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.H. Colburn, 1826 - 442 страници |
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... expected ) tumbled down , don of all and the chief justice ordered all the under - sheriffs and bailiffs , to give him perfect lists of all persons who , upon account of recusancy , lay under com- mitment . When he returned to London ...
... expected ) tumbled down , don of all and the chief justice ordered all the under - sheriffs and bailiffs , to give him perfect lists of all persons who , upon account of recusancy , lay under com- mitment . When he returned to London ...
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... expected from him such strong and plain advice to the king , as might have averted him from such a pernicious step , whatever the con- sequence was to himself , who ought , as many would have said , to have quitted the seals rather than ...
... expected from him such strong and plain advice to the king , as might have averted him from such a pernicious step , whatever the con- sequence was to himself , who ought , as many would have said , to have quitted the seals rather than ...
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... ; and he never after expected an ally or friend in his busi- ness at court . The rising sun hath a charming effect , but not upon courtiers as upon larks ; for it makes these sing , and the others silent . 78 LIFE OF THE.
... ; and he never after expected an ally or friend in his busi- ness at court . The rising sun hath a charming effect , but not upon courtiers as upon larks ; for it makes these sing , and the others silent . 78 LIFE OF THE.
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... expected to fall from the reform of the cabinet , as I mentioned before , and by push- ing extravagant things towards his lordship , one way or other , to break him . But his credit ( as I said ) was such with the king , that no court ...
... expected to fall from the reform of the cabinet , as I mentioned before , and by push- ing extravagant things towards his lordship , one way or other , to break him . But his credit ( as I said ) was such with the king , that no court ...
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... expected , and also that he would not have endured that the chief justice should tread on his heels at that rate , he might have flown high in expostulations , and made somewhat crack , before such time as the king ( whose judg- VOL ...
... expected , and also that he would not have endured that the chief justice should tread on his heels at that rate , he might have flown high in expostulations , and made somewhat crack , before such time as the king ( whose judg- VOL ...
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Страница 51 - Nor chose alone, but turn'd the balance too; So much the weight of one brave man can do. Hushai, the friend of David in distress; In public storms, of manly steadfastness: By foreign treaties he inform'd his youth, And join'd experience to his native truth.
Страница 28 - When ho was in temper and matters indifferent came before him, he became his seat of justice better than any other I ever saw in his place. He took a pleasure in mortifying fraudulent attorneys and would deal forth his severities with a sort of majesty.
Страница 31 - ... swoon ; and, in not many hours after, died. But this Lord Jeffries came to the seal without any concern at the weight of duty incumbent upon him ; for, at the first, being merry over a bottle with some of his old friends, one of them told him that he would find the business heavy. No, said he, I'll make it light.
Страница 48 - Jotham of piercing wit and pregnant thought, Endued by nature and by learning taught To move assemblies...
Страница 28 - ... forth his severities with a sort of majesty. He had extraordinary natural abilities, but little acquired, beyond what practice in affairs had supplied. He talked fluently, and with spirit ; and his weakness was, that he could not reprehend without scolding, and in such Billingsgate language, as should not come out of the mouth of any man. He called it " giving a lick with the rough side of his tongue.
Страница 29 - ... morning, and, after eleven, he hath come out inflamed and staring like one distracted. And that visage he put on when he animadverted on such as he took offence at, which made him a terror to real offenders ; whom also he terrified with his face and voice, as if the thunder of the day of judgment broke over their heads : and nothing ever made men tremble like his vocal inflictions. He loved to insult, and was bold without check , but that only when his place was uppermost.
Страница 30 - I have heard much of that monster, but never saw one. Come forth, Mr. Trimmer, turn you round, and let us see your shape :" and, at that rate, talked so long that the poor fellow was ready to drop under him ; but, at last, the bill was "dismissed VOL. II. D with costs, and he went his way. In the hall, one of his friends asked him how he came off?
Страница 279 - had a strange bent to traffic and, while he was at school, drove a subtle trade among the boys by buying and selling. In short, it was considered that he had learning enough for a merchant but not phlegm enough for any sedentary profession.
Страница 93 - Trimmer ' signifieth no more than this, that if men are together in a boat, and one part of the company would weigh it down on one side, another would make it lean as much to the contrary ; it happeneth there is a third opinion of those who conceive it would do as well if the boat went even, without endangering the passengers.