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A mere village assembly would be quite beneath the notice of the Earl of Haverford and any other member of the Woodfall family.
Unforgiven Balogh, Mary 1998
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The Hayes family and the Woodfall family had become experts at avoiding each other over the generations.
Unforgiven Balogh, Mary 1998
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Woodfall, the proprietor of the _Public Advertiser_, knew or professed to know nothing about it, asserting that the letters were found in his box from time to time, but how they came there he could not tell.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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Lord Mansfield simply informed the House that he had left a paper with the clerk assistant containing the judgment of the Court of King's Bench in the case of "the King against Woodfall," and then, to the astonishment of every one, resumed his seat.
International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 Various
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Woodfall, the printer, is understood to have been Henry Woodfall, afterwards "Woodfall without Temple Bar," grandfather of Henry Sampson, the printer of _Junius 'Letters_, and great-great-grandfather of the present excellent printer of the same name.
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Among others who were brought to trial were Woodfall himself; John
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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_ -- S.me years ago, on reading the private letters of Junius, addressed to H.S. Woodfall, and printed by G. Woodfall, 1812, I was particularly struck by those of No. 58. and 59., wherein he states a desire to have one set of his letters (which were published 3d March, 1772, by Woodfall) _bound in vellum_.
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The defense set up in the trial against Woodfall was, that the letter was not libellous.
International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 Various
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[2] See the ledgers of Woodfall, the printer, quoted in _Notes and
Henry Fielding: a Memoir G. M. Godden
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Toward the close of the year 1769 Junius sent forth his celebrated letter to the King, for the publication of which criminal informations were laid against Woodfall, as well as against Almon and Miller, who immediately reprinted the libel.
International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 Various
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