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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... leave my service , for Jesus Christ's sake ; for besides the reasons I give you in another letter , this is a blow I cannot bear . " * Convinced from this declaration that farther arguments would be fruitless , Godolphin recurred to his ...
... leave my service , for Jesus Christ's sake ; for besides the reasons I give you in another letter , this is a blow I cannot bear . " * Convinced from this declaration that farther arguments would be fruitless , Godolphin recurred to his ...
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... leave to 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 ...
... leave to 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 ...
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... leave the army about three weeks hence , so that I shall have the happiness of being above one month sooner with you than I have been for these last three years . " In a letter to Godolphin himself , he expresses in stronger terms the ...
... leave the army about three weeks hence , so that I shall have the happiness of being above one month sooner with you than I have been for these last three years . " In a letter to Godolphin himself , he expresses in stronger terms the ...
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... leaving my service is a thought I cannot bear , and I hope in God he will put all such out of his own mind . Now that you are come hither again , I hope you will not go to Wood- stock without giving me one look , for whatever hard ...
... leaving my service is a thought I cannot bear , and I hope in God he will put all such out of his own mind . Now that you are come hither again , I hope you will not go to Wood- stock without giving me one look , for whatever hard ...
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... leave to say , that if any thing could move your grace to reflect with much satisfaction on your own merit , it would be this , that so august an assembly does , with one voice , praise and thank you : an honour , which a judgment so ...
... leave to say , that if any thing could move your grace to reflect with much satisfaction on your own merit , it would be this , that so august an assembly does , with one voice , praise and thank you : an honour , which a judgment so ...
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