Memoirs of the Duke of Marlborough: With His Original Correspondence, Collected from the Family Records at Blenheim, and Other Authentic Sources, Volume 2G. Bell, 1886 |
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... give you in another letter , this is a blow I cannot bear . " * Convinced from this declaration that farther ... gives me all the grief and despair imaginable , to find that your majesty shows inclination to have me continue in your ...
... give you in another letter , this is a blow I cannot bear . " * Convinced from this declaration that farther ... gives me all the grief and despair imaginable , to find that your majesty shows inclination to have me continue in your ...
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... give it me , which she did , and desired me to return it to her to - day . I come now from giving it back into her hands , and I think I have convinced her that her complaint was grounded upon her having misapprehended the sense of your ...
... give it me , which she did , and desired me to return it to her to - day . I come now from giving it back into her hands , and I think I have convinced her that her complaint was grounded upon her having misapprehended the sense of your ...
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... give the account of this conference in his own words . To Lord Godolphin . " May 6. — I must now acquaint you that I had an audience of King Augustus , at Leipsic , the day before I came away ; at which , besides many repeated ...
... give the account of this conference in his own words . To Lord Godolphin . " May 6. — I must now acquaint you that I had an audience of King Augustus , at Leipsic , the day before I came away ; at which , besides many repeated ...
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... give new energy to the contest in Spain , and to complete the unexpected successes which had marked the close of the last campaign . His designs were favoured by the imprudence of the allied generals and the disputes in the court of ...
... give new energy to the contest in Spain , and to complete the unexpected successes which had marked the close of the last campaign . His designs were favoured by the imprudence of the allied generals and the disputes in the court of ...
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... give a positive answer to his request for immediate reinforcements ; but that on the first appear- ance of the business , he was of opinion that the reverse in Spain was an argument for hastening the expedition tn Naples ; because the ...
... give a positive answer to his request for immediate reinforcements ; but that on the first appear- ance of the business , he was of opinion that the reverse in Spain was an argument for hastening the expedition tn Naples ; because the ...
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