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 iii
... never been reprinted , and are become very scarce . In the present edition the three pieces of biography , which , in fact , form only one work , are again presented to the public in the uniform shape , in which it was doubtless the ...
... never been reprinted , and are become very scarce . In the present edition the three pieces of biography , which , in fact , form only one work , are again presented to the public in the uniform shape , in which it was doubtless the ...
Page v
... never separated in their speculations . The Church of England courtiers , on the con- trary , though anxious to maintain , and even to extend , all the prerogatives of the Crown , so as to preserve the country party , or the faction ...
... never separated in their speculations . The Church of England courtiers , on the con- trary , though anxious to maintain , and even to extend , all the prerogatives of the Crown , so as to preserve the country party , or the faction ...
Page 4
... never let any thing come to the press under his name but what belonged to his office , or was ab- solutely necessary for his vindication . It is no wonder therefore , that ( the malice or ignorance of historians apart ) there is so ...
... never let any thing come to the press under his name but what belonged to his office , or was ab- solutely necessary for his vindication . It is no wonder therefore , that ( the malice or ignorance of historians apart ) there is so ...
Page 15
... never been a lawyer . His mind was so airy and volatile , he could not have kept his chamber , if he must needs be there , staked down purely to the drudgery of the law , whether in study or practice : and yet upon such a leaden ...
... never been a lawyer . His mind was so airy and volatile , he could not have kept his chamber , if he must needs be there , staked down purely to the drudgery of the law , whether in study or practice : and yet upon such a leaden ...
Page 16
... never heard that he frequented either dan- cing or fencing schools ; which two rendezvouses are very dangerous as well as expensive to young gentlemen ; and that consideration outweighs all the pretended advantages that the female ...
... never heard that he frequented either dan- cing or fencing schools ; which two rendezvouses are very dangerous as well as expensive to young gentlemen ; and that consideration outweighs all the pretended advantages that the female ...
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