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Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… Parliament. She sought for alimony 15 in the Chancery, but durst not prosecute it. It may as well be heard upon a bill …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… by them, 10 in such a time when the Commons scarce durst ask such a thing from the King. The assistance they … know to be a friend. It is notoriously known that no man durst wear a sword in a garrison, but such as was a friend. … musquet, if he had not been a friend to the garrison, he durst not have said so to a soldier. The fact is plainly …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… the life of a great person; and if he had been alive, none durst have questioned it. I think, that life being gone, that …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… could willingly withdraw, as to any concern of myself, and durst well trust the House with my affair. But as I am a …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… examined, before you send any fleet. The Council of State durst not send an army to Scotland, till they had acquainted …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… of Edinburgh from the sacrament, for three years; and some durst not stir out for a year, for fear of being knocked on …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… forced to look to themselves. This could not come in, they durst not do it, but by being encouraged from some place. I …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… when Parliaments were grown contemptible, and no man durst, under less than a capital offence, 11 mention a …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… army having a tenderness for their fellow-soldier, they durst not oppose it; the votes meeting in the House with but …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… order. It is surely to serve some interest; else he durst not have done it. Mr. Turner. I must in many things … Court party were so afraid of the consequence, that they durst not venture it upon a report to the House; so chose, …