History of England Comprising the Reign of Queen Anne Until the Peace of Utrecht, 1701-1713, Volume 2J. Murray, 1872 |
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... manner in which you left Spain , where you had so great a trust committed to you by Her Majesty's Commissions , to go to nego- tiate matters with other Princes , without any orders from the Queen for so doing or any credentials to those ...
... manner in which you left Spain , where you had so great a trust committed to you by Her Majesty's Commissions , to go to nego- tiate matters with other Princes , without any orders from the Queen for so doing or any credentials to those ...
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... manner some eighteen or twenty thousand good French troops became disposable for active service , and part of them were at once sent across the Pyrenees . Louis had also resolved to signalise his Spanish army by placing at its head a ...
... manner some eighteen or twenty thousand good French troops became disposable for active service , and part of them were at once sent across the Pyrenees . Louis had also resolved to signalise his Spanish army by placing at its head a ...
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... shown him he marked his displea- sure in a manner no doubt very striking and effectual , but not quite decorous to relate . See however a Gross as was this flattery , it was not too 16 [ CHAP . IX . HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
... shown him he marked his displea- sure in a manner no doubt very striking and effectual , but not quite decorous to relate . See however a Gross as was this flattery , it was not too 16 [ CHAP . IX . HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
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... manner the divers points at issue . Then the King put an end to the fears which his presence had inspired . He raised his camp in Saxony and marched back across the Oder and Vis- tula , to commence in an evil hour for himself his cam ...
... manner the divers points at issue . Then the King put an end to the fears which his presence had inspired . He raised his camp in Saxony and marched back across the Oder and Vis- tula , to commence in an evil hour for himself his cam ...
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... manner es- tablished by the Duchess at the public charge . Abigail was made a Bedchamber Woman to the Queen ; her ... manners might no doubt be favourably contrasted with the fretful and arrogant pretensions of her great pro- tectress ...
... manner es- tablished by the Duchess at the public charge . Abigail was made a Bedchamber Woman to the Queen ; her ... manners might no doubt be favourably contrasted with the fretful and arrogant pretensions of her great pro- tectress ...
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