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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... makes me fear you have taken your resolution , which if it be to retire I must lay the consequence before you , which is , that certainly the Dutch will make their peace , which will be of fatal 6 [ CH . LI . LIFE OF MARLBOROUGH . LIV.
... makes me fear you have taken your resolution , which if it be to retire I must lay the consequence before you , which is , that certainly the Dutch will make their peace , which will be of fatal 6 [ CH . LI . LIFE OF MARLBOROUGH . LIV.
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... taken to vex and ruin the lord treasurer , because the queen has not complied with what was * In this extract , Marlborough has , for the sake of brevity , omitted the title of majesty , and the forms of ceremony , which he never failed ...
... taken to vex and ruin the lord treasurer , because the queen has not complied with what was * In this extract , Marlborough has , for the sake of brevity , omitted the title of majesty , and the forms of ceremony , which he never failed ...
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... taken as far back as I thought was enough to show the plain sense and meaning of your letter . At the same time I must own that in your original letter , that word notion was not so distinctly written , but that one might naturally read ...
... taken as far back as I thought was enough to show the plain sense and meaning of your letter . At the same time I must own that in your original letter , that word notion was not so distinctly written , but that one might naturally read ...
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... taken , less difficulty remained . on inferior points . Several promotions were made in the peerage , in favour of the Whigs , among which we particu- larly notice Mr. Cowper and Sir Thomas Pelham , who were created barons , and Lord ...
... taken , less difficulty remained . on inferior points . Several promotions were made in the peerage , in favour of the Whigs , among which we particu- larly notice Mr. Cowper and Sir Thomas Pelham , who were created barons , and Lord ...
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... taken the field , so your faithful com- mons have granted subsidies , before the enemy were apprised that the parliament had assembled . " During these proceedings the Duke of Marlborough was greeted with those marks of national ...
... taken the field , so your faithful com- mons have granted subsidies , before the enemy were apprised that the parliament had assembled . " During these proceedings the Duke of Marlborough was greeted with those marks of national ...
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