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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Page xiii
... sort , with what is to be found in the fol- lowing sheets ; the design of which is to make some apology for an officious , I might say unquali- fied , undertaking to be a life - writer , and , as such , to dress up my remembrances of ...
... sort , with what is to be found in the fol- lowing sheets ; the design of which is to make some apology for an officious , I might say unquali- fied , undertaking to be a life - writer , and , as such , to dress up my remembrances of ...
Page xiv
... sort , diminish the worth that belongs to them . But I have no means of improvement in that af- fair ; and must lay aside that scruple ; for it is an office devolved upon me , which I cannot de- cline . There is no person , now living ...
... sort , diminish the worth that belongs to them . But I have no means of improvement in that af- fair ; and must lay aside that scruple ; for it is an office devolved upon me , which I cannot de- cline . There is no person , now living ...
Page xxii
... sort of obligation to a good behaviour . It is very unfortunate for any one to stray from the paths of virtue , who hath such precautions , and sonorous mementoes , on all sides of him and it is almost enough to be educated in a family ...
... sort of obligation to a good behaviour . It is very unfortunate for any one to stray from the paths of virtue , who hath such precautions , and sonorous mementoes , on all sides of him and it is almost enough to be educated in a family ...
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... sort of men in these latter times , and especially the more solemn writers of English affairs , to sup- press all memory of his lordship's name and worth , to the end that his character and behaviour in the course of his great ...
... sort of men in these latter times , and especially the more solemn writers of English affairs , to sup- press all memory of his lordship's name and worth , to the end that his character and behaviour in the course of his great ...
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... sort of duty to puff away such slight dust , because calumny which riseth after a man's death ( the most unworthy and degenerous of all ) needs most a friend to retund it ; because , as a man's authority and power ceaseth , impudence ...
... sort of duty to puff away such slight dust , because calumny which riseth after a man's death ( the most unworthy and degenerous of all ) needs most a friend to retund it ; because , as a man's authority and power ceaseth , impudence ...
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afterwards answer appear attended attorney authority better brother brought called cause Chancery character circuit clerk Common Pleas concerned counsel court crown daughter declared discourse divers Dudley North Duke Earl England Examen faction favour fell friends gave gentlemen give Hales hath heard honour House of Commons Howell's State Trials judge jury king King's Bench king's counsel knew lady law French lawyer lived London Lord Chief Justice Lord Keeper Lord North Lord Shaftesbury lordship majesty's married matter Memoirs ment Middle Temple never Oates's plot observed opinion parliament party pass person plot practice pretended proceedings reason relation Roger North seal serjeant Shaftesbury ship ship's side Sir Dudley North Sir Jeoffry Palmer Sir William Jones solicitor sort taken ther thereupon thing thought fit tion told took touched town trial truth turn writ