Memoirs of the Duke of Marlborough with His Original Correspondence: Collected from the Family Records at Blenheim, and Other Authentic Sources, Volume 2G. Bell, 1907 |
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... desire is , my liberty in encouraging and employing all those that concur faithfully in my service , whether they are called Whigs or Tories , not to be tied to one , nor the other ; for if I should be so unfortunate as to fall into the ...
... desire is , my liberty in encouraging and employing all those that concur faithfully in my service , whether they are called Whigs or Tories , not to be tied to one , nor the other ; for if I should be so unfortunate as to fall into the ...
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... desire the place you have now a mind to get for him ; yet it is a hard thing for me to remove him , and I can never look upon it otherwise . As to my other difficulties concerning Lord Sunderland , I do fear , for the reasons I have ...
... desire the place you have now a mind to get for him ; yet it is a hard thing for me to remove him , and I can never look upon it otherwise . As to my other difficulties concerning Lord Sunderland , I do fear , for the reasons I have ...
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... desire to make your service easy , and the like . But I desire nothing to make my service easy ; I propose nothing but what is necessary for carrying on your majesty's business , especially in this next winter , which is like to be the ...
... desire to make your service easy , and the like . But I desire nothing to make my service easy ; I propose nothing but what is necessary for carrying on your majesty's business , especially in this next winter , which is like to be the ...
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... desire you will once more read it . And as I would in return for your many favours , die to make you and your ... desires , you will be the best judge of what may be proper to be done with my letter , either to deliver it or to burn it ...
... desire you will once more read it . And as I would in return for your many favours , die to make you and your ... desires , you will be the best judge of what may be proper to be done with my letter , either to deliver it or to burn it ...
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... see you , which I still hope is not far off . The lodge is a very pretty place , and Lord Marlborough , I see in his letter , desires to find or carry you thither very soon . I return you his letter , with C 4 1706.1 23 CABALS OF HARLEY .
... see you , which I still hope is not far off . The lodge is a very pretty place , and Lord Marlborough , I see in his letter , desires to find or carry you thither very soon . I return you his letter , with C 4 1706.1 23 CABALS OF HARLEY .
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