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 IIColburn, 1826 - Businessmen |
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Page iv
... means of informing himself accurately upon all the topics of the day , not only from the sta- tion in society which he occupied himself , but from his intimate connexion with the Lord Keeper Guilford . In detailing the public life of ...
... means of informing himself accurately upon all the topics of the day , not only from the sta- tion in society which he occupied himself , but from his intimate connexion with the Lord Keeper Guilford . In detailing the public life of ...
Page xiv
... 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 , who can , or at least will , do any thing towards it . There ...
... 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 , who can , or at least will , do any thing towards it . There ...
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... greatest share , I will show that in his lordship's case there was less obvious means for fame than in any other great man's case whatever . For first , he was quite out of favour with the busy agitating party of men in 2 LIFE OF THE.
... greatest share , I will show that in his lordship's case there was less obvious means for fame than in any other great man's case whatever . For first , he was quite out of favour with the busy agitating party of men in 2 LIFE OF THE.
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... means work . he knows thereof , to rescue this honourable person and his great abilities , his approved justice and in- tegrity , and universal good - will , from utter obli- vion , by writing the history of his lordship's life . But ...
... means work . he knows thereof , to rescue this honourable person and his great abilities , his approved justice and in- tegrity , and universal good - will , from utter obli- vion , by writing the history of his lordship's life . But ...
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... mean gratitude : for as , on the one side , no man is obliged to serve a friend or benefactor by any gross immoralities , for that must be termed conspiracy , not friendship ; so , on the other side , no man ought to be wantiug to a ...
... mean gratitude : for as , on the one side , no man is obliged to serve a friend or benefactor by any gross immoralities , for that must be termed conspiracy , not friendship ; so , on the other side , no man ought to be wantiug to a ...
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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 profession 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