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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... letter which exhibits an interesting picture of his feelings . - " Saturday Morning , at nine . I come this moment from opening and reading the letter which your majesty gave yourself the trouble to write to me last night . It gives me ...
... letter which exhibits an interesting picture of his feelings . - " Saturday Morning , at nine . I come this moment from opening and reading the letter which your majesty gave yourself the trouble to write to me last night . It gives me ...
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... letter of Sunderland was instantly communicated to Marlborough , and the resolution of the Whigs not only ag ... letter is taken from a copy written by the duchess , the remainder from a copy in another hand . were not for my duty to the ...
... letter of Sunderland was instantly communicated to Marlborough , and the resolution of the Whigs not only ag ... letter is taken from a copy written by the duchess , the remainder from a copy in another hand . were not for my duty to the ...
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... letter of the 28th , which mentions that conversation , has very much alarmed me ; for , without flattery , I am ... letter , dated Grametz , Oct. 12 .: - " This has given me some trouble , but nothing of what I now feel by a letter I ...
... letter of the 28th , which mentions that conversation , has very much alarmed me ; for , without flattery , I am ... letter , dated Grametz , Oct. 12 .: - " This has given me some trouble , but nothing of what I now feel by a letter I ...
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... letters from us continue to keep the fleet still in Torbay , which is no small mortification . " In another letter , dated Windsor , Sept. 18-29 . , after allud- ing to the eagerness manifested in Holland for peace , and the difficulty ...
... letters from us continue to keep the fleet still in Torbay , which is no small mortification . " In another letter , dated Windsor , Sept. 18-29 . , after allud- ing to the eagerness manifested in Holland for peace , and the difficulty ...
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... 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 , that I was obliged both in honour and conscience not to quit 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 , that I was obliged both in honour and conscience not to quit your ...
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