Memoirs of the Duke of Marlborough with His Original Correspondence: Collected from the Family Records at Blenheim, and Other Authentic Sources, Volume 2G. Bell, 1907 |
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... leave to say a word to the house in relation to that part of her majesty's most gracious answer which concerns the estate of Woodstock and the house of Blenheim . I did make my humble request to the queen , that those might go along ...
... leave to say a word to the house in relation to that part of her majesty's most gracious answer which concerns the estate of Woodstock and the house of Blenheim . I did make my humble request to the queen , that those might go along ...
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... leave of the king of He was Sweden , I paid a visit to field - marshal Count de Reinschold . sickly , but the weakness of his body made no impression on his mind . He conversed with a precision and vivacity very uncommon ; he seemed to ...
... leave of the king of He was Sweden , I paid a visit to field - marshal Count de Reinschold . sickly , but the weakness of his body made no impression on his mind . He conversed with a precision and vivacity very uncommon ; he seemed to ...
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... leaving the commu- nication to the other provinces to be made after his return . He gave an account of this delicate transaction to the trea- surer , in a confidential letter , dated Hague , April 9-20 . " After four tedious days I got ...
... leaving the commu- nication to the other provinces to be made after his return . He gave an account of this delicate transaction to the trea- surer , in a confidential letter , dated Hague , April 9-20 . " After four tedious days I got ...
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... leave and retired to his customary devotions . Marlborough passed the afternoon in visits of ceremony to the ministers and generals , and did not fail to pay his re- spects to the two ladies of Count Piper and Marshal Rens- chold , who ...
... leave and retired to his customary devotions . Marlborough passed the afternoon in visits of ceremony to the ministers and generals , and did not fail to pay his re- spects to the two ladies of Count Piper and Marshal Rens- chold , who ...
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... leave . On this occasion Charles evinced , if possible , still higher respect and esteem than on the former ; and , in particular , testified his satisfaction with the arrangement which had been made on the preceding day , relating to ...
... leave . On this occasion Charles evinced , if possible , still higher respect and esteem than on the former ; and , in particular , testified his satisfaction with the arrangement which had been made on the preceding day , relating to ...
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