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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... hath condescended to adorn the characters of departed quacks , poets , fanatics , and almanack - makers . When he could say no ill of them , it was prudent malice to say nothing . Better to forego the very marrow of history than do ...
... hath condescended to adorn the characters of departed quacks , poets , fanatics , and almanack - makers . When he could say no ill of them , it was prudent malice to say nothing . Better to forego the very marrow of history than do ...
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... hath children . His seat is at Bell- House Park , near Purfleet in Essex ; and they write their name Barret , alias Lennard . The Lord Dacres had issue by a former wife , of whom the now Earl of Sussex is descended . After the death of ...
... hath children . His seat is at Bell- House Park , near Purfleet in Essex ; and they write their name Barret , alias Lennard . The Lord Dacres had issue by a former wife , of whom the now Earl of Sussex is descended . After the death of ...
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... hath such precautions , and sonorous mementoes , on all sides of him : and it is almost enough to be educated in a family wherein was no instance of irre- This passage shows that Roger North only set himself to write the life of his ...
... hath such precautions , and sonorous mementoes , on all sides of him : and it is almost enough to be educated in a family wherein was no instance of irre- This passage shows that Roger North only set himself to write the life of his ...
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... hath an early example to affect the manners of good - natured youth . I would not have it thought that , beyond this advantage , I hold forth a family relation , as matter of merit , to any one in particular ; but say only that ...
... hath an early example to affect the manners of good - natured youth . I would not have it thought that , beyond this advantage , I hold forth a family relation , as matter of merit , to any one in particular ; but say only that ...
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... hath taken upon him to characterise the famous men that died in his several years ; and yet of the Kennet . ( Complete History of England , 3 vols . fol . , 1706 , vol . iii . 2. ) $ M ) اعلم HIS BIOGRAPHY NEEDED . 11 Lord Keeper North ...
... hath taken upon him to characterise the famous men that died in his several years ; and yet of the Kennet . ( Complete History of England , 3 vols . fol . , 1706 , vol . iii . 2. ) $ M ) اعلم HIS BIOGRAPHY NEEDED . 11 Lord Keeper North ...
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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...