The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England: From the Earliest Times Till the Reign of King George IV.J. Murray, 1846 |
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... honour- ed as a considerable statesman , co - operating powerfully for some years with the shrewdest minister this country pro- duced during the eighteenth century , and after the fall of that chief being the principal support of his ...
... honour- ed as a considerable statesman , co - operating powerfully for some years with the shrewdest minister this country pro- duced during the eighteenth century , and after the fall of that chief being the principal support of his ...
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... honour of writing a " Spectator . " Accordingly , with tor . " great pains , he composed the well - known Letter , signed “ PHILIP HOMEBRED , " and dropped it into the Lion's mouth . To his inexpressible delight , on Monday , April 12 ...
... honour of writing a " Spectator . " Accordingly , with tor . " great pains , he composed the well - known Letter , signed “ PHILIP HOMEBRED , " and dropped it into the Lion's mouth . To his inexpressible delight , on Monday , April 12 ...
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... Honour so strongly represented the brilliant prospects of the rising lawyer , that the required consent was given , and the union took place , —which turned out most auspicious , for the married couple lived together to old age in ...
... Honour so strongly represented the brilliant prospects of the rising lawyer , that the required consent was given , and the union took place , —which turned out most auspicious , for the married couple lived together to old age in ...
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... honour to be a Privy Councillor , Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster , Attorney General , a Member of that House , and more than all , a gentleman ; that such an accusation could not therefore but fall upon him more heavily ; that he ...
... honour to be a Privy Councillor , Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster , Attorney General , a Member of that House , and more than all , a gentleman ; that such an accusation could not therefore but fall upon him more heavily ; that he ...
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... honour of knighthood . With the exception of the members of the Western Circuit , the profession considered Sir Philip's appointment a very arbitrary act . He was only twenty - nine years of age , and had been little more than four ...
... honour of knighthood . With the exception of the members of the Western Circuit , the profession considered Sir Philip's appointment a very arbitrary act . He was only twenty - nine years of age , and had been little more than four ...
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Страница 548 - deep impression on the Reminiscent. His Lordship had spoken too often, and began to be heard with a civil but visible impatience.* Under these circumstances he was attacked in the manner we have mentioned. He rose from the woolsack, and advanced slowly to the place from which the Chancellor generally addresses the House
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