The Life of the Right Honourable Francis North, Baron of Guilford, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal Under King Charles II and King James II: Wherein are Inserted the Characters of Sir Matthew Hale, Sir George Jeffries, Sir Leoline Jenkins, Sidney Godolphin and Others, the Most Eminent Lawyers and Statesmen of that Time, Zväzok 2W. Clarke and Sons, 1808 |
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Strana 103 - bar, bitterly felt. Thofe above, or that could hurt, or benefit, him, and none elfe, might depend on fair quarter at his hands. When he was in temper, and matters indifferent came before him, he became his feat of juftice better than any other I ever faw in
Strana 104 - to heart, nor care what he did, or left undone ; and fpent, in the Chancery court, what time he thought fit to fpare, Many times, on days of caufes at his houfe, the company have waited five hours in a morning, and, after eleven, he hath come out inflamed, and
Strana 115 - loyal, friendly, and without greedinefs or guile, thought of him to be the chief juftice of the King's Bench at that nice time. And the miniftry could not but approve of it. So great a weight was then at ftake, as could not be
Strana 103 - one another and their betters, were a regale to him. And no friendfhip or dearnefs could be fo great, in private, which he would not ufe ill, and to an extravagant degree, in publick. No one, that had any expectations from him,
Strana 114 - and debating fo as fuited their capacities, and encouraged their induftry. And fo in the Temple, he feldom moved without a parcel of youths hanging about him, and he merry and jefting with them.
Strana 115 - to men of doubtful principles, or fuch as any thing might tempt to defert them. While he fat in the court of King's Bench, he gave the rule to the general
Strana 103 - that he did not chide fome one, or other, of the bar, when he fat in the Chancery : and it was commonly a lecture of a quarter of an hour long. And they
Strana 114 - at his ftench, he ever converted the complaint into content and laughing with the abundance of his wit. As to his ordinary dealing, he was as
Strana 226 - in the city, or flying fame carried an account of the voyage to court, I know not ; but it is certain that, the very next morning, a bruit went from thence all over the town, and (as