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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... wish him very well ; but in this they have other considerations than his good , and I have none but that of a kind friend , that would neither have him , nor my daughter uneasy Writing this by candle light , I am so blind that I cannot ...
... wish him very well ; but in this they have other considerations than his good , and I have none but that of a kind friend , that would neither have him , nor my daughter uneasy Writing this by candle light , I am so blind that I cannot ...
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... wish him very well ; but in this they have other considerations than his good , and I have none but that of a kind friend , that would neither have him , nor my daughter uneasy Writing this by candle light , I am so blind that I cannot ...
... wish him very well ; but in this they have other considerations than his good , and I have none but that of a kind friend , that would neither have him , nor my daughter uneasy Writing this by candle light , I am so blind that I cannot ...
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... wish with all my heart every thing were more to your mind ; for I find when you wrote most of them , you had very much the spleen , and in one I had my share , for I see I lie under the same misfortune I have ever done , of not behaving ...
... wish with all my heart every thing were more to your mind ; for I find when you wrote most of them , you had very much the spleen , and in one I had my share , for I see I lie under the same misfortune I have ever done , of not behaving ...
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... wish from my soul that any other man had been proposed to you , that you could not have suspected I had any concern for . But ' tis certain that your government can't be carried on with a part of the Tories , and the Whigs disobliged ...
... wish from my soul that any other man had been proposed to you , that you could not have suspected I had any concern for . But ' tis certain that your government can't be carried on with a part of the Tories , and the Whigs disobliged ...
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... wish from the bottom of my heart , that he , or any body that is faithful to you and the prince , could see every word that ever I writ to your majesty in my life . " Godolphin , who was charged with the unpleasant office of delivering ...
... wish from the bottom of my heart , that he , or any body that is faithful to you and the prince , could see every word that ever I writ to your majesty in my life . " Godolphin , who was charged with the unpleasant office of delivering ...
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