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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... persons from a malevolent intent to oppress them , and , for that end , bring their names and characters above ... person , now living , who can , or at least will , do any thing towards it . There- fore , hoping for indulgence , I ...
... persons from a malevolent intent to oppress them , and , for that end , bring their names and characters above ... person , now living , who can , or at least will , do any thing towards it . There- fore , hoping for indulgence , I ...
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... person full of spirit and flame ; yet , after he had consumed the greatest part of his estate in the gallantries of King James's court , or rather his son Prince Henry's , retired , and lived more honourably in the country upon what was ...
... person full of spirit and flame ; yet , after he had consumed the greatest part of his estate in the gallantries of King James's court , or rather his son Prince Henry's , retired , and lived more honourably in the country upon what was ...
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... person . All which will appear in his writings , although the style is not so poignant as his father's was . But , to pursue the relation , his lady , by the inother's side , was descended of Sir George Whitmore , once lord mayor of ...
... person . All which will appear in his writings , although the style is not so poignant as his father's was . But , to pursue the relation , his lady , by the inother's side , was descended of Sir George Whitmore , once lord mayor of ...
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... person , derivable from the honour of his family ( because his own value , and not his ancestors ' must set him off ) ... persons of such upstart principles that , with them , antiquity of families is rather matter of ridicule than of ...
... person , derivable from the honour of his family ( because his own value , and not his ancestors ' must set him off ) ... persons of such upstart principles that , with them , antiquity of families is rather matter of ridicule than of ...
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... person had ever lived in the world . I shall allege but one 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 ...
... person had ever lived in the world . I shall allege but one 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 ...
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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...