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... court of Lichfield , who was acquainted both with Smith and Ducket ; and declared that , if the tale concerning Clarendon were forged , he should sus- pect Ducket of the falsehood ; for Rag was a man of great veracity . Of Gilbert ...
... court of Lichfield , who was acquainted both with Smith and Ducket ; and declared that , if the tale concerning Clarendon were forged , he should sus- pect Ducket of the falsehood ; for Rag was a man of great veracity . Of Gilbert ...
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... courts of civil and canon law , he did not love his profession , nor indeed any kind of business which interrupted his voluptuary dreams , or forced him to rouse from that indulgence in which only he could find delight . His reputation ...
... courts of civil and canon law , he did not love his profession , nor indeed any kind of business which interrupted his voluptuary dreams , or forced him to rouse from that indulgence in which only he could find delight . His reputation ...
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... Court having thus a claim to his diligence and gratitude , he was required to write the history of the Ryehouse Plot ; and in 1685 published A True Account and Declaration of the Horrid Conspiracy against the Late King his Present ...
... Court having thus a claim to his diligence and gratitude , he was required to write the history of the Ryehouse Plot ; and in 1685 published A True Account and Declaration of the Horrid Conspiracy against the Late King his Present ...
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... court of justice , when it appeared how much the presence of that assembly could disconcert one of their own body . ' After this he rose fast into honours and employments , being made one of the commissioners of the Treasury , and ...
... court of justice , when it appeared how much the presence of that assembly could disconcert one of their own body . ' After this he rose fast into honours and employments , being made one of the commissioners of the Treasury , and ...
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... court . He sat as one of the judges of Sacheverell ; but voted for a mild sentence . Being now no longer in favour , he contrived to obtain a writ for summoning the electoral prince to Parliament as Duke of Cambridge . At the queen's ...
... court . He sat as one of the judges of Sacheverell ; but voted for a mild sentence . Being now no longer in favour , he contrived to obtain a writ for summoning the electoral prince to Parliament as Duke of Cambridge . At the queen's ...
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