The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 14G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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Page 63
... desired him to proceed now on the other side , observing , he knew no counsel who could answer his arguments so well as himself . SIR VICARY GIBBS . In the trial of Hardy for high treason , Mr. ( after- wards Sir Vicary ) Gibbs , in ...
... desired him to proceed now on the other side , observing , he knew no counsel who could answer his arguments so well as himself . SIR VICARY GIBBS . In the trial of Hardy for high treason , Mr. ( after- wards Sir Vicary ) Gibbs , in ...
Page 113
... desired all the good people present to take notice , that they refused the reading the commission , by which they went about to take away his life ; nor did he know the meaning of holding up his hand he looked upon it to be a tick- lish ...
... desired all the good people present to take notice , that they refused the reading the commission , by which they went about to take away his life ; nor did he know the meaning of holding up his hand he looked upon it to be a tick- lish ...
Page 94
... desired the duke not to impute this behaviour to pride , for that it was necessary for a person at the head of a party , to manage his reputation in this manner . 99 After some notes had passed , a meeting " by day- light " was ...
... desired the duke not to impute this behaviour to pride , for that it was necessary for a person at the head of a party , to manage his reputation in this manner . 99 After some notes had passed , a meeting " by day- light " was ...
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