The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, Under King Charles II and King James II.: The Hon. Sir Dudley North, Commissioner of the Customs, and Afterwards of the Treasury, to King Charles II. And the Hon. and Rev. Dr. John North, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Clerk of the Closet to King Charles II.H. Colburn, 1826 - College teachers |
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... lawyers of that period , with most of whom . he was in habits of familiar intercourse , the author is singularly copious and amusing ; although his prejudices have , in several instances , and particu- larly in the case of Sir Matthew ...
... lawyers of that period , with most of whom . he was in habits of familiar intercourse , the author is singularly copious and amusing ; although his prejudices have , in several instances , and particu- larly in the case of Sir Matthew ...
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... lawyer and a judge , his merits , if not equal to the partial representations of his brother , must still be acknowledged to have been very considerable , and his integrity in the high offices which he filled , at a period not ...
... lawyer and a judge , his merits , if not equal to the partial representations of his brother , must still be acknowledged to have been very considerable , and his integrity in the high offices which he filled , at a period not ...
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... lawyer , but a good historian , politician , mathematician , natural philosopher , and I must add , musician in perfection . I have heard him say , that if he had not enabled himself by these studies , and particularly his practice of ...
... lawyer , but a good historian , politician , mathematician , natural philosopher , and I must add , musician in perfection . I have heard him say , that if he had not enabled himself by these studies , and particularly his practice of ...
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... lawyer with respect to his chamber . But he was far from being a recluse ; and as he loved conversation , so at fit times he was abroad with agreeable company , at entertainments , such as the inns of court gentlemen ordinarily use . I ...
... lawyer with respect to his chamber . But he was far from being a recluse ; and as he loved conversation , so at fit times he was abroad with agreeable company , at entertainments , such as the inns of court gentlemen ordinarily use . I ...
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... with his studies . I have heard him say more than once , that , if he had been sure of a hundred pounds a year to live on , he had never been a lawyer . in the coun- died . His lordship's grandfather took a 18 LIFE OF THE.
... with his studies . I have heard him say more than once , that , if he had been sure of a hundred pounds a year to live on , he had never been a lawyer . in the coun- died . His lordship's grandfather took a 18 LIFE OF THE.
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