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.Henry Colburn, 1826 |
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... 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 little , which is whispered of them , inclines to the ...
... 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 little , which is whispered of them , inclines to the ...
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... profession , so closely attached to his person , that we were almost inseparable . Therefore , upon the strength of the latter of these qualifications , whatever becomes of the former , which , in sense of my own inability , I forbear ...
... profession , so closely attached to his person , that we were almost inseparable . Therefore , upon the strength of the latter of these qualifications , whatever becomes of the former , which , in sense of my own inability , I forbear ...
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... profession of the law , may find the greatest en- couragement from it . It may be thought I have touched here too much upon the panegyric , and forget how hard it is to make good such promises . 75 ? I must trust to that ; and do LORD ...
... profession of the law , may find the greatest en- couragement from it . It may be thought I have touched here too much upon the panegyric , and forget how hard it is to make good such promises . 75 ? I must trust to that ; and do LORD ...
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... profession of the law ; and accordingly , after two of the Mid- or three years spent at the University , removed by Mr. to the Middle Temple , into a moiety of a petit chamber , which his father bought for him . He was admitted in the ...
... profession of the law ; and accordingly , after two of the Mid- or three years spent at the University , removed by Mr. to the Middle Temple , into a moiety of a petit chamber , which his father bought for him . He was admitted in the ...
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... profession . But to pro- ceed when Sir Dudley North , his lordship's father , carried him to his brother - in - law , then treasurer of the Middle Temple , to be admitted , he treated hard with him about the fine of admission , which is ...
... profession . But to pro- ceed when Sir Dudley North , his lordship's father , carried him to his brother - in - law , then treasurer of the Middle Temple , to be admitted , he treated hard with him about the fine of admission , which is ...
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