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The Memoirs of the Honourable Sir John Reresby, Bart. and Last Governor of ... - Page 229
by Sir John Reresby - 1734 - 349 pages
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A Biographical History of England, from Egbert the Great ..., Volume 2, Part 2

James Granger - Great Britain - 1769 - 326 pages
...fame author adds, that he had like to have died of a fit of the ftone, which he brought upon himfclf by a furious debauch of wine at Mr. Alderman Duncomb's ; where he, the lord-tre»furer, and others, drank themfelves to fuch a pitch of frenzy, •* that among friends it...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Selected ...

Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1790 - 1058 pages
...which he virtuoufly brought upon himfclf, by a furious debauch of wine, at Mr. Alderman Duncontb'b-, where he, the Lord Treafurer, and others, drank themfelves...frenzy, that, among friends, it was whifpered, they had ilripped into their ihirts ; and that, had not an accident prevented them, they had got upon a fign-poft,...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose ..., Volume 1

English literature - 1797 - 680 pages
...The Lord Chancellor (Jeffries) had now like to have died of a fit of the ftoue; which he virtually brought upon himfelf, by a furious debauch of wine,...Duncomb's; where he, the Lord Treafurer, and others, drank themfelve» into that height of frenzy, that, among friends, it was whifpered, they had (tripped into...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and ..., Volume 12

History - 1800 - 586 pages
...ridiculous manner. The fame author adds, that he had liked to have died of a fit of the none, which he brought upon himfelf by a furious debauch of Wine at Mr. Alderman Duncomb's; where he, the lord-treafurcr, агд} others, drank themfclvcs to fuch a pitch of frenzy, " that among friends jt...
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A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ..., Volume 14

Thomas Bayly Howell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1816 - 714 pages
...again, he had now Шее to have died of a fit of the stone, which he virtuously brought upon himself by a furious debauch of wine, at Mr. alderman Duncomb's ; where he, the Lord Treasurer, and others drank themselves into that height of frenzy, that, among .friends, it was whispered...
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Elegant extracts, Volume 55

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 pages
...(Jeffries) had now like to have died of a fit of the stone ; which he virtually brought upon himself, by a furious debauch of wine, at Mr. Alderman Duncomb's ; where he, the Lord Treasurer, and others, drank themselves into that height of frenzy, that, among friends, it was whispered,...
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A biographical history of England, adapted to a methodical catalogue of ...

James Granger - 1824 - 704 pages
...same author adds, that he had like to have died of a fit of the stone, which he brought upon himself by a furious debauch of wine at Mr. Alderman Duncomb's; where he, the lord-treasurer, and others, drank themselves to such a pitch of frenzy, " that among friends it was...
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A Biographical History of England: From Egbert the Great to the Revolution ...

James Granger - Great Britain - 1824 - 342 pages
...same author adds, that he had like to have died of a fit of the stone, which he brought upon himself by a furious debauch of wine at Mr. Alderman Duncomb's; where he, the lord-treasurer, and others, drank themselves to such a pitch of frenzy, " that among friends it was...
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