Memoirs of the Duke of Marlborough: With His Original Correspondence, Collected from the Family Records at Blenheim and Other Authentic Sources, Volume 2Bell & Daldy, 1872 |
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... able to go on . I have been considering the business we have so often spoke about , ever since I saw you , and cannot but continue of the same mind , that it is a great hardship to persuade any body to part with a place they are in ...
... able to go on . I have been considering the business we have so often spoke about , ever since I saw you , and cannot but continue of the same mind , that it is a great hardship to persuade any body to part with a place they are in ...
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... able to ease all this , yet negotiation not being my talent , I doubt it may be past cure before you come , and there is no reason to hope for the least assistance from Mrs. Freeman in this matter . * * # " The same blustering winds ...
... able to ease all this , yet negotiation not being my talent , I doubt it may be past cure before you come , and there is no reason to hope for the least assistance from Mrs. Freeman in this matter . * * # " The same blustering winds ...
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... able to mend those faults you find in the house , but the great fault I find is , that I shall never live to see it finished ; for I had flattered myself , that if the war should happily have ended this next year , I might the next ...
... able to mend those faults you find in the house , but the great fault I find is , that I shall never live to see it finished ; for I had flattered myself , that if the war should happily have ended this next year , I might the next ...
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... able both to assist you and have it in his power to do good offices to his friends . If they are not satisfied with so reasonable a thing as this , it is very plain , in my poor opinion , nothing will satisfy them , but having one ...
... able both to assist you and have it in his power to do good offices to his friends . If they are not satisfied with so reasonable a thing as this , it is very plain , in my poor opinion , nothing will satisfy them , but having one ...
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... able and willing to serve me . " Your majesty is pleased in your letter to make use of some expres- sions in the Duke of Marlborough's letter to me , which I had the honour to read to you , that I could not answer it to God or man ...
... able and willing to serve me . " Your majesty is pleased in your letter to make use of some expres- sions in the Duke of Marlborough's letter to me , which I had the honour to read to you , that I could not answer it to God or man ...
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