Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Marquis of Bath, Preserved at Longleat, Wiltshire: The Harley papersH.M. Stationery Office, 1904 - Great Britain |
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Page 56
... Italy ; Stepney writes that his bombs have not done 10,000 florins worth of damage . I give you frequent opportunities of showing your virtues , your patience I often exercise , your charity will appear in for- giving the length and ...
... Italy ; Stepney writes that his bombs have not done 10,000 florins worth of damage . I give you frequent opportunities of showing your virtues , your patience I often exercise , your charity will appear in for- giving the length and ...
Page 68
... 1705 , April 19. Newmarket . I return your foreign letters , and am sorry to find by Mr. Stepney's that Prince Eugene was not yet gone to Italy , where he seems to be much wanted . . I have written to the Duke of Marlborough ]. 68.
... 1705 , April 19. Newmarket . I return your foreign letters , and am sorry to find by Mr. Stepney's that Prince Eugene was not yet gone to Italy , where he seems to be much wanted . . I have written to the Duke of Marlborough ]. 68.
Page 73
... Italy , than to Cata- lonia , that I am apprehensive a very little discouragement will serve to make them quit that design . The Queen intends to dine Tuesday at the Duke of Bolton's and to return to Windsor , Saturday . Her Majesty's ...
... Italy , than to Cata- lonia , that I am apprehensive a very little discouragement will serve to make them quit that design . The Queen intends to dine Tuesday at the Duke of Bolton's and to return to Windsor , Saturday . Her Majesty's ...
Page 76
... Italian , I am thoroughly persuaded will be not only a good wife but a good Protestant , she having to my knowledge made her change to our religion upon arguments well grounded as to the next world , as she entirely satisfied the ...
... Italian , I am thoroughly persuaded will be not only a good wife but a good Protestant , she having to my knowledge made her change to our religion upon arguments well grounded as to the next world , as she entirely satisfied the ...
Page 81
... Italy , which might have an Harley , however , appears to have kept the paper in his own hands , for annexed to this is copy of a letter from Villeroy to Marshal de Tallard ( then a prisoner at Nottingham ) . dated 25 May , 1706 , which ...
... Italy , which might have an Harley , however , appears to have kept the paper in his own hands , for annexed to this is copy of a letter from Villeroy to Marshal de Tallard ( then a prisoner at Nottingham ) . dated 25 May , 1706 , which ...
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acquaint affairs answer APPENDIX AND INDEX assure August believe blessing Brampton BRILLIANA Bullstrode castle command Copy Court Delany desire DUCHESS OF PORTLAND DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH DUKE OF SHREWSBURY EARL OF OXFORD EARL RIVERS endeavour enemy England expect favour give glad GODOLPHIN to ROBERT Grace happy hath hear heart honour hope Hopton Castle horse humble instructions King of Portugal King of Spain LADY HARLEY ladyship leave letter Lisbon London Lord Duke Lord Galway LORD GODOLPHIN Lord Treasurer Lordship Madam Majesty Majesty's morning never night obliged occasion opinion Parliament person pleased pleasure present promised QUEEN ANNE reason received ROBERT HARLEY Secretary sent September servant shots SIR JOHN SCUDAMORE soon sorry tell thanks things thought to-morrow told town troops trouble uneasy Valentia wait Wellwyn Wellwyn.-"I Windsor.-I wish writ write yesterday YOUNG
Popular passages
Page xiii - Insatiate archer ! could not one suffice ? Thy shaft flew thrice ; and thrice my peace was slain ; And thrice, ere thrice yon moon had fill'd her horn.
Page 191 - I have received your letter, and am very sorry for what has happened, to lose the good opinion I had so much inclination to have of you. But I cannot help seeing, nor believing my senses. I am very far from having deserved it of you. God forgive you...
Page 271 - Divinely beam on his exalted soul ; Destruction gild; and crown him for the skies, With incommunicable lustre, bright.
Page 271 - Christians adore ! and infidels believe ! As some tall tower, or lofty mountain's brow, Detains the sun, illustrious from its height ; While rising vapours, and descending shades, With damps, and darkness, drown the spacious vale ; Undamp'd by doubt, undarken'd by despair, PHILANDER, thus, augustly rears his head...
Page 192 - There is no hope, I am fully convinced, but in the Church of England party, nor in that neither on the foot it now stands, and without more confidence than is yet re-established between them and us.
Page 364 - The oaks, the beeches, the chestnuts, seem to contend which best shall please the lord of the manor. They cannot deceive, they will not lie. I in sincerity admire them, and have as many beauties about me as fill up all my hours of dangling, and no disgrace attends me from sixty-seven years of age.
Page 195 - Harley that the ministers' plan to raise yet more regiments 'is to my apprehension downright infatuation, and what I am glad of. They hasten things to a decision, and our slavery and their empire are put upon that issue. For God's sake let us be once out of Spain...
Page 193 - You broke the party, unite it again; their sufferings have made them wise, and whatever piques or jealousies they may entertain at present, as they feel the success of better conduct these will wear off, and you will have it in your power by reasonable measures to lead them to reasonable ends.