A History of the Reign of Queen Anne, Volume 3W. Blackwood and sons, 1880 - Great Britain |
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... Persons so gifted with an obstinacy , dignified in their nomenclature as firmness , conscious of fundamental weakness of purpose and unreadiness of action , nail , as it were , their resolution to the masthead , that their purpose may ...
... Persons so gifted with an obstinacy , dignified in their nomenclature as firmness , conscious of fundamental weakness of purpose and unreadiness of action , nail , as it were , their resolution to the masthead , that their purpose may ...
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... person likely to be em- ployed in arranging a general conference for a peace . It was that dissipated Elector of Bavaria , who had by so nimble a feat handed over the towns on the Maas to the French , and had caught his reward by the ...
... person likely to be em- ployed in arranging a general conference for a peace . It was that dissipated Elector of Bavaria , who had by so nimble a feat handed over the towns on the Maas to the French , and had caught his reward by the ...
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... persons assembled to behold the great drama . In the words of Sir Archibald Alison , " King Augustus , the dethroned sovereign of Poland , accompanied by the Landgrave of Hesse , arrived on the 19th of July at Marlborough's headquarters ...
... persons assembled to behold the great drama . In the words of Sir Archibald Alison , " King Augustus , the dethroned sovereign of Poland , accompanied by the Landgrave of Hesse , arrived on the 19th of July at Marlborough's headquarters ...
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... persons I thought wiser , with whom I consulted , I made the request to the princess , and it was granted . " For a younger sister the office was obtained of laundress to the Duke of Gloucester - that one of Queen Anne's children who ...
... persons I thought wiser , with whom I consulted , I made the request to the princess , and it was granted . " For a younger sister the office was obtained of laundress to the Duke of Gloucester - that one of Queen Anne's children who ...
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... person whatsoever , whom I either know or think to be in her Majesty's confidence and trust ; but having the same zeal and dutiful affection for her person , and I profess that I ever have had , and the same tender concern for her ...
... person whatsoever , whom I either know or think to be in her Majesty's confidence and trust ; but having the same zeal and dutiful affection for her person , and I profess that I ever have had , and the same tender concern for her ...
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Page 258 - Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
Page 244 - There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul...
Page 212 - Protestant Subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the Penalties of certain Laws...
Page 179 - An Act for the better Security of Rents, and to prevent Frauds committed by Tenants...
Page 300 - She said ; then raging to Sir Plume repairs, And bids her Beau demand the precious hairs: (Sir Plume of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane...
Page 224 - ... the governor and company of the Bank of England, or by the governor and company of merchants of Great Britain trading to the South Seas and other parts of America, and for encouraging the fishery...
Page 235 - I may prevail to renew your license of absence, conditionally you will be present with me ; for tomorrow morning I shall be a private person. When I have settled my domestic affairs here, I go to Wimple ; thence alone, to Herefordshire. If I have not tired you tete-d-tete, fling away so much time upon one who loves you.
Page 288 - Medleys are jumbled together with the Flying Post ; the Examiner is deadly sick ; the Spectator keeps up, and doubles its price ; I know not how long it will hold. Have you seen the red stamp the papers are marked with ? Methinks it is worth a halfpenny, the stamping it.