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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... endeavour to begin to speak , and not be 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 ...
... endeavour to begin to speak , and not be 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 ...
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... endeavour to bring it about . I know very well that you do not serve for advantage or ambition , but with entire duty and affection , which makes me that I cannot bear the thoughts of parting with you ; and I hope , after what the Duke ...
... endeavour to bring it about . I know very well that you do not serve for advantage or ambition , but with entire duty and affection , which makes me that I cannot bear the thoughts of parting with you ; and I hope , after what the Duke ...
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... endeavour to explain myself better as soon as I can but since to go about it now would make this letter too tedious , I hope you will allow me to do it in words , when I have the honour to wait upon you . " The coldness and brevity of ...
... endeavour to explain myself better as soon as I can but since to go about it now would make this letter too tedious , I hope you will allow me to do it in words , when I have the honour to wait upon you . " The coldness and brevity of ...
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... endeavour , by all possible means , to improve , by making such returns as might be most acceptable to her . He was very particular in the king's acknowledgments for the communication he had received by me , of the reasons which induced ...
... endeavour , by all possible means , to improve , by making such returns as might be most acceptable to her . He was very particular in the king's acknowledgments for the communication he had received by me , of the reasons which induced ...
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... endeavour to satisfy the king on these articles , as fearing , otherwise , when he comes to march through Silesia , in his way to Poland , he may make them very uneasy . It is certain the king designed likewise to have insisted on that ...
... endeavour to satisfy the king on these articles , as fearing , otherwise , when he comes to march through Silesia , in his way to Poland , he may make them very uneasy . It is certain the king designed likewise to have insisted on that ...
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