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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... occasion , but sometimes one is apt to hope things may not come to that extremity , as to make it necessary to trouble them , and therefore it is very natural to defer doing so as long as one possibly can . The difficulties I labour ...
... occasion , but sometimes one is apt to hope things may not come to that extremity , as to make it necessary to trouble them , and therefore it is very natural to defer doing so as long as one possibly can . The difficulties I labour ...
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... occasion , so that whatever misfortune may happen , I shall have a quiet mind , having done what I thought my duty . And as for the resolution of making me uneasy , I believe they will not have much pleasure in that , for as I have not ...
... occasion , so that whatever misfortune may happen , I shall have a quiet mind , having done what I thought my duty . And as for the resolution of making me uneasy , I believe they will not have much pleasure in that , for as I have not ...
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... occasion of the greatest conse- quence that can ever happen to you . By what your majesty says of some particulars in my letter , I find I have not expressed myself so as that your majesty seems to have rightly apprehended my meaning in ...
... occasion of the greatest conse- quence that can ever happen to you . By what your majesty says of some particulars in my letter , I find I have not expressed myself so as that your majesty seems to have rightly apprehended my meaning in ...
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... occasion , and when he is with you , that you would acquaint him with the business of Sir Charles Hedges and Lord Sunderland , and give him your reasons for the change ; for he must not be suffered to go on in the project that Lady ...
... occasion , and when he is with you , that you would acquaint him with the business of Sir Charles Hedges and Lord Sunderland , and give him your reasons for the change ; for he must not be suffered to go on in the project that Lady ...
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... occasion ; and though it is not natural to me to make you so many fine speeches and compliments as some others can do , yet nobody has a heart fuller of the sincerest wishes for your con- stant happiness and prosperity than your poor ...
... occasion ; and though it is not natural to me to make you so many fine speeches and compliments as some others can do , yet nobody has a heart fuller of the sincerest wishes for your con- stant happiness and prosperity than your poor ...
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