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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... present volume is compiled are a fragment of the Portland collection which was transferred to Longleat in consequence of the marriage in 1759 of Thomas Thynne , third Viscount Weymouth ( created in 1789 Marquis of Bath ) with Lady ...
... present volume is compiled are a fragment of the Portland collection which was transferred to Longleat in consequence of the marriage in 1759 of Thomas Thynne , third Viscount Weymouth ( created in 1789 Marquis of Bath ) with Lady ...
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... present known of his history or character . The letters on the whole evince a degree of optimism which is striking in a man of Young's melancholy cast of genius , and who deemed himself , nor altogether without cause , to have not come ...
... present known of his history or character . The letters on the whole evince a degree of optimism which is striking in a man of Young's melancholy cast of genius , and who deemed himself , nor altogether without cause , to have not come ...
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... present condition , my cannon being not then come and I do not love to spend my shot in vain , nor do I believe they had given fire against your house had they not been provoked to it , by your first and often shooting from thence , who ...
... present condition , my cannon being not then come and I do not love to spend my shot in vain , nor do I believe they had given fire against your house had they not been provoked to it , by your first and often shooting from thence , who ...
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... present of cider which I had to - day . There was com- pany with me when it was brought in , so I called for a bottle of it and we all agreed that it was incomparably good . This morning the gentleman came to me whom I am to re- commend ...
... present of cider which I had to - day . There was com- pany with me when it was brought in , so I called for a bottle of it and we all agreed that it was incomparably good . This morning the gentleman came to me whom I am to re- commend ...
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... present funds then the best bargains of land . Of Mr. Gray's house and the Butt yard upon further enquiry I have no opinion at all , not thinking it worth above 71. per annum , except one should set up for building of cottages , which ...
... present funds then the best bargains of land . Of Mr. Gray's house and the Butt yard upon further enquiry I have no opinion at all , not thinking it worth above 71. per annum , except one should set up for building of cottages , 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 MARLBOROUGH to ROBERT 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 Windsor.-I wish writ write yesterday YOUNG
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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.