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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... continue of the same mind , that it is a great hardship to persuade any body to part with a place they are in possession of , in hopes of another that is not yet vacant . Besides , I must own freely to you , I am of the opinion , that ...
... continue of the same mind , that it is a great hardship to persuade any body to part with a place they are in possession of , in hopes of another that is not yet vacant . Besides , I must own freely to you , I am of the opinion , that ...
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... continue in your service , and yet will make it impossible for me to do so . I shall not therefore trouble your majesty with fruitless repetitions of reasons and arguments . I cannot struggle against the difficulties of your majesty's ...
... continue in your service , and yet will make it impossible for me to do so . I shall not therefore trouble your majesty with fruitless repetitions of reasons and arguments . I cannot struggle against the difficulties of your majesty's ...
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... continues as it was ; nor do I see how it can ever be mended , unless you were here to do it , either by your credit ... continue to keep the fleet still in Torbay , which is no small mortification . " In another letter , dated Windsor ...
... continues as it was ; nor do I see how it can ever be mended , unless you were here to do it , either by your credit ... continue to keep the fleet still in Torbay , which is no small mortification . " In another letter , dated Windsor ...
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... continue desirous I should stay in your service , and not retain a thought of quitting it . I never had such a thought , nor ever can have , for my own sake or ease , if I saw a possibility of supporting your ser- vice , to which , as I ...
... continue desirous I should stay in your service , and not retain a thought of quitting it . I never had such a thought , nor ever can have , for my own sake or ease , if I saw a possibility of supporting your ser- vice , to which , as I ...
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... continues of the same mind , and will be so when he comes hither ; for which reason , as well as others , I confess I am ... continue so uneasy , since we have no other bottom to stand upon . Nothing shall be omitted by me to make them ...
... continues of the same mind , and will be so when he comes hither ; for which reason , as well as others , I confess I am ... continue so uneasy , since we have no other bottom to stand upon . Nothing shall be omitted by me to make them ...
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