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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... once been kept at Rougham . The original manuscript of this work came into the pos- session of the late Mr. Crossley , of Manchester , about fifty years ago , and more than one overture for its purchase had been made to that gentleman ...
... once been kept at Rougham . The original manuscript of this work came into the pos- session of the late Mr. Crossley , of Manchester , about fifty years ago , and more than one overture for its purchase had been made to that gentleman ...
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... once speaker to the pseudo - house of commons . She had no issue by him ; but his son Chaloner ( by a former wife ) marrying his wife's daughter ( by the Lord Dacres ) had issue three sons and a daughter . Chaloner , the eldest , died ...
... once speaker to the pseudo - house of commons . She had no issue by him ; but his son Chaloner ( by a former wife ) marrying his wife's daughter ( by the Lord Dacres ) had issue three sons and a daughter . Chaloner , the eldest , died ...
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... once lord mayor of London ; which opens a large kindred towards Wales , of which it is said that above thirty came into coparcenary shares of the estate of Sir Charles Kemish . Her father was the before - mentioned Sir Charles Mountagu ...
... once lord mayor of London ; which opens a large kindred towards Wales , of which it is said that above thirty came into coparcenary shares of the estate of Sir Charles Kemish . Her father was the before - mentioned Sir Charles Mountagu ...
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... once have known concerning him : but I am at this time left a living and sensible witness of his most public and most re- tired behaviour ; and moreover a well - qualified compurgator of all his thoughts and actions : and who else ...
... once have known concerning him : but I am at this time left a living and sensible witness of his most public and most re- tired behaviour ; and moreover a well - qualified compurgator of all his thoughts and actions : and who else ...
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... once by a natural death and that in the height of his honour , I shall commit no act of disservice to mankind in general and least of all to those of the nobility , whose descendants em- barking in the profession of the law may find the ...
... once by a natural death and that in the height of his honour , I shall commit no act of disservice to mankind in general and least of all to those of the nobility , whose descendants em- barking in the profession of the law may find the ...
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LIVES OF THE RIGHT HON FRANCIS Roger 1653-1734 North,Augustus 1823-1914 Jessopp No preview available - 2016 |
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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...