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" His lordship paid me the highest encomiums on my courage, and said he would declare everywhere that I was the noblest fellow God had ever made. He then desired that we might now be good friends, and retire to the inn to drink a bottle of claret together;... "
Letters Between the Duke of Grafton, the Earls of Halifax, Egrémont, Chatham ... - Page 30
by Augustus Henry Fitzroy Duke of Grafton, John Wilkes - 1769 - 335 pages
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A Complete Collection of the Genuine Papers, Letters, Etc: In the Case of ...

John Wilkes - Great Britain - 1767 - 300 pages
...told him that now I avowed the paper. His Lordfhip paid me the higheft encomiums on my courage, and faid he would declare every where that I was the nobleft...defired, that we might now be good friends, and retire fo the inn to drink a bottle of claret together, which we did with great good humour and much laugh....
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A Complete Collection of the Genuine Papers, Letters, &c. in the Case of ...

John Wilkes - Great Britain - 1767 - 288 pages
...told him that now I avowed the paper. His Lordfhip paid me the higheft encomiums on my courage, and faid he would declare every where that I was the nobleft fellow God had ever made. Fie then defired, that we might now be good friends, and retire to the inn to drink a bottle of claret...
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English liberty: being a collection of interesting tracts, from the year ...

English liberty - 1769 - 430 pages
...higheft encomiums on my courage, and faid he would declare every where that I was the noblefi fellow Gcd had ever made. He then defired, that we might now...claret together, which we did with great good humour v' and much laugh. His Lordfhip afterwards went to Wind- '5 for, Colonel Berkeley and my adjutant to...
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English Liberty: Or, The British Lion Roused: Containing the ..., Volumes 1-2

Great Britain - 1769 - 728 pages
...His Lordfliip paid me the higheft encomiums on my courage, and laid he would declare every whe*e Jhat I was the nobleft fellow God had ever made* He then...and retire to the inn to drink a bottle of claret Mgetherf which *e did with great good humour and much laugh. Ilis Lordfhip afterwards w«nt to Windfor,...
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A Complete Collection of the Genuine Papers, Letters, &c. in the ..., Volume 1

John Wilkes - Great Britain - 1769 - 284 pages
...told him that now I avowed the paper. His Lordfhip paid me the highe/l encomiums on my courage, and faid he would declare every where that I was the nobleft fellow God had ever made. He then deftred, that we might now be good friends, and retire to the inn to drink a bottle of claret together,...
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History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of ..., Volume 5

Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1851 - 614 pages
...ended in compotation. According to Wilkes's own account, drawn up the next day : " His Lordship desired that we might " now be good friends and retire to...bottle of claret together, which we did " with great humour and much laugh !" It was part of Wilkes's character to be animated by the notoriety of such...
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History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Aix-la-Chaoelle ...

Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1851 - 588 pages
...ended in compotation. According to Wilkes's own account, drawn up the next day : " His Lordship desired that we might " now be good friends and retire to...bottle of claret together, which we did " with great humour and much laugh !" It was part of Wilkes's character to be animated by the notoriety of such...
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History of England: From the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of ..., Volume 5

Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1853 - 416 pages
...ended in compotation. According to Wilkes's own account, drawn up the next day: "His Lordship desired that we might now "be good friends and retire to the...bottle of " claret together, which we did with great humour and much "laugh." It was part of Wilkes's character to be animated by the notoriety of such...
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Memoirs of the Life and Reign of King George the Third, Volume 1

John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1867 - 672 pages
...neither hitting his adversary. " Lord Talbot," writes Wilkes to his friend, Lord Temple, " desired that we might now be good friends and retire to the...bottle of claret together, which we did with great good-humour and much laughter." — Wilices's Corresp. vol. iii. pp. 29 — 39. t Fortunately it was...
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The Romance of Duelling in All Times and Countries, Volume 1

Andrew Steinmetz - Dueling - 1868 - 404 pages
...would declare everywhere that I was the noblest fellow God had ever made. He then desired that we might be good friends, and retire to the inn to drink a...together, which we did with great good humour, and much laughter. * * * Berkeley told me he was grieved for his lordship's passion, and admired my courage...
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