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 vi
... persons of the time , which , though displaying the colours of a party - writer , are yet , in many in- stances , striking and admirable likenesses . Of Jefferies ( to whom no epithet can be applied suf- ficiently descriptive of his ...
... persons of the time , which , though displaying the colours of a party - writer , are yet , in many in- stances , striking and admirable likenesses . Of Jefferies ( to whom no epithet can be applied suf- ficiently descriptive of his ...
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... persons of celebrated worth and ability in their several professions ; and whose behaviour upon the public stage , as well as in their retire- ments , was virtuous , wise , and exemplary . But now , if they are not quite forgot , that ...
... persons of celebrated worth and ability in their several professions ; and whose behaviour upon the public stage , as well as in their retire- ments , was virtuous , wise , and exemplary . But now , if they are not quite forgot , that ...
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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 ap- the style is not so pear in his writings , although poignant as his father's was . But , to pursue the relation , his lady , by the mother's side , was de- scended of Sir George Whitmore , once lord mayor of ...
... person . All which will ap- the style is not so pear in his writings , although poignant as his father's was . But , to pursue the relation , his lady , by the mother's side , was de- scended of Sir George Whitmore , once lord mayor of ...
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