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Page xiv
... of a rapacious German ministry , and at last called home in dis- content . " The cause of this strange step it would be c Conduct of the Allies . tedious here to investigate . One ostensible reason was , xiv PREFACE .
... of a rapacious German ministry , and at last called home in dis- content . " The cause of this strange step it would be c Conduct of the Allies . tedious here to investigate . One ostensible reason was , xiv PREFACE .
Page xv
... reason was , that Peterborough's parts were of too lively and mercurial a quality , and that his letters showed more wit than became a general ; a common - place objection , raised by the dull malignity of common - place minds against ...
... reason was , that Peterborough's parts were of too lively and mercurial a quality , and that his letters showed more wit than became a general ; a common - place objection , raised by the dull malignity of common - place minds against ...
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... reason to blush , when I consider the small advantage I have reaped from that change . But lest it should be im- puted to my want of merit , I have wrote these Memoirs , and leave the world to judge of my deserts . They are not set ...
... reason to blush , when I consider the small advantage I have reaped from that change . But lest it should be im- puted to my want of merit , I have wrote these Memoirs , and leave the world to judge of my deserts . They are not set ...
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... reason to boast , yet , as the prince of Orange remained last in the field , and the French had lost what they before had gained , the glory of the day fell to the prince of Orange ; who , although but twenty - four years of age , had ...
... reason to boast , yet , as the prince of Orange remained last in the field , and the French had lost what they before had gained , the glory of the day fell to the prince of Orange ; who , although but twenty - four years of age , had ...
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... reason the men in the boat were glad to make a hasty escape for fear of being discovered ; as the boat was , next morning , and the whole design laid open . This stratagem thus miscarrying , all things were immediately got ready for a ...
... reason the men in the boat were glad to make a hasty escape for fear of being discovered ; as the boat was , next morning , and the whole design laid open . This stratagem thus miscarrying , all things were immediately got ready for a ...
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