family relation : and then proceed to the lives , beginning with the eldest , the Lord Guilford , lord keeper of the great seal of England , then the second , Sir Dudley North , and ...
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... brother , of the Boughton family , now honoured with a dukedom . From the other brothers as many noble families are also derived , as Manchester , Sandwich , and Halifax . Sir Charles had verse , though not very poetic , is more natural ...
... brother , of the Boughton family , now honoured with a dukedom . From the other brothers as many noble families are also derived , as Manchester , Sandwich , and Halifax . Sir Charles had verse , though not very poetic , is more natural ...
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