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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... assure you I am not inclined , nor ever will be , to employ any of those violent persons , that have behaved themselves so il towards me . All I desire is , my liberty in encouraging and employing all those that concur faithfully in my ...
... assure you I am not inclined , nor ever will be , to employ any of those violent persons , that have behaved themselves so il towards me . All I desire is , my liberty in encouraging and employing all those that concur faithfully in my ...
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... assure yourself that if you saw me I would tell you it is very short of the disagreeableness I find upon the subject . " To relieve the perplexity of his friend , Marlborough wrote another pressing letter to the queen , employing every ...
... assure yourself that if you saw me I would tell you it is very short of the disagreeableness I find upon the subject . " To relieve the perplexity of his friend , Marlborough wrote another pressing letter to the queen , employing every ...
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... assure you , in the presence of God , that I am not for your putting yourself into the hands of either party . But the behaviour of Lord Rochester , and all the hot heads of that party , is so extravagant , that there is no doubt to be ...
... assure you , in the presence of God , that I am not for your putting yourself into the hands of either party . But the behaviour of Lord Rochester , and all the hot heads of that party , is so extravagant , that there is no doubt to be ...
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... assure you , that I am , with all sincerity , yours . " CHAP . LII . MARLBOROUGH IN ENGLAND . -1706 . THE projected change inflamed the political variance between the queen and the duchess , to which we have already re- ferred . The ...
... assure you , that I am , with all sincerity , yours . " CHAP . LII . MARLBOROUGH IN ENGLAND . -1706 . THE projected change inflamed the political variance between the queen and the duchess , to which we have already re- ferred . The ...
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... assure your majesty that I had none so great as for your service , and to see my lord treasurer so mortified at the necessity of quit- The The ardour of the writer makes her reckless of consequences . duchess was a Whig ; and what a ...
... assure your majesty that I had none so great as for your service , and to see my lord treasurer so mortified at the necessity of quit- The The ardour of the writer makes her reckless of consequences . duchess was a Whig ; and what a ...
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