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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... 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 to be found ...
... 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 to be found ...
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... brought in a very moderate bill of charges ; which pleased his father who expected a great deal more . He made use of Mr. Baker , a solicitor in Chancery who for his singular integrity was famous , and ㄠ ˋ • 2 on this occasion ought to ...
... brought in a very moderate bill of charges ; which pleased his father who expected a great deal more . He made use of Mr. Baker , a solicitor in Chancery who for his singular integrity was famous , and ㄠ ˋ • 2 on this occasion ought to ...
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... brought business . By this we see what country and other attornies get by Chancery suits . But his lordship would not touch a penny but turned it back upon the good man's hands . 28. He also managed a suit for his grandfather with the ...
... brought business . By this we see what country and other attornies get by Chancery suits . But his lordship would not touch a penny but turned it back upon the good man's hands . 28. He also managed a suit for his grandfather with the ...
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... brought a motion , of course it was welcome . 34. The exhibition allowed his lordship by his father , was at first sixty pounds per annum : but the family being hard pinched for supplies towards educating and disposing many younger ...
... brought a motion , of course it was welcome . 34. The exhibition allowed his lordship by his father , was at first sixty pounds per annum : but the family being hard pinched for supplies towards educating and disposing many younger ...
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... brought his bond to the scrivener and swore to be the death of him if he did not mend it , by adding these words . " Here is a condition , " said he , " to make the bond void but none to make it good . " " It is good , " said the scri ...
... brought his bond to the scrivener and swore to be the death of him if he did not mend it , by adding these words . " Here is a condition , " said he , " to make the bond void but none to make it good . " " It is good , " said the scri ...
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Page 286 - When he was in temper and matters indifferent came before him, he became his seat of justice better than any other I ever saw in his place. He took a pleasure in mortifying fraudulent attorneys, and would deal forth his severities with a sort of majesty. He had extraordinary natural abilities, but little acquired beyond what practice in affairs had supplied. He talked fluently and with spirit ; and his weakness was that he could not reprehend without scolding ; and in such Billingsgate language as...