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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... instance of irre- This passage shows that Roger North only set himself to write the life of his brother after the birth of all his children , and when he was advanced in life . 11 4.3 ! AUTHOR'S PREFACE . ligion or immorality either ...
... instance of irre- This passage shows that Roger North only set himself to write the life of his brother after the birth of all his children , and when he was advanced in life . 11 4.3 ! AUTHOR'S PREFACE . ligion or immorality either ...
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... instance , and that is an egregious one . A late double - columned historian , ' in folio , of whom mention has been made already in the preface , writing the affairs in England and in particular what fell out in the reign of King ...
... instance , and that is an egregious one . A late double - columned historian , ' in folio , of whom mention has been made already in the preface , writing the affairs in England and in particular what fell out in the reign of King ...
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... instance of his loftiness , even while he prac tised in Chancery . It was in short but this : if he had a fancy not to have the fatigue of business , but to pass his time in pleasure after his own humour , he would say to his clerk ...
... instance of his loftiness , even while he prac tised in Chancery . It was in short but this : if he had a fancy not to have the fatigue of business , but to pass his time in pleasure after his own humour , he would say to his clerk ...
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... book lawyer and yet never made any common- place ; which is a rare instance and a sign of a great and Sir Geoffrey Palmer , Attorney - General from June , 1660 , till May , 1670 . distinct memory : but yet not so great as some.
... book lawyer and yet never made any common- place ; which is a rare instance and a sign of a great and Sir Geoffrey Palmer , Attorney - General from June , 1660 , till May , 1670 . distinct memory : but yet not so great as some.
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... instances , are most of them ! And what student or lawyer ever pretended ( ingenuously ) to know what was in them all ? Or what question can happen that may not be very plausibly argued pro and con out of them ? Or what arguers on ...
... instances , are most of them ! And what student or lawyer ever pretended ( ingenuously ) to know what was in them all ? Or what question can happen that may not be very plausibly argued pro and con out of them ? Or what arguers on ...
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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...