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... letters relating to the closing days of Queen Anne ; and I must also take this opportunity of ac- knowledging the unwearied kindness I have received from Sir BERNARD BURKE , Ulster King of Arms , during my investigation of those Irish ...
... letters relating to the closing days of Queen Anne ; and I must also take this opportunity of ac- knowledging the unwearied kindness I have received from Sir BERNARD BURKE , Ulster King of Arms , during my investigation of those Irish ...
Page 53
... letter ( Oct. 24 , 1702 ) , in the Account of the Conduct of the Duchess of Marlborough , pp . 138-140 . This book contains much curious evi- dence of the sentiments of the Queen . 2 Coxe's Marlborough , ch . lxxv . Parl . Hist . vi ...
... letter ( Oct. 24 , 1702 ) , in the Account of the Conduct of the Duchess of Marlborough , pp . 138-140 . This book contains much curious evi- dence of the sentiments of the Queen . 2 Coxe's Marlborough , ch . lxxv . Parl . Hist . vi ...
Page 56
... were not in the hands of the allies . 1 Parl . Hist . vi . 609 , 610. See , too , Marlborough's Letters in Coxe , ch . 1 . The English had taken Port Mahon and Sardinia ; the 56 CH . I. ENGLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY .
... were not in the hands of the allies . 1 Parl . Hist . vi . 609 , 610. See , too , Marlborough's Letters in Coxe , ch . 1 . The English had taken Port Mahon and Sardinia ; the 56 CH . I. ENGLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY .
Page 59
... letters to his wife that he , at this time , earnestly desired repose , that he considered the demands of the ... letter of Lewis authorising these offers - Torey's Memoirs , and too partial to enable him to win the confidence CH ...
... letters to his wife that he , at this time , earnestly desired repose , that he considered the demands of the ... letter of Lewis authorising these offers - Torey's Memoirs , and too partial to enable him to win the confidence CH ...
Page 60
... letters he frequently speaks of his longing for repose , of his weariness of those personal and politi- cal intrigues which had so often paralysed his military enterprise , of his sense of the growing infirmities of 60 CH . I. ENGLAND ...
... letters he frequently speaks of his longing for repose , of his weariness of those personal and politi- cal intrigues which had so often paralysed his military enterprise , of his sense of the growing infirmities of 60 CH . I. ENGLAND ...
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