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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... obliged to put off our journey thither ; but when you know the reason of it , I dare say you won't think us in the wrong . When I writ to you last , I gave you some account of a conversation Lord Halifax and the lord treasurer had ...
... obliged to put off our journey thither ; but when you know the reason of it , I dare say you won't think us in the wrong . When I writ to you last , I gave you some account of a conversation Lord Halifax and the lord treasurer had ...
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... obliged both in conscience and honour to do it . ' Let his words plead for her , who will be lost and undone if you pursue this cruel intention , and begs that you would neither think of it , nor mention it any more to one , that is so ...
... obliged both in conscience and honour to do it . ' Let his words plead for her , who will be lost and undone if you pursue this cruel intention , and begs that you would neither think of it , nor mention it any more to one , that is so ...
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... obliged to retire , I cannot serve in the ministry . But when these pro- jectors have put all in confusion , I shall ... oblige him to quit his staff , which would be a great trouble to him , and I am afraid will have the fatal ...
... obliged to retire , I cannot serve in the ministry . But when these pro- jectors have put all in confusion , I shall ... oblige him to quit his staff , which would be a great trouble to him , and I am afraid will have the fatal ...
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... obliged the party ; whether it has their pretended leaders , will be shown hereafter . I have no concern : but only that what has been done , I wish the best of the Whigs had been the better for it . As for the violence of the other ...
... obliged the party ; whether it has their pretended leaders , will be shown hereafter . I have no concern : but only that what has been done , I wish the best of the Whigs had been the better for it . As for the violence of the other ...
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... obliging the czar . " Since my being here I have received letters from Vienna , by which I see they persist in the expedition for Naples , and at the same time they complain of the king of Sweden . I find that the behaviour of the ...
... obliging the czar . " Since my being here I have received letters from Vienna , by which I see they persist in the expedition for Naples , and at the same time they complain of the king of Sweden . I find that the behaviour of the ...
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