Memoirs of the Life, Works, and Correspondence of Sir William Temple, Bart, Volume 1Longman, 1836 |
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... French and Spanish languages , not the German ; he took a great fancy to Brussels , and conceived a strong desire to be the king's resident there , if he should come to be restored . On his return to England , Temple found him- * Esther ...
... French and Spanish languages , not the German ; he took a great fancy to Brussels , and conceived a strong desire to be the king's resident there , if he should come to be restored . On his return to England , Temple found him- * Esther ...
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... French . " And now , madam , " he con- cludes , " I must only ask your pardon for entitling you to the disastrous chances of love and fortune . You will not be displeased , since I thereby entitle you to my whole life , which has ...
... French . " And now , madam , " he con- cludes , " I must only ask your pardon for entitling you to the disastrous chances of love and fortune . You will not be displeased , since I thereby entitle you to my whole life , which has ...
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... French , and soon exhibited symptoms of defection . The English minister heard himself reproached for having drawn the Bishop into a desperate adventure , against his own resolutions ; and urged Lord Arlington to take speedy measures ...
... French , and soon exhibited symptoms of defection . The English minister heard himself reproached for having drawn the Bishop into a desperate adventure , against his own resolutions ; and urged Lord Arlington to take speedy measures ...
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... French government was about purchasing the services of the Munster troops , Temple successfully urged upon the Bishop the ingratitude of thus trans- ferring to an enemy the troops which had been raised with English money , and suggested ...
... French government was about purchasing the services of the Munster troops , Temple successfully urged upon the Bishop the ingratitude of thus trans- ferring to an enemy the troops which had been raised with English money , and suggested ...
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... French or the Spanish king . * * Some of Temple's observations upon the state of France savour of that readiness to entertain extra- vagant speculations , to which , with all his simplicity of conduct , he was too much addicted . In ...
... French or the Spanish king . * * Some of Temple's observations upon the state of France savour of that readiness to entertain extra- vagant speculations , to which , with all his simplicity of conduct , he was too much addicted . In ...
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