The Life of John, Duke of Marlborough, with Some Account of His Contemporaries and of the War of the Succession, Volume 2William Blackwood, 1852 |
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... Godolphin in the Ministry , 9. Death of the Prince of Denmark , 8. Increasing irritations owing to Admiral Churchill's conduct , 10. Deplorable situation of the French monarch , 11. Great concessions offered by Louis , 12. Counter ...
... Godolphin in the Ministry , 9. Death of the Prince of Denmark , 8. Increasing irritations owing to Admiral Churchill's conduct , 10. Deplorable situation of the French monarch , 11. Great concessions offered by Louis , 12. Counter ...
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... GODOLPHIN , AND CHANGE OF THE MINISTRY IN ENGLAND . - INCREASING DIFFICULTIES OF MARLBO- ROUGH'S SITUATION . 1. Striking analogy between the War of the Succession and that of the Revo- lution , 2. Remarkable coincidence of particular ...
... GODOLPHIN , AND CHANGE OF THE MINISTRY IN ENGLAND . - INCREASING DIFFICULTIES OF MARLBO- ROUGH'S SITUATION . 1. Striking analogy between the War of the Succession and that of the Revo- lution , 2. Remarkable coincidence of particular ...
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... Godolphin's temporising conduct on hearing of the appointment , 138 56. Marlborough's views on hearing of the ... Godolphin's dismissal , 156 § 71. Patriotic conduct of Godolphin and Marlborough on this vi CONTENTS .
... Godolphin's temporising conduct on hearing of the appointment , 138 56. Marlborough's views on hearing of the ... Godolphin's dismissal , 156 § 71. Patriotic conduct of Godolphin and Marlborough on this vi CONTENTS .
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Archibald Alison. § 71. Patriotic conduct of Godolphin and Marlborough on this occasion , 72. Consternation of the Whigs , and new ministry , Page 157 159 73. Decision of Marlborough on this crisis , 74. Sacheverell's triumphant progress ...
Archibald Alison. § 71. Patriotic conduct of Godolphin and Marlborough on this occasion , 72. Consternation of the Whigs , and new ministry , Page 157 159 73. Decision of Marlborough on this crisis , 74. Sacheverell's triumphant progress ...
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... Godolphin , 237 68. Moral lessons to be deduced from Marlborough's fall , 238 69. The grasping disposition of Marlborough and the Whigs was one chief cause of his fall , 239 • 70. It was the previous revolts against the Crown which ...
... Godolphin , 237 68. Moral lessons to be deduced from Marlborough's fall , 238 69. The grasping disposition of Marlborough and the Whigs was one chief cause of his fall , 239 • 70. It was the previous revolts against the Crown which ...
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The Life of John, Duke of Marlborough: With Some Account of His ..., Volume 2 Archibald Alison Visualização integral - 1852 |
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Alliance Allies army attack battalions battle Berwick besieged Blenheim Bolingbroke borough Bouchain Bourbon British cabinet campaign CHAP Charles command commenced conduct contest court Coxe Coxe's crown disaster dismissal Douai Duchess Duke of Anjou Duke of Marlborough Dutch effect efforts Elector enemy England English entirely Eugene Europe favour Flanders force fortress France French garrison Godolphin Hanover Hanoverian Harley head Hist honour hope House House of Bourbon House of Peers hundred influence intrenchments Jacobites King lines Lord Lord Sunderland Louis XIV Majesty Marl Marlbo Masham ment military ministers ministry monarch Napoleon nation never noble object Parliament party peace Prince Queen rendered resign resolution rough Rousset Scarpe Scheldt secret Shrewsbury side siege soon sovereign Spain squadrons St John success Sunderland thousand throne tion Tories Tournay town treaty Treaty of Utrecht troops Utrecht victory vigour VIII Villars Whigs whole СНАР
Passagens conhecidas
Página 86 - Think nothing gain'd," he cries, " till nought remain, On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all be mine beneath the polar sky.
Página 87 - ... Hide, blushing glory, hide Pultowa's day : The vanquish'd hero leaves his broken bands, And shows his miseries in distant lands ; Condemn'da needy supplicant to wait, While ladies interpose, and slaves debate. But did not chance at length her error mend ? Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him to the ground ? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world...
Página 290 - O God of our salvation ; Thou that art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that remain in the broad sea.
Página 329 - AWAKE, my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition and the pride of kings.
Página 294 - When a prince to the fate of the peasant has yielded, The tapestry waves dark round the dim-lighted hall ; With scutcheons of silver the coffin is shielded, And pages stand mute by the canopied pall : Through the courts, at deep midnight, the torches are gleaming ; In the proudly-arched chapel the banners are beaming ; Far adown the long aisle sacred music is streaming, Lamenting a chief of the people should fall.
Página 86 - The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost; He comes...
Página 294 - Thus it has pleased Almighty God,, to take out of this transitory world, into his mercy, the Most High, Mighty, and Noble Prince, John Duke of Maiiborough.
Página 275 - I die a Roman Catholic. I am in perfect charity with all the world — I thank God for it — even with, those of the present government who are most instrumental in my death.
Página 203 - ... from your service by a letter of your own hand, though I find by it that my enemies have been able to prevail with your Majesty to do it in the manner that is most injurious to me. And if their malice and inveteracy against me had not been more powerful with them than the consideration of your Majesty's honour and justice, they would not have influenced you to impute the occasion of my dismission to a false and malicious insinuation contrived by themselves, and made public, when there was no...
Página 385 - Marlborough was raised to the head of the army, and indeed of the confederacy, where he, a new, a private man, a subject, acquired by merit and by management a more deciding influence, than high birth, confirmed authority, and even the crown of Great Britain, had given to King William. Not only all the parts of that vast machine, the grand alliance, were kept more compact and entire, but a more rapid and vigorous motion was given to the whole, and, instead of languishing or disastrous campaigns,...